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Picked her up in Jan. Shes my 2nd R. Pretty stripped when i got her but the price was right and i had/ have most of the parts to put her back together with. A fresh paint job was first on the list. The car has had a lot of half assed work done on it before, its time for me to fix her up.

Ill keep the thread updated within the next week or so when its out/ during paint process.

comment way! -Andrew

The Beggining: What im working with!







Update: Quarter panel removal!







Update: Quarter panel on!






Update: Prep work and cutting in of paint!












Update: 5/17.... paint and paint







5/26/08: More Paint!








She then made her way back to my house in June. Sat in the garage waiting for more parts to arrive/ wrong parts to arrive/ i ordered parts and kept changing my mind. I made a lot of progress in the past few weeks on it. I dont get to work much on her since i have such a busy schedule.

Fresh pictures as of today. ( First night outside the garage since the fresh paint.














Final parts arriving:




First week of October/ Last week of sept.:

*Goal was to get it running by MM 10/3. Spent 1 overnighter(on a work week to get her done) Thanks to Ryan and Bryan and Terry who helped me out a lot. At this time most of the interior was finished, front end on, harnesses in, etc etc and got her running. No exhaust yet nor Teins. They go on next week. Anyhow. On with the pics














Mugen Twin Loop (JDM) Omni-power test pipe, and O2 Eliminator.
***CLEARLY you can see a flaw in UPS's shipping quality.*** Im seriously still PISSED. I was ready to put it on tonight too

Kudos to you for breathing new life into the giRl!

Looks like you've got a pretty good project there.

Like Whoa!

nice results,,, so far

Nice!!! Body work is so tedious and a PITA.

Kudo's to the hard work.

Great job! love that there are still such generous ppl that recover R's

Thanks for all the comments!
-andrew

Nice job on replacing that quarter! Can't wait to see this one progress...

impressive

YellowKahuna wrote:impressive

I agree, very nice work. I'l keep an eye out for updates.

Thanks for all the comments! We've been trying to finish up the car. The weather has sucked here in saint louis though. Rain/ Cold weather FTL! I should have updates by the end of the week.

-Andrew

Looks great...keep up the hard work! Did you paint that in your own garage?

First post updated. Paint paint and paint

It looks too straight now, they do have some waves from the factory

Damm, I wish mine had that luster of new paint

<--- jealous.

nice up date, thanks!

Bbasso wrote:It looks too straight now, they do have some waves from the factory

Damm, I wish mine had that luster of new paint

<--- jealous.

nice up date, thanks!

In the right light you can see the waves on mostly the left door, very little on the right. Its from those damn intrusion beams in the doors.


Bumpers, fenders and rear garnish were painted last night. Ill post up some update pics.

i love these threads!!!!!!

Nice work def keep updating us with pictures!!

Pics updated!

Dayamn! Moving along real nice!
<--dreads/hates body work

very nice keep up the good work, lose those stickers in the back window

Very nice man. You even picked the right color. Keep up the great work.

Great work Andy. How long have you been in St. Louis? I was thinking you were near the Nashville area???

NICE JOB!!! I LOVE UR BODYWORK!

Nice work man...

Get rid of the 4-lug though =0(

coolhandluke wrote:Great work Andy. How long have you been in St. Louis? I was thinking you were near the Nashville area???

Since i was born. (aka 21 or so odd years. Depending if youd like to count the initail 9 months.)

Progress has been REALLY slow the past few weeks. Work blows and ive been on vacation twice. I have a week of vacation coming up in the next few weeks and i hope to get her done. Ill update as soon as i get a chance.

She is coming along nicely.

Updated first post. Shes been covered in the garage for a few weeks. Got a lot done on heR and shes back to life. I proudly put 60miles on heR last night!!!!!