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    What ive been up to

    Hey everyone its been a long time. thought id let you know whats new and what Ive been up to in the car world.
    Ive sort of become a car scraper I look for cheap old cars salvage parts off them and send them to the junkyard.
    As you know when i left here i had the 97 Geo metro and 91 accord
    Well I bought a 92 accord sedan and sold the geo ( remember i got the geo for $300? i put about $200 in to it fixing the dizzy and new waterpump and timing belt. sold it for $1100!)

    heres the 92 when i bought it

    WIP

    Prime



    I ended up selling it to the girl i got the Geo from.
    she blew the engine up..


    now back to the 91 accord. here she is in her prime




    had a full lip kit on it, 2.5" exhaust with magnaflow resonators, rebuilt the whole suspension. new clutch and MUCH more...

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    then she failed smog and I ended up with this junk heap next to it

    RIP Accord http://youtu.be/TUaAdk3hghc

    Now the 95 Civic EX with a y7/z6 mini me...i paid $1700 for it.. 23 hours later the engine blew. the knock i thought was an exhaust manifold gasket was a rod bearing and it spun...Did a d15b vtec swap...til i went to change the water pump. someone had jb welded the crank pully bolt in YAY. so pulled that engine out got a D15B non vtec (d15b2 basically) lasted a good 15K miles. then started burning to much oil...got a 228K D15b7. put that in. now it has 268K on it and still running . had to change the head gasket a couple months ago. change the trans. clutch. new struts etc almost everything on this car has been replaced.
    when i got it

    this body work looked fine the night i bought the car til i saw it better the next day.


    some paint work and a new bumper that was warped -_-

    engine number 1

    engine number 2

    Drove 100 miles with that engine back there ^

    engine 3

    Current engine



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    got theses rims for $150 with good tiers

    Then my mom bought brand new rims and tiers.

    also both fenders, and bumpers were replaced again
    OLD pic of it slammed


    Then... i bought....a 4cylinder mustang automatic.


    Well i traded a Laptop for it. Since my parents have put over $5000 in to the civic and i feel its cursed by the devil. i wanted something else. and let them do what they want with the civic

    17MPG out of a 4banger!


    cleaned it up a bit but thats about all i did



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    Well then i bought a 89 ranger for $200 that had $700 in back fees... i was sick of how slow the mustang was and the trans was sliping so i sold it for $700 and she was gone!
    The beast!



    Well i got the rego paid up on it. and started fixing it up. had to fix the brakes first. then tune up and shit.


    that bumper did get painted black ^

    well had it for awhile and then i went to weld the cats back on since the welds were split. and found out they were gutted out YAY. $300 for a new cat, $200 for a windsheld and i was getting 8MPG. Sold it for $500 . had alot of fun with it. got alot of use out of it

    Oh i forgot when i got rid of the Accord i got this.

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    The $150 1988 HF CRX Shell





    pic is kinda dark but u can see the rims i had on the civic are on it

    Got an HF motor with trans ECU for $200 + a subaru turbo


    as much work as I have done so far. the car is in ridgecrest and its to hot up there to work on it

    Plan for it is Autocross car. sunday driver. Later it will get a more powerfull engine swap. IT had a b18c5 in it so all the wiering is hacked up and obd1 converted which i have to convert back to pass smog!

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    Re: What ive been up to

    cars i have junked


    That is not why it was junked
    This is why

    Unfortently this became a parts car

    Free mazda with blown trans and hella back tags

    WAs a cool car too
    totaled corolla that couldn't drive straight


    Sentra that the timing tensnnor broke on and caused it to bend all the valves!


    Thats all i can think of right now LOL

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    Re: What ive been up to

    uhm. ya back!?!?!?!?!?!?

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    Re: What ive been up to

    How many cameras you got lol pic either foggy or contrast so much a few look photochunked, this one caught my attention...
    And you've been busy enough it looks.

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    Quote Originally Posted by itzdave View Post
    uhm. ya back!?!?!?!?!?!?

    Quote Originally Posted by 2oodoor View Post
    How many cameras you got lol pic either foggy or contrast so much a few look photochunked, this one caught my attention...
    And you've been busy enough it looks.
    Lol alot are done with different cell phones ( and some on the cell were edited with hipstergram). only a few were done with a real digital camera but most of them were also taken before i got my tripod as well.

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    Re: What ive been up to

    Welcome Back Blake , I'm not on here much anymore but good to see you back

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    Re: What ive been up to

    That's a long, sad tale there. Good luck with the CRX.
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    Re: What ive been up to

    Quote Originally Posted by Pico View Post
    Welcome Back Blake , I'm not on here much anymore but good to see you back
    Thanks pico! and i see you daily on facebook!
    Quote Originally Posted by Dr_Snooz View Post
    That's a long, sad tale there. Good luck with the CRX.
    Thanks I hope to have her running some time next year. its a long slow project. the 85 is my main concern right now

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    Re: What ive been up to

    I bought and flipped 1g accords when I was your age.I prolly sold 12 of them. Good to see your automotive skills are improving!


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    Re: What ive been up to

    That's a lot of cars man! And some good experience! I always thought it would be fun to buy junkers, fix them and flip them, or just part them out. Glad to see you're having fun!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Oldblueaccord View Post
    I bought and flipped 1g accords when I was your age.I prolly sold 12 of them. Good to see your automotive skills are improving!


    wp
    i almost bought a pristine 1g . even the AC was still working it was perfect and only $800...he sold it the next day and i didnt have the cash

    Quote Originally Posted by 2ndGenGuy View Post
    That's a lot of cars man! And some good experience! I always thought it would be fun to buy junkers, fix them and flip them, or just part them out. Glad to see you're having fun!
    YEah it is! im 22 and have owned more cars then my step dad has...and he has had alot LOL.
    And yeah its allways fun and good experince. sad to see alot of them go but i make profit off them.

    like that sentra. i got it for $300. i took the new tiers off and put some steelies i had on it with tiers that had wires sticking out the sides on it. Took the new battery out and stuck an old dead one in it. and it had 4 new pioneer speakers, a brand new sony deck, and nice 400 watt amp under the seat!!! then i sold it for $450 to the junkyard. so i made $150, + got tiers/rims, a complete sound system , and a new interstate battery

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    Holy fruck.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Charlie View Post
    Holy fruck.
    Hello Charlie

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    Re: What ive been up to

    Quote Originally Posted by Civic Accord Honda View Post
    im 22
    nigga u old. i remember when you first joined teh forum, i think you where only 16, and you're a couple years older than me lol. time flies!
    Last edited by A18A; 08-21-2012 at 03:05 AM.

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    ^^ I remember when you were like 13 and still building nicer Accords than most people on the forum!

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    Quote Originally Posted by A18A View Post
    nigga u old. i remember when you first joined teh forum, i think you where only 16, and you're a couple years older than me lol. time flies!
    haha yup time sure does

    Quote Originally Posted by 2ndGenGuy View Post
    ^^ I remember when you were like 13 and still building nicer Accords than most people on the forum!
    Thats why Matt is god

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    Re: What ive been up to

    Glad to see ya again. Wondering how long that would last really. Still using that "spoon" converter i got from ya. Super jelly of the new hobby flipping cars

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