This past week, @QuadPrism and I finished our 2004 alabaster coupe (manual) project car. This car was a complete basket case when it arrived. Not only was it pushed onto (OK, winched onto) the trailer, it leaked water into the trunk, where it sat. Anything that could be rigged on a car, was rigged on this one. The interior was nasty with dirt, mold, court summons papers, you name it. The parking brake shoes and springs were removed, and replaced with string. The engine wouldn't run. HVAC wouldn't run. Some oddball size of LEDs were laying in the headlamp housings, in place of the halogens. This car was a mess! We started on it before it was pushed off the trailer, and got it running, drove it off. Took it for a quick spin down the street, and it was flat dangerous. Got to work. Complete front suspension and steering, replaced. Interior majorly overhauled, new headliner, different seats, lots of cleaning, ozone treatments, painted panels. Replaced HVAC blower and resistor. Tons of engine work, all fluids, filters, plugs, etc changed. New tires, and an alignment. More cleaning. Polished, waxed paint, and applied a new pin stripe. Drove it up and down our street about a dozen times, and it felt OK. Got a tag for it Thursday afternoon, put it on, then without any further testing, we jumped in the car at 5pm, and drove 325 miles to Atlanta. Never skipped a beat. Flogged it a bit on the return trip Saturday, and it just purred along! Got it home, and was just about ready to give it a cleaning, and put a for sale sign on it. William ( @QuadPrism ) fell in love with it, and now his black 04 coupe (Toothless) will be put up for sale in its place! What a story, eh?






p.s.- William plans to get a little paintless dent repair done, windows tinted, and will swap his cedar interior from his black car to this one. He plans to drive it at the fall Dragon event.