CHECK OUT WHAT I JUST ACQUIRED..ALMOST FREE (56K go milk a cow)

[mkymonkey]

Ok as many of you know, if not you will now, i tow cars for a living. especifically whats called a PPI (Private Party Impound). I get called out to remove and impound vehicles that are either abandoned, parked in a firelane, or violated a rule of the parking lot/complex (like having no parking permit). we usually give cars back the next day for a nice small fee. but tonight at 2:30 AM I got called out to tow a honda off a property because it seemed to be abandoned because it was given many many written warnings to be moved. so i go to pick up this honda, which happens to be a 89 prelude Si. when i go to call it in to police as a towed vehicle (required be CA law) they tell me its stolen. DUDE I WAS SO HAPPY TO HEAR THAT! why you may ask? well because when a car happens to be stolen and has been sitting a property for a while we usually get to keep it because the owner either doesnt want to pay the money to get it out of impound or just doesnt want the car back. well check out these pics i took of it. if i get to keep it i get a nice B20 for my 3g. the only prob is that its an automatic and it comes with 251,000 miles on it. WHAT DO YA THINK GUYS???

HERE ARE THE PICS
DISCLAIMER: sorry about the quality its like 5am here and when i took the pics i was at work so i had to take them with my phone. but enjoy anyway!

this is the car...duh
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and its power plant a B20.....nice
http://img292.imageshack.us/img292/2923/10-20-05_0355.jpg

http://img292.imageshack.us/img292/3706/10-20-05_0354.jpg

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MAN DO I LOVE MY JOB!!! First it brings me a nice little 3g for me to drive, then it brings me a nice little powerplant for me to add to my 3g. and everything almost for free. if i keep this car i would probably have to pay like 200 to my boss for it. why 200? well because thats what the scrap yard gives us for them to take it. but i think it will be staying for me....that is if we keep it (knock on wood).



THIS SHOULD BE A VERY WELCOMED PROJECT FOR ME!!!! yay! and since my bday is coming up (we actually have to wait 30 days before i can even touch the car.) that will be my present to myself!!! hehehe

[mkymonkey]

[UPDATED PICS OF MY CAR] now do you think it will fit here (oh yeah i painted my valve cover...so i guess i just joined the "painted valve cover" club. it looks kinda orange here but its really red.)

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[snow_man_20]

sorry dude but the mounts aren't going to work. you may as well put a h22 in.

[mkymonkey]

DAMN IT REALLY?

well that sucks you just shot my level of excitement down like 6 notches. i guess i can just buy the car and make it honda project number 3 lol

[snow_man_20]

if it was 2 years newer it would be a good project IMO. good luck though. O-yeah, you have a kick a$$ job.

[mkymonkey]

ok forget it i just read this thread
http://3geez.com/showthread.php?t=86

damn this totally sucks, i guess i have to look for an 2g prelude... :( oh well i did spot an sei that had no permit at one of our complexes, it been there for 3 weeks so i think its time to go bye bye for the car and maybe new rear disks and cup holders for me, i cant get the whole interior cuz its red.

damn this totaly sucks!

[mkymonkey]

well at least i got to show you guys my new painted valve cover. lol

[snow_man_20]

ok forget it i just read this thread
http://3geez.com/showthread.php?t=86

damn this totally sucks, i guess i have to look for an 2g prelude... :( oh well i did spot an sei that had no permit at one of our complexes, it been there for 3 weeks so i think its time to go bye bye for the car and maybe new rear disks and cup holders for me, i cant get the whole interior cuz its red.

damn this totaly sucks!



umm... you found a sei with red interior?

[snow_man_20]

a 2g si has a a20, so why would you want that?

[SteveDX89]

Yeah dude, you can totally tell from looking at the engine it won't work. See how the B20 leans back and A20 leans forward?

[snow_man_20]

Yeah dude, you can totally tell from looking at the engine it won't work. See how the B20 leans back and A20 leans forward?


mabie he was going to put it in backwards?

[Busted_Blue]

you work at a junkyard?

[bobafett]

reading pwns blue

its in the first fucking line of the post man! lol

[mkymonkey]

ok enough hating guys!

i did think it was kinda weird that the egine leaned back when i first saw it. but i just thought it was the way it sat in the car, like i said i already read that thread about the b20 and the differences. so this car is not going to be kept. :( anyway snow_man_20, i did find an sei with a red enterior, its actually more like that maroon color but the accents, such as the gauge cluster and the vents and anything else that you can remove easily from the car is painted red!!! people and their rice i tell ya. i just want the cup holders, i guess he/she could not take them out becuase they're still black...hehe.

oh yeah and busted_blue,

I WORK FOR A TOW COMPANY

thanks for all the comments guys

[3G Jester]

i want your job.

even if you cant swap it whatta find. drive it into the ground and rape it for all its worth.

or.... turbo it and strip it and make it a project track car.

[Busted_Blue]

:hs: Reading in a forum, thats ridiculous.

[3G Jester]

is that why your a fan of pictures? less effort required?

[Busted_Blue]

is that why your a fan of pictures? less effort required?

damn right! Course...i'm reading the accord PICS forum.. =P

[blahblahblah]

Hell..Id still get the car for $200...Something to have fun with and take it to the yard yourself and get your money back later...Drive it for a year, keep the miles down on the 3g...

[mkymonkey]

not a bad idea, but to tell you the truth the 3g was bought for the same reason, except to keep the miles off my 01 civic ex. lol

[SQ is the SQUAD]

not to jack this thread but what type of truck do you drive? i been towing for about 4 years now

[mkymonkey]

dynamic f450

[SQ is the SQUAD]

ewe..........dynamic

00 chevy 3500hd (we love chevy) century express 301

i am not towing anymore though, might go back one day

[NOAHS88accord]

buy the car for 200, then sell it for a higher price. I bet you can get at least 1,000 for the car, and then you will have made 800 to put towards your 3g, or civic. Think business minded here man.

[A20A1]

That sucks that they have to pay to get the stolen car back... why not tell the owner where it is and let them drive it home, but If they don't want it then take it. Or leave the car there, wire it with explosives and when the chop shop or the car theif picks it up... blow their skanky nuts and their operation to hell. :)

[mkymonkey]

lol, that would be something awesome to see. unfortunatley when were called out there to pick up an abandoned car (or in this case, a firelane packed car) we have to take it because we have a contract with the apt. complex to "clean up" their neighborhood. so we wasted the gas to "recover" the owner's vehicle, so i say they should pay. plus gas aint cheap and i drive a v10 ford f450.....a 5 mi trip would waste half a tank...lol

[halxi]

sweet lude

to save gas and gain some power i think you need a diesel, v10 :thumbdn:

[SQ is the SQUAD]

the biggest question is since it was an unvalentary tow, i would belive u have no title for it correct?