Project: Spare parts

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Project: Spare parts

Postby nutt » Thu Sep 11, 2014 12:45 am

Goal, spend nothing and end up with a cool little vintage economy car!
Budget....$4000
To date....$1500

'72 vega wagon
283 low miler/172 valves
Turbo 350/10" convertor
V8 Monza posi rear/torque tube

Parts car for donor parts....'74 vega hatch converted to v8...$300
This car supplied the rearend, trans, V8 mounts, Sanderson headers, 10"convertor, front spoiler, black GT seats front and rear and rear wheels.

I'm hoping for a cool 25 mpg and a continuous smile!
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Re: Project: Spare parts

Postby cjbiagi » Thu Sep 11, 2014 6:33 am

Nice looking, but I am confused. You said your goal was to spend nothing but you have a $4000 budget?
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Re: Project: Spare parts

Postby dindin » Thu Sep 11, 2014 10:10 am

Nice clean engine compartment.

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Re: Project: Spare parts

Postby zzip » Thu Sep 11, 2014 11:21 am

indeed, just new .

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1989 Monza Spyder L4 2.5L
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Re: Project: Spare parts

Postby nutt » Thu Sep 11, 2014 11:28 am

Yeah, a little confusing...I should have said I'm being as frugal as possible in every move. I'm still reasonable and won't compromise safety, or integrity.
For the suspension, I bought an S10 for parts, used the front brakes, kept the rearend for a spare and sold off the rest to break even. Instead of buying the ball joint spacers, I redrilled the upper a-arms to accept new S10 BJs and wrapped a reinforcement strap around the a-arm to regain the meat that was lost. For the lowers, I did the unthinkable....I grafted the S10 a-arm onto the vega's and re-gusseted it so it's very strong. Bought the Monza V6 springs, new BJs and rebuilt calipers with new brake hoses. This set me back a whopping $150 but that money was recouped in the sale of the S10 stuff.
For the body, I've been using some products I usually wouldn't chance on other projects and have been very pleased. Again, the goal is low budget without compromise. UPOL's high build is less than $100 a gallon, Omni base with SPI's universal clear, SPI's epoxy and the white is also Omni. I'm betting I can keep the entire cost of paint/bodywork under $1000 and that's no easy feat with today's products.

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