Teotwawki
05-31-2011, 05:49 PM
As some of you are probably wondering, my handle here, Teotwawki is short for "The end of the world as we know it". The reason I went this route is because I have never owned anything other than an American made vehicle.
Last Sunday I said goodbye to my 1968 Dodge Coronet and hello to a 91 3000GT vr4. I figured why not. The engine, transmission and various other parts for this car had been sitting on my garage floor since last year, as I was holding them for a buddy. Then his beloved vr4 was impounded by the county for sitting on the street. The neighbors didn't like it and complained. I wasn't going to buy the car from him but the truth is my Coronet was a bigger project than I ever wanted, and while standing over the vr4 engine one day I noticed some writing on it in what appeared to be Japanese, and next to it "GTO". I called him up and asked him what the story with that was and he informed me that he had to buy a new engine because the old one needed to be rebuilt, and it was just easier to buy a new one from Japan. That had to be b.s. but it occured to me that he had invested alot into this car already, and he said he just didn't have the time to do it.
IT seemed to good a value to pass up. So I had the tow truck driver drop off the vr4, and haul away the Coronet. Only a couple of people have told me I have made a mistake, but those same people never lifted a finger to help me on that car anyways. Still I was pretty sad to see it go.
At any rate, It's going to take me a few days to get used to seeing the vr4 (Dubbed "AMY" because of the V.I.N.) in the garage, and a few more to get over the intimidation factor of wires and hoses running everywhere.
I'll definitly track my progress on this project and post some pictures up as well.
Still, this forum is better than any of the Muscle Car Mopar forums I have been a member of. So far I like it here!
Look forward to reading posts, chatting and eventually meeting you all.
Ron
Last Sunday I said goodbye to my 1968 Dodge Coronet and hello to a 91 3000GT vr4. I figured why not. The engine, transmission and various other parts for this car had been sitting on my garage floor since last year, as I was holding them for a buddy. Then his beloved vr4 was impounded by the county for sitting on the street. The neighbors didn't like it and complained. I wasn't going to buy the car from him but the truth is my Coronet was a bigger project than I ever wanted, and while standing over the vr4 engine one day I noticed some writing on it in what appeared to be Japanese, and next to it "GTO". I called him up and asked him what the story with that was and he informed me that he had to buy a new engine because the old one needed to be rebuilt, and it was just easier to buy a new one from Japan. That had to be b.s. but it occured to me that he had invested alot into this car already, and he said he just didn't have the time to do it.
IT seemed to good a value to pass up. So I had the tow truck driver drop off the vr4, and haul away the Coronet. Only a couple of people have told me I have made a mistake, but those same people never lifted a finger to help me on that car anyways. Still I was pretty sad to see it go.
At any rate, It's going to take me a few days to get used to seeing the vr4 (Dubbed "AMY" because of the V.I.N.) in the garage, and a few more to get over the intimidation factor of wires and hoses running everywhere.
I'll definitly track my progress on this project and post some pictures up as well.
Still, this forum is better than any of the Muscle Car Mopar forums I have been a member of. So far I like it here!
Look forward to reading posts, chatting and eventually meeting you all.
Ron