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I want to simplify my life right now. I enjoyed the 242 when I was working so much it was fun to modify on the side and goof around with.
Now, I am out of patience and want a change and want a lot of this stuff out of my life...hopefully forever. This is ironic considering I added some upgrades from Matt and Dale recently (to which they are welcome to take back or call dibs on).
The cliffs:
-Good:A not-rusty pretty straight 242 that is very reliable and fun to drive in winter/around turns with a fair bit of mechanical attention.
-Bad: Repainted, unfinished project that needs a LOT more money to be a good well rounded project from this point on. It also has a zillion billion miles.
-Ugly: The current exhaust and some detail stuff that takes time.
More detailed:
1980 242DL body originally manual rack/M45 super stripper car. 345,000 miles or so.
Engine:
Lower mile flat top piston B23 with rebuilt head running on LH2.2 with K-cam/K-cam ignition dist. Nothing special about it really. Cheap engine that is a little quicker than an emissions laden B21F was all I wanted. It won't really feel fast at calgary elevation, but it is quite reliable/healthy.
New seals/gaskets, belts et al when the motor went in.
Lightened flywheel/new clutch.
-New motor mounts.
-Synthetic oil and a mann filter.
-Idle motor sticks a bit causing it not to return to idle beautifully.
Interior:
GT seats/door cards in OK shape. Driver side foam is good and the interior isn't *bad* aesthetically. Not really what I like anymore, but it is what it is. Black non-sunroof headliner with 1993 late model dash in it too I guess.
Suspension:
Front:
-GT braces upper and lower.
-Poly bushings.
-25mm IPD front bar.
-Bilsteins
-1979 GT front springs
-New balljoints
-Newer TRW PS rack as of very recently.
Rear:
-Poly bushings.
-Whatever flavor rear bar you want...I have an IPD 25, IPD 22, '79 GT 23mm. It currently has none on it for winter driving.
-Late model volvo clutch LSD with the speedo tone ring on it and the steel case.
-Chopped wagon overloads.
-Bilsteins.
Brakes:
-PBR "ultimate" pads front and rear.
-No dust shields on the front
-SS lines
-Rotors done recently.
-No rear limiting valves.
Recent (~6months) maintenance:
-brake junction, master cylinder, 740T intank fuel pump/sock, fuel filter and lines to fuel rail from K-jet filter, new fuel pressure regulator, blower motor, recently relayed headlights, late style windshield, late model wiper motor, new driver side window regulator, big interstate battery, RSI window scrapers, driveshaft u-joints/center support, trans mount, new wheels bearings all around, new brake calipers in the back, new front splash pan.
Body:
GT front, no bondo I can find, a good few scratches, a couple door dings and one ding in the top of the hood is what it is. Nothing real nice, but it is decently straight and if repainted would look respectable. I've really combed it for straight as best I can and the floors and are all very straight and solid, the car aligns unusually well 240.
The trunk lid is bent a bit due to someone being a savage and slamming it with stuff piled pretty high in it.
Late model super skinny 83-85 USA bumpers and turbo airdam/duct in place of giant commando freakshows.
The gotchas:
Paint was redone due to sun fading.
Sadly, like all repaints, unless you really rust proof this car, rust is going to bubble up horribly under an IMO, not so well prepped repaint. It isn't really at all rusty now, but this is a big "gotcha" for sure and there are a couple scratch spots where I see rust. Floors and rockers are great, however.
In the dry climate, it is hard to say what would go first on this car if left untouched, but I'd guess rear wheel arches and buttcheeks first and the actual over-body repaint is more minor than it would be in coastal WA. Here, cars rust around the seams that don't drain water (like 242 rear windows) or from the inside out. Floor and wheel arch rust is less common. Unless you go to town hot oiling this car somewhere dry, the papery 80- undercoating will disappear, followed by the floorboards shortly thereafter.
-Not so great fairly ratty/rattly interior.
-Axle is less than ideally tight and a 4.10.
-It is really really really LOUD compared to a new(er) car.
-Exhaust is old and cruddy looking right now. I should and probably will replace it with something decent, but if I don't, it is what it is.
-Comes on hakka 4 snows and steelies more than likely...nice wheels are something I never really got around to.
Even with all of its demerits, it is a decent foundation for a fun car. I was thinking $2-3K could take everything. Like most 240s, it is probably worth a lot more apart than together, though that takes time and if someone could take the car and enjoy it a lot, great. I'm not in a *huge* hurry to sell it/part it. I'd like to before late spring/summer really gets going though.
If this car could magically take up no space while I do other things in life and come back to it later when I want to be spending time/money/whatever dealing with it that would be awesome, and I'd just hang onto it and all the crap bolted it it one way or another. That isn't a realistic outlook, however.
Anyone?
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