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slaabercc21
26-07-07, 03:17 AM
Well I just got home from picking up a 90' 900t 5spd with 138k , white with the burgandy leather. Its seems to be a pretty solid ride. I purchased it from a co-worker of my mother. they had owned it for 6 years and put close $4000 into it. just little things here and there. I have maintenence records since they bought it in 01'. I plan to do an ebay Fmic setup ,probably a 2.5" ebay piping exhaust system , custom roof rack basket, and a pair of kc slim lite driving lites for infront of the grill.It does need some other minor things such as headliner, stereo, new window motor, and i cant forget the wheel bearing. I will be driving this car to colorado for the winter season so i want to try and get this to be reliable and practical.
So now that i have the 900 to drive daily and a newly acquired garage bay, I can put the 99 in the bay and start to tear her apart. I am ordering new bushings for the 900 donor car rear suspension next tuesday( pay day) and by then i will have it all prepped and painted. I am planning on running all poly bushings because i can chip away at purchasing them. It wont seem like so much money if i space it out between rear and front. I should buy some rebuilt calipers for the rear however i may just run the originals for now. They are in need of a good cleaning and some paint. After the rear suspension is finished then i can finally pull the engine out of my 92' 900 donor car and get the front suspension sorted out and installed. Then comes the body work....
I will get pics of the 900 and the 99 in the garage tomarrow as long as all goes well at the RMV tomarrow. I never go in there thinking it will go smoothly based on my last few trips.
pics to follow...

slaabercc21
29-07-07, 04:04 AM
Well I spent the afternoon cleaning the new 900 and I really like the burgandy leather. I have only had tan or black before this. The drivers seat has one hole on the upper left side bolster but overall they are in pretty decent shape. They are in need of a good conditioning. I will hopefully be able to buy a I/C with this weeks paycheck. I was thinking 22"x12"x3" overall is the size i am going to shoot for , I would like to be able to keep the a/c but it needs a recharge and i rarely use it so i may scrap it. Any reccomendations for a somewaht quiet Bov? i dont want a ricer one. I am designing a snowboard rack/metal storage basket for the roof. I need to source a place to buy metal near to me for a reasonable price and some roof racks before i can proceed with that.
The 99 will be getting the 900 rear suspension assembled hopefully by next friday. I have cleaned the axle , panhard arm, spring links and torque arms and will paint on tuesday. Still need to order new calipers. that will have to wait till the next paycheck. I am going to start pulling the engine in the 99 as soon as i get the i/c installed in the 900 because the 99 will probably be sitting there a while after the engine is pulled.
pictures of the new 900 , new garage bay, 99 and much more.
http://s164.photobucket.com/albums/u7/slaabercc21/

c900
30-07-07, 10:49 AM
Looking like you have quite a project afoot!

Craig.