My name is Earl, and I have a Stainless Steel bolt fetish =)

[Earl]

Random pictures=)

[Brian.]

I hear ya..

[Rowleym]

What happened to that car in the last 2 pictures? Haha

[Brian.]

The last 2 pictures are the photos of the car when it was stock and more ugly

[Earl]

That's the same car as I have now=D lol

[YoungCR]

Earl said:

Is this how you bought it?

[Earl]

Minus having a hood on it. lol And it wasn't washed. I'll find a picture=D

First time I saw the car. The hood that was on it in the picture above is the original one. It flew up on the highway from the PO (my friend pictured) not closing it all the way. Hence why it had a brand new windshield too.

He just bought the car a month or two before because it was on craigslist as a parts car. He put in the missing rear diff and changed the brakes. I believe that was about it.

[Brian.]

I'm so glad you rescued this car Earl. that thing looked like hell!

[Earl]

I'm glad that I saved it too. It was a shitbox. It still was the most reliable car I have ever had=)

[YoungCR]

Cool back story! Its come a long way. Sorry I haven't gotten that price quote for you yet either, I'm slacking again.

[Earl]

Not a problem;) It'll be a euro m3 radiator cover. It's needed to pretty up the bay a little more:P

[Rowleym]

Earl said:

It still was the most reliable car I have ever had=)

....says the guy who drives vw's..

[Earl]

My MK1 wasn't bad. Lol I'll list my cars from order if attaining.

91 Buick LeSabre Custom

88 Mazda B2200

86 Chrysler Conquest TSi

81 Volkswagen Caddy

83 Toyota Celica Supra P-Type

95 BMW 318ti

96 Volkswagen Golf GL

[Rowleym]

You're a pimp for owning a caddy. I'll always want one.

[Earl]

Mine was a huge shitbox, but it was still way better than the mk3.

More goodness. I just found out I can order my lips and they'll be ready in two weeks. Placing my order in the next few days.

[StewCrew]

I miss the dirty thirty. I'll have t swing by some time this week!

[Earl]

Yes you will;) Called in sick for work yesterday to work on the car. Update from it most likely Monday:P

[Earl]

I called in sick on Friday to go in and work on the car. I now need it to get warm out so I can paint these parts and reassemble it all.

I started off by slipping with a drill and hitting the trailing arms yet again. Somehow a tap followed.

One of them is dead nuts in the center, the other is slightly off=( I don't believe it'll be much of an issue.

I grabbed a new wire wheel and put it to good use.

Do you think the paint should hold pretty well with that little bit of rust dust left? I can never seem to get it with a wire wheel=/

I also decided to snap a few pictures of the rear brake lines. I am so glad that I decided to do the rear subframe now.

I'm hoping I can find a way to paint some of these items on Wednesday. I also have a few lists of parts that I need to order.

The wheels are in transit, and I will be ordering lips shortly. I also decided on a color for the centers=) I most likely won't make my June deadline, but I have not given up.

TTFN

[Brian.]

Looking good earl, go with stainless braided brake lines! I want to eventually convert mine to that, but all my lines look good

[Earl]

I will be using braid stainless lines for the rubber flex sections. I will just be using normal brake line for the rest. The car will not see winter under my ownership so they should be fine.