It's weird, it's when i had almost given up on my old Accord that i feel the biggest urge to restore it. I have bought a new car (well, new isn't the right word, it's even older than this one), a Toyota Corolla GTS (my second one). Anyway, the initial deal was that i was going to get rid of my old ride, so it has been sitting at my parents home for a few weeks now... But i like that old rusty thing too much to just thrash it...
If you want to know, my old Accord is an old S, year 87. The unibody is still strong, but the outside look really bad from my poor skills at body work. The winshield need replacing, the two doors windows have been destroyed by vandals (the main reason i bought another car, didn't feel like restoring the car anymore when it happened) and rust is showing at a lot of places. The engine still run strong, i took good care of it (i'm much better at fixing up the engine than the bodywork). The transmission and clutch too are in good shape. The suspension have been restored to near new state (i can't stand a car that don't handle corner well). I've invested a lot on that car, even if i paid little for it and it was in a very sorry state...
Luckily, used parts for my car aren't rare or hard to find, so for this the cost won't be too high (just a lot of work). Why bother if i have another, much better car? Because i still like my old Accord. Lot of torque, good fuel economy, nice handling. Now that i have another car i can strip this one and rebuild it at my pace, not having to worry about needing it later. I could probably buy another one and swap parts to it, but i would not be the same car, one i have driven to hell and back. It's not dead yet and still hope to see it restored...
What i would like to do to it? After restoring it's body to something that look nice (and insurable ), i would like to install an LSD. Why, no power upgrade? After seeing what an LSD can do to a car (the GTS i got just have one), it would improve that old Accord 10 fold. After that i could possibly want to switch it's carb to a webber, or convert it to EFI... Convert the exhaust system to a performance one would also help, i heard good things about headers (much better flow than stock manifold), and that car need an new catalyser, the noise is sooo bad without one...
Why keep 2 cars? I need a daily driver, especially for winter. The GTS is nice, but cost much more fuel, and isn't that great in winter. I want to restore the GTS too, but to do any extensive work on it i will need another car to move around. Either way, i need 2 cars .
Any advice or comments?
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