Glorious blue interior. I wish the velour wasn't so faded. The headliner is almost perfect, must have been done recently.
Filthy engine compartment. Looks like something got very hot around the alternator/oil filter area at some point.
One of the highlights is the bungee wrapped around the distributor that is holding up the guard around the flex plate. Also, the recirc door is jerry-rigged closed for some reason.
The head has supposedly been off recently, and it looked far cleaner than everything else in there. The timing chain sounded pretty quiet as well.
It was billed as a TX car, which seems reasonable given the 2000 TX inspection sticker on the windshield. There's also a sticker from a TX AC shop converting it to R134 in 08. No AC belt, but the system is complete.
So there's the baseline. After getting it home, I realized that it was in fact about 97% rust free and should not be subjected to the evil brine that they dump on roads these days. I also happened upon an old CIvic that a co-worker was selling which made a much better sacrificial anode (borrowed that from somebody else's thread; I love it).
Most likely, unless I fall into a bunch of money, this won't end up being a high end build. My short term goal is to get it converted to a 5 speed so it's at least driveable. The current slushbox dumped out several quarts of ATF over the winter, has long delays before banging into D or R, and was suspect when I bought it. To that end, I'm working on a couple possibilities for donor parts or a parts car.
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