Ackbar00

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yep, title now in my name.

2004 RX8 6 speed manual This is a 2004 Mazda Rx8. I purchased this car to do an LSX swap, but I am looking to go into a different direction. Car is Silver in color and when last titled the car had 102,000 Miles on it. Was told it had an engine failure, but I have no idea to what extent. No real dings to speak of, the spoiler has bad clear coat peel and there some paint chips in the rear bumper (See pic). Overall, the body in good shape and the interior is very good shape. Car also has no battery with it. Have title in hand. I see no reason you couldn’t just purchase a used 13B motor and go if that is your desire. $1800. Car is located in Dayton, OH. Title in hand. Pics: http://s980.photobucket.com/user/ackbar00/library/For%20Sale/RX8?sort=3&page=1

Made some good progress. The interior is mostly done for now. Really just needs a good cleaning. http://i980.photobucket.com/albums/ae290/ackbar00/Mustang/1969%20Mustang/IMG_4308_zps63paycjl.jpg http://i980.photobucket.com/albums/ae290/ackbar00/Mustang/1969%20Mustang/IMG_4305_zpsznztuiqy.jpg Tackled things in the trunk. Got the decklid off to get the new seal. http://i980.photobucket.com/albums/ae290/ackbar00/Mustang/1969%20Mustang/IMG_4302_zps4ok9kebo.jpg Surprisingly, didn’t have to do much with the wiring there. The rear qtr. Lights were not wired, took care of that and re-loomed all the factory wiring. The taillight buckets are held in by zipties (And they even did a shitty job of that!) and the bulbs all have paint over them. Ordered some LED lights to replace. http://i980.photobucket.com/albums/ae290/ackbar00/Mustang/1969%20Mustang/IMG_4303_zpskm7ynlke.jpg And when I pulled up the carpet, I found about 6 girls phone numbers, a friendship card and 3 rubbers. Lol http://i980.photobucket.com/albums/ae290/ackbar00/Mustang/1969%20Mustang/IMG_4304_zpsludpu47w.jpg

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So made some good progress. So I had the correct seat track for a 69, but no springs or connecting rods. Got all that in. Plus, they never drilled the 2nd hole, so the seats were only held in by two bolts. Gesh. Drilled that, spaced them out with some washers and Ready to go back in. http://i980.photobucket.com/albums/ae290/ackbar00/Mustang/1969%20Mustang/IMG_4284_zpsmdpisz10.jpg Pulled a valve cover. Surprisingly, everything looks decent http://i980.photobucket.com/albums/ae290/ackbar00/Mustang/1969%20Mustang/IMG_4283_zps4ib68frx.jpg Looked into the H4 headlight upgrade as I was missing a headlight extension harness anyway. Pretty much hated everything I saw on EBay and decided I could build a better one. Got weather proof relays and ceramic H4 connectors. Had a spare stock connector, so I can plug it directly into the factory harness. Also, when Highs are on, it will keep the lows as well. http://i980.photobucket.com/albums/ae290/ackbar00/Mustang/1969%20Mustang/IMG_4279_zpsyzd4muev.jpg http://i980.photobucket.com/albums/ae290/ackbar00/Mustang/1969%20Mustang/IMG_4280_zpsydidyaqp.jpg http://i980.photobucket.com/albums/ae290/ackbar00/Mustang/1969%20Mustang/IMG_4281_zpshfglebpv.jpg http://i980.photobucket.com/albums/ae290/ackbar00/Mustang/1969%20Mustang/IMG_4282_zpszqfdm52k.jpg Got new beltlines for the windows. http://i980.photobucket.com/albums/ae290/ackbar00/Mustang/1969%20Mustang/IMG_4271_zpsyvj57hy8.jpg Finally have the correct brackets to hold the front end in place. Also made some trans cooler brackets http://i980.photobucket.com/albums/ae290/ackbar00/Mustang/1969%20Mustang/IMG_4277_zpspmen1ovi.jpg http://i980.photobucket.com/albums/ae290/ackbar00/Mustang/1969%20Mustang/IMG_4276_zpsbqthiyhe.jpg Fixed the headliner. Did something a bit different. I used a small piece of Aluminum stock, painted in black and used it to hold it up in place. Never seen it done before, but I think it turned out decent and there is no way that bitch will drop down again. http://i980.photobucket.com/albums/ae290/ackbar00/Mustang/1969%20Mustang/IMG_4269_zpsfdm3eg1d.jpg http://i980.photobucket.com/albums/ae290/ackbar00/Mustang/1969%20Mustang/IMG_4270_zpsptwgnf4b.jpg Look at the floorboards! Unreal, considering the condition of the rest of the car. http://i980.photobucket.com/albums/ae290/ackbar00/Mustang/1969%20Mustang/IMG_4267_zpshke9dxwx.jpg Gave the car a full tuneup. And surprise, it fired on the first try! Have an issue now where the shifter is in park, but the trans is in reverse (Yeah, that was surprising….) Everything with the trans arm was jacked, so I ordered a new bushing and we will see if that gets corrected. http://i980.photobucket.com/albums/ae290/ackbar00/Mustang/1969%20Mustang/IMG_4286_zpsnkdfuswn.jpg Getting closer to driving. Next is working on getting the hood latches sorted out and then moving to the trunk to work on the taillights and the weatherstripping.

This.

I am totally doing that when I go back into the office.....

LOVE IT!

10k with that description? I wouldn't give him a bucket of warm piss. Then again, I did buy that 69.....

New Fusion Sport.

So I got new hardware in the passenger door. The front part of the window, I need to see about gluing it back in, but at least it will roll up and down now, lol http://i980.photobucket.com/albums/ae290/ackbar00/Mustang/1969%20Mustang/IMG_4217_zpsv4ehxfaf.jpg Made some simple radiator brackets http://i980.photobucket.com/albums/ae290/ackbar00/Mustang/1969%20Mustang/IMG_4230_zps0leqevqz.jpg Really shocked how nice the floorboards are considering everything else http://i980.photobucket.com/albums/ae290/ackbar00/Mustang/1969%20Mustang/IMG_4218_zps3p3lx0rc.jpg Since none of the gauges work, got this gauge setup. Its temporary until I can afford to do something better. Got good reviews online, so I guess we will see. Heater core is bypassed, so I pulled out the controls. http://i980.photobucket.com/albums/ae290/ackbar00/Mustang/1969%20Mustang/IMG_4241_zps3k4okt8q.jpg I am putting LED's in the cluster so it’s not a dark void at night. In that process, I found that it would not light up. I was getting power out of the headlight switch, but not at the cluster itself. There was a light over that that was working, so I am going to use that to trigger a relay and use it to power the cluster and the 3 gauges. http://i980.photobucket.com/albums/ae290/ackbar00/Mustang/1969%20Mustang/IMG_4239_zps3o8bcj01.jpg http://i980.photobucket.com/albums/ae290/ackbar00/Mustang/1969%20Mustang/IMG_4242_zpswcnqulw2.jpg Anyone with a 69 what to guess what is wrong with this pic? http://i980.photobucket.com/albums/ae290/ackbar00/Mustang/1969%20Mustang/IMG_4226_zps2pfe5whv.jpg Its the wrong bracket. Also, its very patched up. So I ordered a new one and the Grill support as well. It all started when I looked into why the lower valence was falling down. Here were some of the brackets holding it on http://i980.photobucket.com/albums/ae290/ackbar00/Mustang/1969%20Mustang/IMG_4215_zpskvgywhaq.jpg

That would be cool. I am on the left in the black shirt.

So Last night just work on a little of everything. Go the shifter out so I can take the 30 years of whore slop that is in the shifter. http://i980.photobucket.com/albums/ae290/ackbar00/Mustang/1969%20Mustang/IMG_4211_zps4bbs3tnm.jpg Got the accelerator pedal out. Like what they did? Put it in my vice to close that gap up and see if I can get the new stock cable to work. I swear, what was wrong with these previous owners.... http://i980.photobucket.com/albums/ae290/ackbar00/Mustang/1969%20Mustang/IMG_4208_zpsua5xvcns.jpg Spent little over an hour tracing out the headlight harness. Upon further reading, it is tied into the Dimmer switch. Replaced that and Vola! It works now. Of course, the headlight extension harness for one of the sides is missing so I need to buy one of those..... And horns. http://i980.photobucket.com/albums/ae290/ackbar00/Mustang/1969%20Mustang/IMG_4210_zps7wok4sge.jpg It was my hope to keep cost down to just pull the John Deer lights and put stock lights back in it. Yeah, no mounting cup or hardware, so I will have to buy all that if I go that route. Screw it, Ill work on that later. http://i980.photobucket.com/albums/ae290/ackbar00/Mustang/1969%20Mustang/IMG_4209_zps3ao51ib7.jpg

The seats that came with the car are not the originals. I think they are F-150 seats, maybe even old Fox. I like the newer seats, just be a little bit before I can get a nice set.

Pic of the Dash and Visors. http://i980.photobucket.com/albums/ae290/ackbar00/Mustang/1969%20Mustang/IMG_4201_zpstllb8pow.jpg Got the ignition system rewired. The amount of shitty spliced wire was unbearable Starter Solenoid http://i980.photobucket.com/albums/ae290/ackbar00/Mustang/1969%20Mustang/IMG_4203_zpsmjosstwc.jpg Coil. Pulled off that dual remote oil filter. Looks a LOT better without it. http://i980.photobucket.com/albums/ae290/ackbar00/Mustang/1969%20Mustang/IMG_4205_zpsrc0zlor0.jpg Got the "groovy" seats out. Working on moving the rails to the 96 seats. http://i980.photobucket.com/albums/ae290/ackbar00/Mustang/1969%20Mustang/IMG_4207_zps3v9g5vdo.jpg Still a lot to do, but making some progress. Need to tackle the headlight wiring and the new throttle cable next. http://i980.photobucket.com/albums/ae290/ackbar00/Mustang/1969%20Mustang/IMG_4202_zpsifnx9oa6.jpg

Sweet. Go ahead a lock it. Ill get title sorted out.

Quick search tell me they are not. And yes they are. If not tractor, something just as cheap. Will be replaced. I might LS it, but it wont be this year.

So in today's episode of whats ****ed up....... So I got the hood off so that I could look at the hood hinges to see whats wrong. Can anyone guess based on the pic? Other side, the same. http://i980.photobucket.com/albums/ae290/ackbar00/Mustang/1969%20Mustang/IMG_4193_zpsyxztphjn.jpg They had just used some cheap washers to hold it from the inner fender side. No wonder the hood dont work for a piss...... Going to make a plate that will attach from the inner side and have it "sandwich" all together. Best I can think of for the time being. No pics, but rewired the alternator. Had radio fuses in it (WTF). Started to work on the Dizzy and coil wiring. Need to pull off that remote oil filter setup so I can get to some of the wiring (Will NOT be going back on). After that, need to look into the headlight wiring. I also have most of "groovy" pulled. Need to get a replacement rear tray and come up with some rear seats. Going to try and find some 94-04 rear seats and make that work. Painted the sun visors and the Dash black. Turned out pretty good. Pics don't really show it well. Once my first order of parts come in, can do some other stuff.

Gesh, I got my work cut out for me. I have to touch EVERYTHING, I swear everything needs fixed, adjusted or just plain un-****ed. so many factory plugs are just cut and spliced. Everything is total half ass. Sigh...... Got a lot of the "Groovy" Out. Think I am going to convert the back seat to a 94 up stlye. Should be able to do that for cheap. http://i980.photobucket.com/albums/ae290/ackbar00/Mustang/1969%20Mustang/IMG_4190_zps12dsqdyf.jpg Took the fan shroud off. LOL's all around. My favorite part is the postive wire off the battery was in the alternator blades. Almost cut down to the wire..... http://i980.photobucket.com/albums/ae290/ackbar00/Mustang/1969%20Mustang/IMG_4182_zpsdwvarqeq.jpg Got a lot of the interior apart. I have some 96 cloth seats, just going to use them for the time being until I can get a complete 94+ seat setup in it in black. Ordered some black TMI panels. Should help a lot. http://i980.photobucket.com/albums/ae290/ackbar00/Mustang/1969%20Mustang/IMG_4188_zpsmalbcrbj.jpg I guess it had dual 12's at some point. Had a LOT of speaker wire stuff in it. Funny part, is almost all the bare electric connections are not taped. But the radio wire stuff was "preserved" with an entire roll of tape. I pulled it all out. http://i980.photobucket.com/albums/ae290/ackbar00/Mustang/1969%20Mustang/IMG_4189_zpsfnbu8avo.jpg Found a For Sale sign in the passenger window (Its off track), maybe its a sign from above.... Under the "Groovy" was a blue dash pad that pretty cracked. Since I have so much to fix, Im just going to Vinyl paint everything black. In the future, Ill order a new dash pad. Like the hole they made where AC vents would be? I thought it came with a radio, nope, it was a EQ. http://i980.photobucket.com/albums/ae290/ackbar00/Mustang/1969%20Mustang/IMG_4192_zpsjdtxeagw.jpg

Figure Ill start one here as well. So here it is at the start.... Brother and me http://i980.photobucket.com/albums/ae290/ackbar00/Mustang/1969%20Mustang/IMG_4173_zpsqrmqyuxv.jpg http://i980.photobucket.com/albums/ae290/ackbar00/Mustang/1969%20Mustang/IMG_4172_zpsnw6uxnco.jpg http://i980.photobucket.com/albums/ae290/ackbar00/Mustang/1969%20Mustang/IMG_4168_zpscfpipubh.jpg http://i980.photobucket.com/albums/ae290/ackbar00/Mustang/1969%20Mustang/IMG_4164_zpsyzvgvhzt.jpg Yeah, its that bad, lol http://i980.photobucket.com/albums/ae290/ackbar00/Mustang/1969%20Mustang/IMG_4162_zpsb7likovq.jpg Be a process, but in the end, I think it will pay off No ****ing turbos for this car, lol

I have the title, signed by the owner, but was not notarized. If someone can work with that, then OK. I am continuing to see about getting the title in my name in leau of this. Why not just get with owner? He is on a sub right now, wont be back for awhile, lol

Well, I bought the 69. Has it shares of issues for sure, but under the car was very solid. Pretty much looks like an 8 year old painted it and worked on just about anything, but a lot of these issues, I can fix pretty cheap and easily and make it into my own. Brother and me http://i980.photobucket.com/albums/ae290/ackbar00/Mustang/1969%20Mustang/IMG_4173_zpsqrmqyuxv.jpg http://i980.photobucket.com/albums/ae290/ackbar00/Mustang/1969%20Mustang/IMG_4172_zpsnw6uxnco.jpg http://i980.photobucket.com/albums/ae290/ackbar00/Mustang/1969%20Mustang/IMG_4168_zpscfpipubh.jpg Yeah, its that bad, lol http://i980.photobucket.com/albums/ae290/ackbar00/Mustang/1969%20Mustang/IMG_4162_zpsb7likovq.jpg Be a process, but in the end, I think it will pay off

I have a set of 96 GT seats in my garage. They will quickly replace those, lol.

Thanks for that link Why? Been wanting to do a LS Swap something. Cheaper easier to make power. Hearts not set on it, just keeping it as a possibility. In the 11th hour.... So now I am going to look at this one first. If I can get the price down, and it seems pretty solid, sweet. If not, will move on to the 70. https://cleveland.craigslist.org/cto/5532132424.html