Project Marilyn

[govtworkhorse]

This is just a few pictures of my s14 from the time I picked it up until present day. I will update as I progress. Need to drill out the trunk pan and rear quarter from a clip and spot weld it back on.

Sales picture 11.07.06

Off with bumper, lights 12.07.06

First casualtie of war. (Rear glass broke) 12.10.06

Off with bumper support, various trunk pieces 12.13.06

Out with pan 12.14.07

New valve cover gasket (Exhaust side) 12.14.06

Under the knife 12.31.06

Make room to see 12.31.06

Trunk is out! 01.01.07

Window out and cut quarter 01.02.07

Inner door 01.02.07

Total progress 01.02.07

Straighten up the wheel well... 01.02.07

New rear clip 01.13.07

Tearing apart something beautiful (came with lights and everything but forgot to take pictures...01.13.07

What the hell is this?!?!?!? (disregard friends broken a$$ garage please)01.13.07

Modified by govtworkhorse at 11:07 PM 1/23/2007

Modified by govtworkhorse at 11:08 PM 1/23/2007

Modified by govtworkhorse at 11:09 PM 1/23/2007

Modified by govtworkhorse at 2:08 AM 2/2/2007
Modified by govtworkhorse at 9:13 PM 4/10/2007

[s13redtaz]

looks like its comming along nicely. keep it up.

[Bwana]

WoW, a lot of work there! Looks like you're going about it the right way though. Good work, and good luck!

[TRBOMOFO]

good job it is going to look better then before

[Kckouki]

Looks good, cant wait to seee it finished.

[PapaSmurf2k3]

good to see someone that doesnt ***** out when theres a little work to be done. How much did you pay for her?

[govtworkhorse]

Well it may seem a bit much but I paid $3,500 for her. No rust, very clean intrerior 10/10. I picked up the rear clip for $650 after tax and out the door. So $4,150 for a car isn't too bad.

[newfengshui]

yeah, it must suck to see that guy who has two white zenki's, and he payed 6k for both of them.

unless your car had an rb20det already in it.

[Kckouki]

^^^ who bought 2 for 6k

And it already had the rb in it.

[turbo_dreams]

3,500 for a running s14 w/ rb in it is well worth it to me, even if it's rb20, good progress

[Bumnah]

i'd never have the guts to take a car apart like that. that's a lot of work.good luck with it, please update.

[govtworkhorse]

Yeah it had the RB20 in it. Very clean. The car was very well taken care of but one day someone wasn't paying attention. And all this is a learning experience for me.

[nvrplzd240]

Looks like she's coming along bro

Keep us updated

[cmfireman]

yeah, it must suck to see that guy who has two white zenki's, and he payed 6k for both of them.

If you're talking about these 2 white zenkis, it was actually 4k.

I'm glad your on NiCo though workhorse , I came sooo close to buying your car. (see below link) I was gonna do it like you are, cut old s*#t out, weld new s*#t in. Looks great so far! zerothread?id=206741


Modified by cmfireman at 5:39 PM 1/14/2007

[newfengshui]

oh yeah, i was talking about yours. messed the price up.

[daconkiftador]

Keep up the good work!

[turbo_dreams]

Updated pix!!

[govtworkhorse]

So I made some progress today. Also, the quarter panel only has a few more welds to be drilled and then of it comes. That will be tomorrow or Thursday.



Off with the trunk pan 01.23.07



Straighten up the lips/drill holes 01.23.07



Looking alright. 01.23.07



Need line it up better and weld together but I'm done for this evening. 01.23.07



Don't know when/how this happened. 01.23.07

[95.240AZN378]

I LIKE keep it up man

[nissanman04]

nice work...i was wondering whatever happened to that car

[amolao]

You are a crafty guy...that's definetely complex body work. The car is very clean and worth saving, specially when you are doing the work and saving money at the same time.

[govtworkhorse]

Yeah a friend of mine just spent 5k on a turbo to be installed on his camaro putting his total cost of the car to almost 30k. Then I look at my car and think "The car, gas to get the car, the clip, and everything else totals $4,500" And the only thing he has on me is he pulls harder at high speeds. (6 speed)

[govtworkhorse]

mmmmmmm Progress. ;D

Pulled new quarter off clip 01.24.07

Just set it on to see what it looked like. Need to straighten all lips and do some sanding 01.24.07

Another shot of mock quarter 01.24.07

[so-cal_tc]

Lookin good. Keep us posted

[LiteraryCannon]

I would never have attempted this.

MAD PROPS.

Keep it up.

[eds13]

lol my dad looked at the pics and was like, "i hope he had a frame machine."lol

[govtworkhorse]

Put the HKS on yesterday. Not sure if I like it as much as stock but we'll see.

[DrftPretty]

Dman, I thought I got a good deal on my 96 SE with 112k on the stocker.

Only paid $3500

Also Ultra red.

Nice work

[govtworkhorse]

Dman, I thought I got a good deal on my 96 SE with 112k on the stocker.

Only paid $3500

Also Ultra red.

Nice work

Well I'll be the first to tell you I wish it was front end damage. Because this has become a bigger poject than I had planned. I'm still positive about it all though.Are you going to swap out the stock motor or do KA-T?

[govtworkhorse]

Picked up a HKS Type 1 Turbo Timer. $109.00 shipped. (Take notice the lack of a harness. I felt the need to practice my soldering skills)

This is a beautiful thing

Tearing the h3ll out of the dash...

Need some two-sided tape and she's set

Thanks to 95silvia14 for the install write up. Works perfect