If no one minds some time travel, I will start a build thread for my coupe. In 1999, I went back to college to earn a mechanical engineering degree, a decade after having the screen door slap me in the *ss. Across the street from the ME building was a church parking lot I used as a commuter. In the apartment building I walked by every day, there was a sad little gold coupe with a windshield that someone had decorated with a cinderblock. After passing it every day for about 3 weeks, I left a note on the windshield. About four months later, there was a voicemail that said, "Bring $150 and a battery. Leaving town at the end of the week." I showed up with my flatbed and a battery, put some gas in it and drove it up onto the trailer.
When I bought the car, I got the original title from 1980, signed over by the guy's grandmother. It was a 3.3L V6 with a 3-speed.
Granny car with a heater and windup windows and a bench seat. But absolutely rust-free.
After pulling out the engine and transmission, I cut out the shifter hump, since I planned to go with a T-5. I sold it on EBay for $75. Those were the days.
So begins the saga.
![DCP_0529.JPG DCP_0529.JPG](https://cdn-0.gbodyforum.com/data/attachments/104/104454-b0102d50840e5ba93ca3d8e701966f05.jpg?hash=sBAtUIQOW6)
When I bought the car, I got the original title from 1980, signed over by the guy's grandmother. It was a 3.3L V6 with a 3-speed.
![DCP_0522.JPG DCP_0522.JPG](https://cdn-0.gbodyforum.com/data/attachments/104/104452-72a849f52ae97e206053cd9ed743d715.jpg?hash=cqhJ9Srpfi)
Granny car with a heater and windup windows and a bench seat. But absolutely rust-free.
![DCP_0526.JPG DCP_0526.JPG](https://cdn-0.gbodyforum.com/data/attachments/104/104453-1af147ca7883fbe79f0e61ec7224c883.jpg?hash=GvFHyniD--)
After pulling out the engine and transmission, I cut out the shifter hump, since I planned to go with a T-5. I sold it on EBay for $75. Those were the days.
![DSCN2298.JPG DSCN2298.JPG](https://cdn-0.gbodyforum.com/data/attachments/104/104457-18b0b39e519afe3d361e0be73fca2f8e.jpg?hash=GLCznlGa_j)
So begins the saga.
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