I didn't realize we had hills that steep here in Albuquerque. Tint looks good and ditto what Brent said about the Bee!

Thanks, I wanted the Scat Pack Bee's and George got them for me since he was ordering decals

I made headway on the wrecked Neon today. The pass dash section is light grey, I've looked and have not found a good dark grey one yet.

Scored a new Hahn 16G Turbo at a great price ((I had been contemplating adjusting plans to 350hp thinking it would make for a more fun daily driver, and I saw this).

Also pictured is an SRT4 Turbo I got with the parts car.

I am still open to upgrading (I can always easily resell this one) and a 20G might be gathering dust close by as I type. I'll build it strong enough for possible future upgrades.

Drive-able now

Nice work, udidit!

Time for a few updates
I'm not sure anyone cares about Neon's but I see them as we saw a Dart back in the early 80's. They are cheap cars that can be fun and actually fast if you want to put in a little work.

The Pewter car has been on the road, my 16 year old uses it (no freeway driving)

I also had an RT in AZ I had been after for 6 months. The car was in AZ and the owner was active duty Navy so coordinating took months. He called me and told me his sister was going to rent the house it was stored at.... then it happened faster than I was ready for.

Looks familiar huh?

The newest addition (probably Artie the R/T, because my girls called one of the other neons Leon the Neon LOL), I dubbed it the faR/T (pronounced Far-tee). It runs good. It has about 5 year old gas in it and you can smell it it's leaking at the accumulator line. I'm curiuous how it will run after fixing the leak and new high test fuel. It gets it now for a neon. It has the MP computer.I have looked for onther upgrades but that and down stream exhaust are all I found so far.

Cool! Congrats on that score!

I went and looked at a 98 R/T Sedan the other day - would have been my first stick shift car.
Alas, it turned out to be cheap because it was totally roached - the body was rotted at the rockers beyond belief.

After being all into it, I practically ran from the guy's house.

No I'm not buying it... no I'm not buying it.... no I'm not buying it. You couldnt make up the way todays events unfolded. 2 Neons had issues, I dianosed and fixed both of them and then spotted this, I speak with the guy nearest to the car and he see's I'm a mechanic as well and next thing you know I'm diagnosing a PT cruiser that has been stumping him for 6 days. I had eveything to check the PT out in my trunk.... even a fuel pump. I figured that car out too...... sothey want $1K for this bought at an auction beater RT..... and NO I'M NOT BUYING THIS... I dont think soanyway LOL

First off nobody was hurt.

I know this project hasn't taken off in a performance direction yet, lifes turns have taken time and funds. Some of which I've shown here because it was closely related.

The Black RT was meant to be my $500 full coverage insureance policy on my car (and 2 other non full coverage vehicles) Since this was not my fault fixing it should be easy, but we both have USAA. i don't know if that hurts more than it helps.

Ouch!! sorry to see your car was hit but glad no one was hurt.
Good luck with the insurance and repair!
Pat

Thanks, it's at a friends body shop, since I trust them. If I didnt have to wait on an adjuster I'd already be rolling. I dont want to trust the cast lower arm (and my new ball joint) so I'll buy a complete dorman unit with new balljoint and bushings.

The money I save repairing this myself is going to start the next phase.....

The RT already got new poly shift bushings (the Neon crowd knows "booger" bushings). I replaced the painted radio bezel, installed the proper OE style CD player and replaced the broken dash.

She's ok. She hit a curb and a light pole, she said when someone aproaching fast changed lanes. She should have waited, and I hope she will be more careful. She's ok and it's already driveable. Rim, tire, spindle, strut, lower control arm....so far

I was set to get my Neon rolling again today, but I had to get my daughters car moved. So I went to work on it immediately. I put a driver side spindle on it in the street and carefully got it into the garage.

Here is my car at my friends body shop. I thought most would take note of the Duster. His nephew was sitting at a light and stuck from behind by a drunk driver at a high rate of speed. He is now suffers blackouts and is scared to drive. I think I might look for fullsize cars for my daughters.


The fender looks better in this shot only because the wheel pushed it back out... the spindle is broken and bad things happen

I already have this cars suspension removed and the new lower arm installed. I should have it driving tomorrow afternoon. The Ins co.still has not settled but my buy back is only $130. The tires and seats are worth allot more than that

Just a quick temp fix, and I was paid nearly twice book

I called them ASAP and asked that they not total it if there was no real structural damage because I could esily fix it. I said issue a check a dollar below book (my buddy had a frame machine too)

The adjusters get a list of cars to access and are paid @ 250 or so per car, it's easier to total these things since a reapair estimate can't be wrong if there isn't one. The more cars he does the more he makes. The ins company's tkae that loss and we end up with higher premiums. In many years of driving this is only the second time I've had to get paid (first was a minor bumper issue)