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  1. Decided not to go through with my manual swap. I believe most everything is there...the pedal box kind of fell apart (springs) when I removed from donor car. Unknown mileage. Make an offer, could use the money for the holidays 

    ZF Trans

    2.93 open rear end

    driveshaft

    shift linkage

    pedal box

     

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  2. 18 hours ago, Jdesign said:

    Saw that. If only it wasnt for the "automatic trans started acting weird"

     

    It could just be low fluid, I know those trans are notorious for leaking. Or, it could be toast. If it sits for awhile I may try to lowball him. Then again, I have enough projects and am trying to get into a new house soon. 

  3. It boils down to if you have a) the space for a carcass to sit, and b ) time. You should easily be able to part out that car for 3k+. 

    The downside is the e36 market is full of stancebois and drift missle pilots looking for everything for nothing. Prepare to deal with a lot of people who jag you around endlessly and then likely just stop communicating all together. 

    If you have the space, and the patience, then part er out. If you dont have those two things, just dump it as a complete car. 

  4. Definitely! It was in the house when I moved in.
    I do have some advice... don't use nails to build it.  The previous owner used nails on it and with some weight on the other side it collapsed.  I got it all put back together using screws and it's solid now.  
    I can't remember the last time I used nails for anything. I have to redo my deck this year because whoever built it was a dumbass and used nails.

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  5. 17 hours ago, Rekpoint said:

    You could always do a whole interior redye. It would be a huge undertaking but if you like black interior it may be worth it! 

    (Its also something you could do while waiting for the lift)

    Ive thought about it. Not sure its something I want to tackle. If I found a full donor interior I would do the swap, but I dont want to dye. The rear seats have some seams separating, and the door cards/rear seat sides arent in the best shape on the top edge from, what I assume is, sun damage. Hard to find vert parts though. 

  6. Oh yea, I also swapped the seats. Stock seats were in bad condition. Parts car seats were in good condition. Granted, they aren't the right color, but I have a habit of building cars with an identity crisis. They will have to do until I can find some clean tan replacements. Only takes 10 minutes to swap them out.8dc1f70702fe00b73b7024292b435ef5.jpg

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  7. It's not heavy. Maybe 50-60lbs. It's a bit big and akward to try to manhandle by oneself... I would rather not damage the pins on the top of the car itself. I will eventually put a pulley lift in my garage to lift it on/off

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  8. Not much to update. Still procrastinating hoping the lift will become available... I have pretty much everything ready to go for the swap. I just need to clean everything up and replace all the wearable parts, oh and a clutch/flywheel

    Finally found some reasonably priced (still ridiculous for two little metal brackets and some wire) hardtop mountsef2f9608dc25a56606a272c78a241d04.jpg

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  9. Never tried one so good to know!
    You are sitting directly over the front wheels/suspension. You feel EVERYTHING. They have their pros, easy to work on, great turning radius...they just ride like shit. The number of times I have had the front end of a cab over completely off the ground is ridiculous. I sure as hell wouldn't trust a race car to be hauled on/in one

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