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So.. 797 has over 280K on the chassis, has impacted multiple stationary objects, moving objects, lived in snow, salt, fucking orlando, and in general... was just abused for the majority of it's life. Lots of autox back in the day, handful of roadcourses, and a handful of blown up engines, clutches, and input shaft bearings (replaced 2x already, will do it again before assembly).

So.... the nail in the coffin was getting T-boned on the driver door/fender 2 winters ago... and i finally decided to take the insurance money from that, and insurance money from my truck getting rear ended to fix the bitch. (also bought the salvage cibic {reconstructed it} and fix'd the truck already). I ended up also adding ~$500 out of pocket thus far. Plans are to do a simple rebuild, re-use everything that's usable, and simplify things as much as possible.

Before and after as follows:





































And the future daily in teh background:



:burn: it to the ground.

D

OMG that's hott.

That's awesome! Rock on D!

I love how you did everything the right way (aka expensive, but right). That's the only way I will do it...and I can't wait to paint both my cars.

very cool...looking forward to more updates.

Well done sir, I look forward to more updates

itrsteez wrote:Well done sir, I look forward to more updates

one more just to show in her backside.

Looks CLEAAAAAAAN!

as much as i love a driven R, thanks for the resto. she is lookin good! keep it up.

can i have the cluster? lol

turbohf wrote:as much as i love a driven R

280k indicates a definitely driven R

yeah seen that. guess i didnt word that well enough.

Love this!!! Well driven ITR getting another round Great resto work!!

booo.... clean sucks.
you gonna tuck your engine bay wyres?

nice battery tray!
rust behind the mirror? wow!

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+kumquat

I would like to do these type activities one day....

Matt!!! That ish is hot FIREZ!!!!

I can't wait to see the rest of the progress you do on this thing. She's definitely come a long way!

Keep up the killer work.

Now she doesn't look like she has 280k on her! Good work!

killer :thumbup:

Oh Noooo! ... the world must have shifted on it's axis by 0.000797 degrees! :thumbup:

Great to see. Look forward to seeing the progress.

Fresh NH0!!!

Love it! I love seeing these cars brought back to life...

Dave_B wrote:Matt!!! That ish is hot FIREZ!!!!

Fire!!!!

Dave_B wrote:I can't wait to see the rest of the progress you do on this thing.

Probably won't work on her much till 551 is running and registered. Too many cars, not enough time.

looking forward to seeing some updates, looks great, man!

D wrote:Probably won't work on her much till 551 is running and registered. Too many cars, not enough time.

With your current injuries, can you get much done? Or are you getting around ok these days?

Dave_B wrote:With your current injuries, can you get much done?

ROFL.... i havn't gotten jack shit done in the past 3 months... injury occured may 6th, since then... i rebuilt a torque converter and a updraft carb for my buddy's go kart. That's about it.

D wrote:

Dave_B wrote:With your current injuries, can you get much done?

ROFL.... i havn't gotten jack shit done in the past 3 months... injury occured may 6th, since then... i rebuilt a torque converter and a updraft carb for my buddy's go kart. That's about it.

... and put a couple bearings on my Mugen diff.

BTW, the car looks pretty in person, naked and under a car cover.
And thanks for the beers the other day. Ed

Wow, I thought i had a long way to go, you sir give me inspiration to finish...........


the first millon mile R in the making???

I'm just now reading this thread and can't wait to see more progress pics!

And this is my favorite photo so far - have a higher resolution available?