95 Base to sport w/ Magnum *Gloria*
Posted: Sun Jan 16, 2011 1:56 pm
Alright here we go. I had to sell my 2000 neon with full srt4 swap this past summer. Put alot of work into it over the spring, Full mopar lip kit and full R/T leather interior and swapped over power doors, locks and windows. Paint, wheels, tires, headlights, taillights, stereo, etc etc.
And now im back down to this..........I call her Gloria.
95 base. SOHC 5spd, no options....lowest on the totem pole neon.. BUT! A perfect bare platform to start with.
I had the magnum topend and some other stuff off the R/T parts car I had sitting in the shed....PERFECT! now i have a use for it!
So i started removing some crap off the car. Terrible non functioning tach that was screwed to the dash!! WTF!! I liked the 2 tone dash on the early models but this one is destroyed.
So I managed to pick up a whole upper dash section with the vents and the drivers piece as well. Only thing is they are Agate but oh well.
When I was driving out to pick up some parts, I drove past a shop and seen this sitting there neglected!
95 sport coupe. I had a quick look over the car, body is too rusted to restore it. But what a perfect donor car! Rear disc brakes, rear swaybar, sport seats! 3.94 w/.81, 5 lug hubs, early sport wheels! Roof Racks!!! Perfect! Just the look Im going for. Managed to pick the car up for 200 bucks.
So now I have more neon parts coming out of my backside than ever before. A friend got out of neons and gave me a bunch of left over parts he had that he was going to throw out.
So stripping the donor car wont happen until spring. I hate working outside in the cold and im not much of a fan of snow. But whatever small things that can be done inside the house is what I have been picking at.
Heres some pictures of a pair of left over headlights I had. Restored them lastnight and painted the turn signals. Also I am working on a custom grill for the car.
not bad for painting them with a brush
And heres the grill
And now im back down to this..........I call her Gloria.
95 base. SOHC 5spd, no options....lowest on the totem pole neon.. BUT! A perfect bare platform to start with.
I had the magnum topend and some other stuff off the R/T parts car I had sitting in the shed....PERFECT! now i have a use for it!
So i started removing some crap off the car. Terrible non functioning tach that was screwed to the dash!! WTF!! I liked the 2 tone dash on the early models but this one is destroyed.
So I managed to pick up a whole upper dash section with the vents and the drivers piece as well. Only thing is they are Agate but oh well.
When I was driving out to pick up some parts, I drove past a shop and seen this sitting there neglected!
95 sport coupe. I had a quick look over the car, body is too rusted to restore it. But what a perfect donor car! Rear disc brakes, rear swaybar, sport seats! 3.94 w/.81, 5 lug hubs, early sport wheels! Roof Racks!!! Perfect! Just the look Im going for. Managed to pick the car up for 200 bucks.
So now I have more neon parts coming out of my backside than ever before. A friend got out of neons and gave me a bunch of left over parts he had that he was going to throw out.
So stripping the donor car wont happen until spring. I hate working outside in the cold and im not much of a fan of snow. But whatever small things that can be done inside the house is what I have been picking at.
Heres some pictures of a pair of left over headlights I had. Restored them lastnight and painted the turn signals. Also I am working on a custom grill for the car.
not bad for painting them with a brush
And heres the grill