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Re: Ginger the 83 wagon
« Reply #165 on: April 14, 2011, 03:11:28 AM »
Thank you Maddog....This whole thing started when I had to give up my 86 sedan do to rust issues. Tougeagle found Ginger for me. I originally was just going to slap a new tranny in her and use her as a daily driver...Long story short, when me and my boss went up to get her in his 01 dodge cummins we followed Toug to go get the car...He was pulling away from that dodge with now sweat.....It was at that point I decided I had to have EFI. I then went from having to have EFI to needing to redo everything from the tires up...Im officially obsessed and way over my head!!

I daydreamed, from the first day I realized I wanted to remove the 2100 and do something very radical, until the first time I was able to drive it, what it would be like to get in it, drive it calmly out to the interstate, and :censored: wrap it out first through fourth gear, bringing me to triple digit speeds.. Over a year and a half later, I finally got to experience it and I wouldn't give that up for the world. You'll be very proud of yourself when you have Ginger built the way you want, even if it's not perfect. You'll be able to stand back, take a look at her and tell yourself she's driving because of you. I lived for that moment and it was my motivation every day and every minute I worked on my car. And it continues to be, because I'm a perfectionist, and my car isn't perfect. Over the past few months, I've started going through the whole experience again dreaming of the day Caroline has a snail hiding under the intake manifold :D
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Re: Ginger the 83 wagon
« Reply #166 on: April 14, 2011, 03:17:48 AM »
that sounds like me in some aspects. and yes your obsessed but as for being over your head i think i've got you beat because instead of trying to work on one car at a time i'm trying to work on three at the same time.
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Re: Ginger the 83 wagon
« Reply #167 on: April 15, 2011, 12:06:41 AM »
Im totally OCD with my cars. I usually end up turning a 2 hour project into a 2 week project. I dont know how your keeping your sanity Maddog....I cant sleep half the time cuz I lay there all night thinking about the stuff I need to do to my ONE Eagle....If I had three to obsess over Id be in a padded room somewhere.

Ive resently had some rust issues pop up on my 2000 chevy truck from where else...Michigan. Im going nuts on that right now :eyepopping:. I was out in the garage till 3 in the morning the other night grinding, sanding and Bondoing  :cofee:. Its a good  :censored: thing that Gingers engine is tied up at the machine shop right now and theres not much I can do with her....other wise Id really be blowing a gasket right now!!!!
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Re: Ginger the 83 wagon
« Reply #168 on: April 15, 2011, 02:22:42 AM »
sanity what's that i think that left a long time ago. and only two off them are eagles the other is my car i'm building for i25speedway.
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Re: Ginger the 83 wagon
« Reply #169 on: April 15, 2011, 08:18:50 AM »
Im totally OCD with my cars. I usually end up turning a 2 hour project into a 2 week project. I don't know how your keeping your sanity Maddog....I cant sleep half the time cuz I lay there all night thinking about the stuff I need to do to my ONE Eagle....If I had three to obsess over Id be in a padded room somewhere.

Ive recently had some rust issues pop up on my 2000 Chevy truck from where else...Michigan. I'm going nuts on that right now :eyepopping:. I was out in the garage till 3 in the morning the other night grinding, sanding and Bondoing  :cofee:. Its a good  :censored: thing that Gingers engine is tied up at the machine shop right now and theres not much I can do with her....other wise Id really be blowing a gasket right now!!!!
               HI   I heard that.     Michigan Is a good place to be from  fare from ....sanity what is that I don't know what
                      that is ....I  :censored: up wile I was waiting for parts for one I would start on another one then Waite for money to get parts for that one ..It Is a endless string...I sold 4 cars this week to get one more eagle ...I hope I can get it this week end ..I have 6  projects started and having to sell some of my cars to get them done ......
             
        It would be grate to have  ONE   TO work on ..some time its work and some time its fun ..have fun ........Don
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Re: Ginger the 83 wagon
« Reply #170 on: April 15, 2011, 11:26:33 AM »
Im totally OCD with my cars. I usually end up turning a 2 hour project into a 2 week project. I dont know how your keeping your sanity Maddog....I cant sleep half the time cuz I lay there all night thinking about the stuff I need to do to my ONE Eagle....If I had three to obsess over Id be in a padded room somewhere.

I know that feeling. And it's added pressure on a weekend project or evening project when you need your car. Two cars is the "Just Right" number. One's apart and the other you're driving. You can just swap cars until you get everything fixed.

On the other hand, it's amazing how quickly you can get something to be road-worthy when you don't care so much. I just used some scrap, roofing tin, and rivets to put a Cherokee on the road with rotten floorboards and rotten rockers. Everything's covered, so it passes PA inspection. (I had to do the brakes right, though. Never cut corners on stopping!) I never would have been so brash with a car I expected to keep.
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Re: Ginger the 83 wagon
« Reply #171 on: April 15, 2011, 02:14:54 PM »

        HI   Shane  It looks like I got a 83 eagle wagon it looks real good in the pictures .you can see it in cars for
               sale ....hows ginger and your truck coming ...Later...........Don



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HI.....A BAD DAY WITH YOUR EAGLE IS BETTER THAN A GOOD DAY AT WORK ...A GOOD DAY WITH YOUR EAGLE IS PRICELESS

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Re: Ginger the 83 wagon
« Reply #172 on: April 15, 2011, 07:49:53 PM »


         HI      I would like for you to go to altered eagles and to diesel / gas and electric and read my writings and let me know what you think ....I think it will work .i would like to know what you think ....later ...Don
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Re: Ginger the 83 wagon
« Reply #173 on: April 15, 2011, 11:59:50 PM »
Michigan is a great place to be from if your a person, but my poor truck didnt fare too well from the winter road salt.

By the way, thats My favorite year of Eagle Don!!! ;) what color is it? Its always exciting when someone on here rescues another Eagle!....Congrats
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Re: Ginger the 83 wagon
« Reply #174 on: April 16, 2011, 01:33:34 PM »

        HI   Shane  It looks like I got a 83 eagle wagon it looks real good in the pictures .you can see it in cars for
               sale ....hows ginger and your truck coming ...Later...........Don



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Re: Ginger the 83 wagon
« Reply #175 on: April 18, 2011, 10:44:50 PM »
Well guys here I am twiddling my thumbs...no engine yet...theres not a whole lot I can do at this point and im going nuts!...I need to pull out the front axle and clean it up and inspect the diff....Its gonna be very messy.. Its got a good inch of oily grime built up on it...Im kinda dreading that job to be quite honest.
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Re: Ginger the 83 wagon
« Reply #176 on: April 18, 2011, 10:48:34 PM »
You will thank yourself for doing it , trust me.

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Re: Ginger the 83 wagon
« Reply #177 on: April 20, 2011, 02:22:12 AM »
Well guys here I am twiddling my thumbs...no engine yet...theres not a whole lot I can do at this point and im going nuts!...I need to pull out the front axle and clean it up and inspect the diff....Its gonna be very messy.. Its got a good inch of oily grime built up on it...Im kinda dreading that job to be quite honest.

I'll reiterate: purple power, some brake cleaner, a few bucks and an hour at the car wash.
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Re: Ginger the 83 wagon
« Reply #178 on: April 20, 2011, 02:59:46 AM »
hey don't forget a little paint after it's all nice and clean so it looks even nicer. ;D ;D
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Re: Ginger the 83 wagon
« Reply #179 on: April 20, 2011, 11:28:26 PM »
Speaking of paint i gotta get some more. A gal I knows husband is getting a sand blasting outfit going. Hes buying a huge compressor for it and he said if I go get it and haul it up to his house and help set it up he'll hook me up with free sand blasting.....Very handy with som many cruddy parts!!
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