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Cleaned up the Regal over this last weekend and went out for a bit of a cruise. Thought I'd post some shots.
I had it parked for the majority of the winter, but it seems like it was all for naught as it's starting to become another casualty of Michigan's salt.
I uncovered a dirty little secret. It seems that the rear strut towers are starting to rust through now. I pulled a pretty large chunk of rust out of the inside of the trunk so the car is living on borrowed time now. Needless to say, the paint isn't great and parts of the body are rusting through, and the interior could be better so I'm currently looking around for a replacement.
Sooo I may be parting this car out in the near future...
2009 Chevy Silverado 2500HD crew cab, 6.0, Z71. The project mover.
2002 Regal GS: 3.4 pulley, E85, and quicker than my old 99
1982 Pontiac Grand Prix L67, T56, GT45, T56, Holley EFI; It's pretty quick Mod list here
Ryan 2003 Bonneville SSEi - The Black Mirror SOLD! 2002 Bonneville SE - The MuttComplete 2004 SLE interior, drivetrain, and body harness swap, ECC swap, HUD swap, black GXP wheels, GXP headlights and tinted tails - SOLD 2003 BMW 540i M Sport, 2001 BMW X5 4.4i, 2010 GMC Acadia, 2017 Grand Design Imagine 3150BH 1982 Cutlass Supreme - The fun one
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1998 Oldsmobile 88 LS w/ FE1 Float Suspension, Leather and Power Everything - Totaled (Rolled!) out during Winter of 2015 by Sister Click HERE for project thread.
2002.5 Blazer - Stock Stuffing 30s, SLP ZR1 Replicas, Dynomax Catback, TONS of other mods. Click HERE for project thread. - DD
I will try to get some photos of the strut towers when I get a chance. It's not terrible now, but it's only a matter of time before the struts will poke through the trunk.
2009 Chevy Silverado 2500HD crew cab, 6.0, Z71. The project mover.
2002 Regal GS: 3.4 pulley, E85, and quicker than my old 99
1982 Pontiac Grand Prix L67, T56, GT45, T56, Holley EFI; It's pretty quick Mod list here
bs009 wrote:I had it parked for the majority of the winter, but it seems like it was all for naught as it's starting to become another casualty of Michigan's salt.
I uncovered a dirty little secret. It seems that the rear strut towers are starting to rust through now. I pulled a pretty large chunk of rust out of the inside of the trunk so the car is living on borrowed time now. Needless to say, the paint isn't great and parts of the body are rusting through, and the interior could be better so I'm currently looking around for a replacement.
Sooo I may be parting this car out in the near future...
Saw this in my area and thought it might be a good transplant body... Price might be a little high for that and it's red but other than that it looks good! http://jxn.craigslist.org/cto/4936461583.html
2004 Bonneville GXP Crimson Tintcoat- Casual fuel gauge | Brake Performance drilled/slotted rotors front and rear| Retrofit Morimoto mini H1 | clear corners | disabled DRL | 3000K HID fogs | 5% tint | K&N | Yakima rack with fairing, bike rails and kayak rack | Intermittent radio display 1995 Bonneville SSEDeep Amethyst Pearl- SSEI tails | 5% tint | 3 12jlw3v2 in custom enclosure -Gone 1991 Bonneville LE Blue- Alloy spokes -Deceased(deer)
MattStrike wrote:I didn't think the rust was that bad.
I wouldn't think Matt would post anything other than that since he is the king of fixing cars eat up with the rust cancer. - BC
In Memory of Brad - 1/21/1977 .. 10/23/2013 ...... Aaron - 1977 .. 2017 .....
2017 Hyundai Santa Fe Sport ..... 1992 Bonneville SSE 1SB 170 HP L27 4T60E retired/sold to MattStrike ..... 2005 Bonneville SE 1SC 205 HP L36 4T65E - retired/salvage yard ..... PBCF user 2321
I really don't want to play with restoring a structural component that is so hard to get to.
BBamm wrote:
Saw this in my area and thought it might be a good transplant body... Price might be a little high for that and it's red but other than that it looks good! http://jxn.craigslist.org/cto/4936461583.html
Thanks for looking out! Though if I had to transplant everything it would have to be a white or blue Regal with a decent shell and a nice interior with heated seats. I'm spoiled for life now lol.
I'm thinking the replacement will have to be a manual though if I have to spend decent money on it. I'm looking at new Focus ST hatchbacks and also Subaru WRX Hatchback's. I'm still weighing my options though.
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2009 Chevy Silverado 2500HD crew cab, 6.0, Z71. The project mover.
2002 Regal GS: 3.4 pulley, E85, and quicker than my old 99
1982 Pontiac Grand Prix L67, T56, GT45, T56, Holley EFI; It's pretty quick Mod list here
I've been a subaru guy my whole life but I'm not too keen on the new style. Its like a combination of a civic SI and and Evo. The 04 style I love. I'd go with the focus. I've been wanting one myself and I've heard a lot of good things about them
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Tune coming soon 2000 Bonneville SLE - Totalled
nos4blood70 wrote:Mmmm, typical w-body rust. Gonna address it or find another clean shell?
I'm probably just gonna jump ship altogether. I test drove a Focus ST yesterday and I was pretty impressed. Tomorrow I'll be checking out a WRX too.
If I can find a Regal in good enough shape though, I'd probably consider swapping everything over. I would really like to get something with a stick though that I could DD even in the winter. That's one of the main motivators for the WRX and Focus ST. I've always got the GP for my RWD summer/project car.
Work is consuming a lot of my time so I don't have much left to work on cars. Because of that I really don't want another project. In fact, I will be getting rid of all of my extra cars pretty soon here.
2009 Chevy Silverado 2500HD crew cab, 6.0, Z71. The project mover.
2002 Regal GS: 3.4 pulley, E85, and quicker than my old 99
1982 Pontiac Grand Prix L67, T56, GT45, T56, Holley EFI; It's pretty quick Mod list here
nos4blood70 wrote:Mmmm, typical w-body rust. Gonna address it or find another clean shell?
I'm probably just gonna jump ship altogether. I test drove a Focus ST yesterday and I was pretty impressed. Tomorrow I'll be checking out a WRX too.
If I can find a Regal in good enough shape though, I'd probably consider swapping everything over. I would really like to get something with a stick though that I could DD even in the winter. That's one of the main motivators for the WRX and Focus ST. I've always got the GP for my RWD summer/project car.
Work is consuming a lot of my time so I don't have much left to work on cars. Because of that I really don't want another project. In fact, I will be getting rid of all of my extra cars pretty soon here.
I suggest a visit to MattStrike before doing anything. jmo - BC
In Memory of Brad - 1/21/1977 .. 10/23/2013 ...... Aaron - 1977 .. 2017 .....
2017 Hyundai Santa Fe Sport ..... 1992 Bonneville SSE 1SB 170 HP L27 4T60E retired/sold to MattStrike ..... 2005 Bonneville SE 1SC 205 HP L36 4T65E - retired/salvage yard ..... PBCF user 2321
I like those wheels. They look like or similar to ones I was considering after I busted the white RX-8 wheels I had. Katana GTM I think was the wheel. I decided against it after seeing some other pictures online where the spokes of the wheel seemed to be convex and curve out past the tire and I didn't want that. But those look pretty good there.
Fwiw, I've decide to hang on the Regal for a while longer while I finish up the Grand Prix. In the meantime though I'm going to find a way to weld some braces onto the rear strut tower bars and fix the little things that have been bothering me so much.
Also forget that I never posted pics of the new stereo I put in it. I dumped my old POS JVC unit that I had in there before and opted for a Parrot Asteroid Smart. This is complete with steering wheel controls!
It runs on an Android Operating System so basically I can root it and install whatever I want on it. Right now though I'm going to keep using it as is though. It's default OS isn't too bad. The maps are also very useful and sound quality is pretty good too.
2009 Chevy Silverado 2500HD crew cab, 6.0, Z71. The project mover.
2002 Regal GS: 3.4 pulley, E85, and quicker than my old 99
1982 Pontiac Grand Prix L67, T56, GT45, T56, Holley EFI; It's pretty quick Mod list here
- BC
