1979 Spark Yellow Barn Find! - Page 4

lokirx706 · 11-09-2014, 11:30 PM

Got her out today and re-bled the brakes. Looks like the new master cylinder is leaking from the reservoir... Thats odd... Got a good pic of the lip, and went for a cruise.

I kinda want to track down an S3 for a daily because of this car. Its been years since Ive daily driven a first gen...

RobRX · 11-11-2014, 06:19 AM

Nice.

lokirx706 · 02-12-2015, 08:46 PM

For the winter she gets tucked away in the garage, but I pull her out every so often to warm her up.

Its nice having a carbureted rotary that starts easy, and does a textbook warm up on the choke. Just firing it up and moving it around drives me a little crazy, all I want to do is take her out for a nice long cruise.

t_g_farrell · 02-13-2015, 09:30 AM

Diggin those waffles!

lokirx706 · 04-17-2015, 09:35 PM

Step one, top off the fluids...

Step two,

Wash off that winter garage dust...

Add a quality wax, then,

Step three, enjoy!

lokirx706 · 04-30-2015, 01:40 AM

So I decided the car needed something more.

The paint received a clay bar treatment, every emblem cleaned with a plastic brush. Every nook and crevice buffed even if it required a Q-tip. The waffles scrubbed, the lug bolts and lug bolt seats polished. The center caps repainted and repolished. All rubber trim refinished, everything painstakingly cleaned to a near concourse level. The taillight lenses removed, polished, the screw reliefs cleaned with a brush. The rotten tail light seals that you could see from behind the car, replaced. The screws for the taillights polished, the key holes polished, old wax stripped from hard to reach areas. Hours spent scrubbing the interior, toothpicks were utilized to clean even the most unnoticeable gaps. The fuel filler door and inside around the filler neck hand buffed. Two coats of wax, and the result is such, that photos dont do the car justice...

(The wheel closeup is pre-centercap paint, but lugs are polished and wheel is scrubbed.)

FC Zach · 04-30-2015, 03:18 AM

Car looks great man! Are those pics with the planes at the Air Force National Museum in Dayton? That place is really nice.

11-09-2014, 11:30 PM	#46
lokirx706 Rotary Fan in Training Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: New Carlisle, OH Posts: 71 Rep Power: 16	Got her out today and re-bled the brakes. Looks like the new master cylinder is leaking from the reservoir... Thats odd... Got a good pic of the lip, and went for a cruise. I kinda want to track down an S3 for a daily because of this car. Its been years since Ive daily driven a first gen... __________________

02-12-2015, 08:46 PM	#48
lokirx706 Rotary Fan in Training Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: New Carlisle, OH Posts: 71 Rep Power: 16	For the winter she gets tucked away in the garage, but I pull her out every so often to warm her up. Its nice having a carbureted rotary that starts easy, and does a textbook warm up on the choke. Just firing it up and moving it around drives me a little crazy, all I want to do is take her out for a nice long cruise. __________________

02-13-2015, 09:30 AM	#49
t_g_farrell Waffles - hmmm good Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Huntersville, NC Posts: 757 Rep Power: 0	Diggin those waffles! __________________ 1980 GS stockport, Fat Nikki, RB Dual Facetfuel pumps, Holley regulator, RB Street port exhaust, 2GDFIS, MR2 MK I electric fans, 2G strut bar, relayed fans, lights and fuel pump, LEDs Project Fat Nikki Budget 12A rebuild Video setup < $30.00

04-17-2015, 09:35 PM	#50
lokirx706 Rotary Fan in Training Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: New Carlisle, OH Posts: 71 Rep Power: 16	Step one, top off the fluids... Step two, Wash off that winter garage dust... Add a quality wax, then, Step three, enjoy! __________________

04-30-2015, 01:40 AM	#51
lokirx706 Rotary Fan in Training Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: New Carlisle, OH Posts: 71 Rep Power: 16	So I decided the car needed something more. The paint received a clay bar treatment, every emblem cleaned with a plastic brush. Every nook and crevice buffed even if it required a Q-tip. The waffles scrubbed, the lug bolts and lug bolt seats polished. The center caps repainted and repolished. All rubber trim refinished, everything painstakingly cleaned to a near concourse level. The taillight lenses removed, polished, the screw reliefs cleaned with a brush. The rotten tail light seals that you could see from behind the car, replaced. The screws for the taillights polished, the key holes polished, old wax stripped from hard to reach areas. Hours spent scrubbing the interior, toothpicks were utilized to clean even the most unnoticeable gaps. The fuel filler door and inside around the filler neck hand buffed. Two coats of wax, and the result is such, that photos dont do the car justice... (The wheel closeup is pre-centercap paint, but lugs are polished and wheel is scrubbed.) __________________

11-11-2014, 06:19 AM	#47
RobRX MADAZ Join Date: Dec 2012 Location: California Posts: 3 Rep Power: 0	Nice.

04-30-2015, 03:18 AM	#52
FC Zach RCC Loves Me Not You Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Eagleville, TN Posts: 2,267 Rep Power: 20	Car looks great man! Are those pics with the planes at the Air Force National Museum in Dayton? That place is really nice. __________________ 1993 Yamaha GTS1000 1992 Celica Turbo AllTrac 1987 RX7 Sport 1979 Yamaha G1, KM24 powered 1975 Dolmar KMS4