I have previously owned a '89 Hatch(sold), beat up '93 hatch (built, drifted then sold), and '96 (still own, got for my wife).
I missed my hatch so much I now have another 1989 Hatch shell in great condition, just no front end!
Plans:
Clean her, paint engine bay since engine isn't in yet, make a nice DD and weekend slider.
I have a KA24DE endine and transmission already awaiting the bay. In two years I'll turbo it once she is over 25 years old!
I started tearing what was left of her down, a nice family of rats had been living in a jacket pocket full of sunflower seeds.
At least the shell was used while it sat at the PO's location!
Got the rest of my 5 speed parts, and Agency Power SS line
Used aircraft remover, hand sanded, painted then baked a spare VC that'll go on her KA
PO cut a hole through the battery tray (and washer bottle). Had to take care of the cancer!
sealed the rust too. Looks much better, going to paint over it. Not worried about bondo or any other s***.
Got a new rad (I always ask for stickers!!)
Cleaned up my harness, spent a week just trying to source the damn lower harness!!
Took a snack break
Got some spare 1/4" steel and made engine lift points. Will paint them eventually (glimps of the dirty KA)
Cleaned off a lot of crud on the engine. Just had a small VC gasket leak up front. Looks great so far and will be corrected when new VC goes on! Also I got tired of seeing long vac lines going nowhere. So I blocked those.
Wife helped me clean out trunk. Very minimal surface rust in some spots; just tons of crud! I got truck bed liner and sprayed everything back there. *Still wet in the pic. Looks clean and solid now! Looks so good I will get to the rest of the car eventually.
Got my free ultra-JDM air freshener! Thanks DNA Motoring!!
That's as far as I have gotten so far! Spent a lot of time fixing up my S14: new rad, joints and tie rods&ends, STAGG shocks and lowering springs, good tires and alignment, new a/c compressor, dual exhaust. She runs purrrfectly now!!
Next on the list:
Finish engine bay and install engine
Locate a Silvia front end!! (got drivers fender)
Get car running and pass emissions
re-do all suspension parts
In two years hit 350whp!!
