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No Easter egg hunt for us
Hey, have fun with that eh? Be sure to get your share of chocolate though,
okay?
Cathy (always on about beer and/or chocolate)
On 4:24 am 04/08/07 "Gordy Stedman" <ydrogs@gmail.com> wrote:
> Instead of chasing a bunny tomorrow here is what we have in store:
>
> http://picasaweb.google.com/ydrogs/81SciroccoBlack/photo#5050956250835
> 943698
>
> in our ghetto paint booth:
>
> http://picasaweb.google.com/ydrogs/81SciroccoBlack/photo#5050957530736
> 197922
>
> Sean was looking to have the car turned around in 7 days but weather
> screwed that up.
>
> Update on the 81:
> It has been in wreck(s) so it is not worth keeping. It had a swapped
> in 1.6L & 4 speed tranny which sucks because the main reason I bought
> it was for an FF tranny. Sean put together a 1.8L RV/RD block with
> JH head and mounted the 4 speed back on. He sanded most of the black
> paint off and filled some of the major dings. Going to paint outside
> only since we did not want to disassemble and prep the entire car. I
> sold the 16" wheels that came with it for a set of mesh 13" rims and
> $100 and put that back into the parts for the engine plus some $ from
> some race tires I sold so we are in it about $350 total including the
> price of the vehicle. I have a set of tan vinyl seats to replace the
> nasty cloth seats and a piece of front tan carpet which is missing.
> I have a bumper to put on the front to make it look like a complete
> car when done. Hopefully we will get the car titled and through DEQ
> (smog test) and find it a new home in a week or 2. Can't wait to see
> how the gloss sunrise red turns out. Could not find the burgundy red
> in large quanities like we painted my car which best matches the
> original Indiana red paint.
>
> --
> Gordy
> MK1 x 5
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