opsled Posted September 8, 2012 Share Posted September 8, 2012 Pat needed something to do so I had him and his Bro haul this home. Nice little car with a near new 2.2 engine. Problem is it has been sitting since 08 and the inside had mice in it. Stunk REAL!!! bad!! Also needed brakes but that is minor. Pat got over 15 mice out of the inside. Has the interior gutted, the cab is mostly cleaned up and ready to go with exception of the heater box. It will come out too. Him and Bro are going to strip an identical car with perfect full leather interior on Mon at the boneyard to put back in this one. Should be on the road mid/late next week. Here's how it sits now. I don't have the patience for interior work. Never did. Pat just flys through it. Works fer me. opsled Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Automan2164 Posted September 8, 2012 Share Posted September 8, 2012 I know he described the smell as... Interesting. To put it kindly. Rob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeepcoMJ Posted October 10, 2012 Share Posted October 10, 2012 Completely forgot to finish out this thread. here's some more pics, i'll continue updating here. My mom has been driving it around happily for weeks, and just tonight managed to drag home a brand new lazy-boy style full real leather recliner in it We did this type of work on crashed trucks when switching cabs at my former employers so this isn't anything that new, just different. It looks worse than it really is work wise. Newer stuff is actually easier than older stuff as they are built to go together quickly when built at the factory. Order of dissassembly/assembly is what is key. opsled Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeepcoMJ Posted October 10, 2012 Share Posted October 10, 2012 lucked out at the junkyard, found a low miles identical car with a bad motor, had a near mint tan leather interior in it with all the goodies (power and heated seats, windows, locks, cruise, tilt, fog lights...). also grabbed and swapped the heater box since it did not have mice, and therefore eliminated the need to clean out the old one. putting it in old pile more assembly We had to replace front pads, rotors, and calipers...and rear drums, shoes, hardware, and wheel cylinders. new post-cat o2 sensor, oil change, check out other fluids, an a/c condensor, and a vac/recharge on the a/c I spent $350 on the interior and heater box from the junkyard, and the car cost us $300 for starters. we have $1300 or so into it now plus time, and I only have to do some touchup paint work on it and some buffing and it's done, ready to go. in all honesty, the worst part of the entire job...gutting the interior of the donor car at the junkyard. My Father, Brother, and I got there around 8:30am, they pulled the car up front for us, and had to spend 2.5 absolutely grueling hours working at a steadily lazy pace to remove it......all while listening to gosh darn mexican polka. If there's anything that can drive a man insane, it's that. anyways, reassembly of the interior, with cleaning, took around 15 hours. realistically without coffee, BS breaks, and other distractions, it would have taken us around 7 or so to clean and reassemble. not a bad little ride. the butt warmers are fantastic, if I do say so myself. cannot wait to get a set of them in my xj. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeepcoMJ Posted October 10, 2012 Share Posted October 10, 2012 oh, donor car also had Bose surround, so we put that in, too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HOrnbrod Posted October 10, 2012 Share Posted October 10, 2012 It looks great, but I have no idea of the resale value of Saturns. Y'all keeping it in the family, or going to try to sell for a profit? Seems like a buttload of lot of work for perhaps little return? Like I said - no idea. :hmm: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeepcoMJ Posted October 10, 2012 Share Posted October 10, 2012 Keeping it. The idea is that it needs zero work, and we have been far enough into it to be able to trust it to be reliable. It was a replacement for my mom's olds cutlass, which replaced her high miles olds silhouette. you can't trust a used car at a dealership to be reliable, and you will pay a hell of alot more. KBB is 3600, so I don't feel too bad, especially since it was a family project. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HOrnbrod Posted October 10, 2012 Share Posted October 10, 2012 Agree. Sounds good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
opsled Posted October 11, 2012 Author Share Posted October 11, 2012 And Rob got to help too!!!! (Thanks Rob) Nice little car. Nothing special but practical, efficient and gets the job done with extras over a standard car. If not for the low purchase price and the new engine I (we) wouldn't have done it. Was well worth the effort. opsled Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shawn Posted October 11, 2012 Share Posted October 11, 2012 that's fantastic work and it looks great. now throw some kind of cool little wheels on it and it will be an awesome little car. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Minuit Posted October 11, 2012 Share Posted October 11, 2012 Saturns aren't really my style, but they're pretty good little cars. The work you've done is just fantastic and it looks great. Cheers on a good investment! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dfreeman616 Posted October 14, 2012 Share Posted October 14, 2012 if you wanted, you can do a lot to that little 2.2, they can take a lot of power for the size. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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