$800 1990 protege gt project

[viper_707]

Well after spending so much time trying to fix my old 92 pro and finding things to just get worse and worse. I finally found some light to guide me somewhere else. It came in the form of a 1990 protege gt for only 800 bucks. So your think this thing must have no body left and 300,000 plus kms. Well that wasn't the case with this one. The diamond in the rough only has 140,xxx kms. which is rare i guess cause i've never seen it.

http://img230.imageshack.us/img230/1776/34qx3.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

Ok so its not perfect, but damn is it in pretty good shape for its year and for living on the salt roads on ontario winters. The only major rust well almost only rust in on the damn rear quaters (bummer part is there aren't any after market patch panels for these). Only thing u can get is factory quarters which run around 500 bucks a peice. I'm not at that point........yet!. the bodys got a few good dings here and there and some crappy backyard body shop repairs, but i'm a pro so they will be fixed in time. The right front had some serious feder bender damage that was never fixed so i found a mint mx3 donor at the junkyard. that and some brake work and i should have this on the road full time for winter hopefully by the end of the month. wish me luck

i'll try to update this asmuch as possible


http://img512.imageshack.us/img512/6992/c091606193400ta8.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

first thing i did when i got it back to town in take out those ugly tail lights and swaped them from the ones on my 92.
http://img230.imageshack.us/img230/7967/c091606193500yu9.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

[viper_707]

And no junior its not getting lambos :P

[Spyder01]

awsome deal!! keep us posted!

[.miKEy.]

yay for first gens! i like the old tails! gimmie your old one mine is cracked!

[Gen1GT]

Sick deal man...your car has less KM than mine had when I bought it(143k)...and I paid $4000.

[Junior]

The lambos alone will cost more than $800. Joo krazy, Montana.

[viper_707]

Got some pictures of the damage that i will be fixing
http://img181.imageshack.us/img181/1208/c101006175600ds1.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
http://img181.imageshack.us/img181/5362/c101006175700fu2.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
http://img181.imageshack.us/img181/2742/c101006175701rd6.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
http://img216.imageshack.us/img216/9683/c101006175800vx6.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
http://img209.imageshack.us/img209/2548/c101006175801wg5.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

[viper_707]

well finally getting this thing started so i can get it back on the road for winter, heres some pics of the repairs.

heres some picks of my custom hood i'm making, all i'm doing is adding the section for the slanted headlights.
http://img169.imageshack.us/img169/2824/c103006123900oi2.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
http://img169.imageshack.us/img169/8343/c103006123901mk2.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

this is what i've fixed so far:
http://img489.imageshack.us/img489/559/c110606153700pk9.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
bye bye rad support
http://img132.imageshack.us/img132/246/c110606153701fo9.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
http://img228.imageshack.us/img228/8459/c110606153702tv4.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
stealing some metal from my old car
http://img228.imageshack.us/img228/8674/c110706115700gl1.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
http://img228.imageshack.us/img228/164/c110706115800wh0.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
http://img485.imageshack.us/img485/5673/c110706115801xy8.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
the after math form the gt, getting it ready for the newer less dented metal
http://img355.imageshack.us/img355/7143/c110706175100ko1.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
http://img355.imageshack.us/img355/878/c110706175101jn0.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

[Mike_Moss]

Wow.

Keep on truckin'!

[.miKEy.]

good work mang, cant wait to see the outcome.

[tekkie]

thats a good deal for sure, I paid 2k US for my 91 2 yrs ago with 70k miles on it

[viper_707]

Some fitting of the new metal
http://img216.imageshack.us/img216/5158/c110806103700gk9.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
http://img221.imageshack.us/img221/549/c110806103701uv0.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
http://img83.imageshack.us/img83/3871/c110806103800vr2.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
put some of my front end together for the fun of it lol
http://img83.imageshack.us/img83/7210/c110806115900zo3.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
a little rust repair (damn u ontario nd your stupid salt)
http://img83.imageshack.us/img83/6003/c110806150700bm6.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
some sand blasting
http://img83.imageshack.us/img83/1118/c110806153600pr8.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
getting things welded up
http://img206.imageshack.us/img206/1866/c110906121000sz9.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
things getting back to normal
http://img213.imageshack.us/img213/7593/c111006085700xq2.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
http://img213.imageshack.us/img213/8762/c111006122000yi8.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

[progt91]

if the rad support is aftermarket i suggest reinforcing the bottom section for strength. i had mine rip itself in half twice. i ended up replacing the bottom section with a mazda piece ( the metal is much stronger) i havent had a problem since. i had a bodyshop so i do know what im talking about. just sending over some advice. looking good so far

[.miKEy.]

that car will be dope when its complete... lets see it done before the snow hits man, i wanna see it at a meet in the near future :)