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My son and I have embarked on a long painful journey. As a father, It's hard to say no to the ones you love sometimes.. Really hard. I told this story over in my New Shoes thread:
It's a funny story. I had a sweet straight reef blue roller I was going to build.. a 93 LX hatch. I had a 351W I was going to stroke and install into it, then I spotted my green car on corral and had to have it. SO, I flew to NC , bought it, and drove it home to Texas. This was 2011. I went to put the roller up for sale and my son threw a fit because he wanted it. So I kept it. A few years go by.. he changes his mind, and decides he wants a truck. This is fine with me, as he's less likely as a new driver to get hurt in a truck, so I sell the roller. Perfect clean car. A little more time goes by and he flip flops again. He spies this turd rotting away in a friend of mine's yard and asks about it- as luck would have it, my friend GIVES IT TO HIM.. aaaand he's in love. :facepalm:
Nope. That's not her. That's the roller I sold. For a thousand dollars. This car now resides in the Rio Grande River valley and has an LSX engine in it with an 88mm turbo turning high 7 second 1/4 miles. Yeah..
Here is the earliest pic I could find of the car. My Samsung Note II took a dump and I lost all of the really good ones..
It's really hard to appreciate this car's full glory from this pic. When we got it the front end looked like it had been dipped in paint stripper and left in the weather for ten years, engine bay, and fenders. There was no hood because it, as pointed out by Mr. @hoopty5.0 , most likely came open at speed, acing the cowl area, hood hinges, and creasing the doo doo out of the roof. Yes, I am a glutton for punishment.
It's a funny story. I had a sweet straight reef blue roller I was going to build.. a 93 LX hatch. I had a 351W I was going to stroke and install into it, then I spotted my green car on corral and had to have it. SO, I flew to NC , bought it, and drove it home to Texas. This was 2011. I went to put the roller up for sale and my son threw a fit because he wanted it. So I kept it. A few years go by.. he changes his mind, and decides he wants a truck. This is fine with me, as he's less likely as a new driver to get hurt in a truck, so I sell the roller. Perfect clean car. A little more time goes by and he flip flops again. He spies this turd rotting away in a friend of mine's yard and asks about it- as luck would have it, my friend GIVES IT TO HIM.. aaaand he's in love. :facepalm:
Nope. That's not her. That's the roller I sold. For a thousand dollars. This car now resides in the Rio Grande River valley and has an LSX engine in it with an 88mm turbo turning high 7 second 1/4 miles. Yeah..
Here is the earliest pic I could find of the car. My Samsung Note II took a dump and I lost all of the really good ones..
It's really hard to appreciate this car's full glory from this pic. When we got it the front end looked like it had been dipped in paint stripper and left in the weather for ten years, engine bay, and fenders. There was no hood because it, as pointed out by Mr. @hoopty5.0 , most likely came open at speed, acing the cowl area, hood hinges, and creasing the doo doo out of the roof. Yes, I am a glutton for punishment.