Finally took her out for a drive today... cruddy weather. Took a few pics.

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Looks terrific. Congrats!

She's wet! Pertty car.
Mark D.

oh no! you took her out in the rain!!!! seek shelter!!!

Ha! Surprisingly no leaks!

Sorry for the crappy pics - I stopped at a friends house and he snapped a few pics and emailed them to me. The car is actually much nicer looking in person on a sunny day.

I'll get some better pics now that she's out of storage.

it looks really good....now, how bout some dry pics (interior, etc) --JON

Very nice dude, I like the euro paint scheme. Whats the interior like?

Nice car.....
with a german export licence plate from Stade (STD)

yep,
but, what orange is this orange ??

@Wilco: dir entgeht auch wirklich garnix, allerdings müsste der wagen mal zur ASU

TOM

AAARGL.

Signalorange, Sorry.....

Looking good. I 'specially like the accessory lights on the bumper. What year? Miles? Engine?

Paul

NICE!

Now, get that car out of the wet!

Zach

That's right

NICE! And in my signature color

irgendwie beschleicht mich das gefühl das die meisten jungs (und mädels) hier absolut keine ahnung haben was ne ASU ist ...

Andy

....das glaube ich auch

I have no idea what an exhaust emissions test is.

Anyhow... just for the record guys, I only had the car out in the wet for about 20 minutes tops. The lovely weather here in Michigan turned from OK to shit within 2 minutes. I took her back to the garage ASAP and I'll have some more pics (good ones) tomorrow morning.

The story on the car? I found it on craigslist in February. I waited 2 months for the PO (retired lawyer) to dig it out of storage - I'll never understand why people post items for sale that aren't quite ready to be sold. Nonetheless, I was fairly relentless and finally picked the car up for $2800. PO says he was second owner (had records and title was from 1984) - original owner was his secretary. Decent amount of records with tune-ups, fuel pump, clutch, etc. Mileage is actual at 75K.

Overall the car is really nice - very solid. Hell hole is good, very little rust (no body rust, just some very small areas in those little crevices. Interior is nice with a few seat tears being the only issues.

I fitted a new set of 2.0 replicas with 195/55 Toyo Proxies. In addition, I've done a full tune-up (new plugs, wires, points, condenser, coil - all OEM Bosch except NGK plugs.) - also replaced the battery and added new ground straps. I've restored a few things like the targa top, front and rear trunk carpets, jack and tool kit. I added a set of Hella copy fogs and the German export plate. She has a few nicks and dings, but overall presents nicely. The car had a respray back in 1981 - supposedly the paint was faded and a dealer talked the original female owner into a respray - it was done nicely, but probably wasn't needed.

I've spent most of my time detailing and trying to sort out some mechanical gremlins. She fires up everytime, but I've got a rich fuel condition that is causing drivability issues.

More to come... and thanks for the comments.