This is the Fridge on the day I bought it from GrandmaSideways.
I paid $250.00, less the pictured wheels, for which he'd bought the car from a nineteen year old kid. I needed a car to chase parts for a few weeks while the V8 Wagon was apart.
It had over 400,000 km. It seemed to run okay but was filled with terrible mods the previous owner did attempting to "improve" the car. I wasn't worried- I could put up with that for a few weeks.
That was four years ago.
I abused this car. For years it got the absolute minimum required amount of anything it needed to remain running. Used parts (usually donated by Jason), a single annual oil change with the cheapest oil, and it never got a tank of anything over 87 octane. It refused to die.
About two years ago, I reached a crossroad. The e-brake cable had snapped, one ball joint sounded like a gravel crusher- it was too dangerous to continue driving. It was to the wreckers or (gasp!) actually do work on it.
Since then, it's gotten cleaned up. Various random bits have been swapped, usually to undo some tasteless, useless or dangerous modification the PO did to it. It still doesn't get much love.
Here's Fridge at over 428,000km, spattered with coffee some cocknozzle threw at it. Things are getting dire again. The clutch is slipping and the pistons are slapping, so once more it's time for a decision. One I made this weekend- I bought a beat (but well running) '94 940 turbo auto wagon. Over the next few weeks, I intend to swap the engine, the full LH 2.4 harness and ECU and a TON of other parts, with intentions of having it drivable for IPD.
More info soon!
M.
I paid $250.00, less the pictured wheels, for which he'd bought the car from a nineteen year old kid. I needed a car to chase parts for a few weeks while the V8 Wagon was apart.
It had over 400,000 km. It seemed to run okay but was filled with terrible mods the previous owner did attempting to "improve" the car. I wasn't worried- I could put up with that for a few weeks.
That was four years ago.
I abused this car. For years it got the absolute minimum required amount of anything it needed to remain running. Used parts (usually donated by Jason), a single annual oil change with the cheapest oil, and it never got a tank of anything over 87 octane. It refused to die.
About two years ago, I reached a crossroad. The e-brake cable had snapped, one ball joint sounded like a gravel crusher- it was too dangerous to continue driving. It was to the wreckers or (gasp!) actually do work on it.
Since then, it's gotten cleaned up. Various random bits have been swapped, usually to undo some tasteless, useless or dangerous modification the PO did to it. It still doesn't get much love.
Here's Fridge at over 428,000km, spattered with coffee some cocknozzle threw at it. Things are getting dire again. The clutch is slipping and the pistons are slapping, so once more it's time for a decision. One I made this weekend- I bought a beat (but well running) '94 940 turbo auto wagon. Over the next few weeks, I intend to swap the engine, the full LH 2.4 harness and ECU and a TON of other parts, with intentions of having it drivable for IPD.
More info soon!
M.
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) so I'm looking forward to installing all that gear from the new car.
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