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Old 04-03-2012, 08:42 AM   #10 (permalink)
bobo333
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Join Date: Mar 2012
Location: Adelaide, Australia
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F Truck - '77 Ford F100 2x4, single cab, lwb
90 day: 8.75 mpg (US)

Bombodore - '98 Holden Commodore Exec Wagon
90 day: 21.35 mpg (US)

Civic - '93 Honda Civic GL
90 day: 36.62 mpg (US)

Jim The Prius - '09 Toyota Prius
90 day: 36.66 mpg (US)
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And here commences the build thread:

Il start at the start, i bought the car off a customer at work who was going to scrap it as he was moving over seas the next week and didnt have time to sell, here it is after a wash:






Soon after getting it i started removing broken/unnecessary things, such as the badges, rear windscreen wiper, and roof racks:




My next mod was to replace the broken factory mirrors, i used these cheap chrome ones as factory replacements were out of my budget but now im thinking they might be a bit more aerodynamic too :


I also gave it a general service, cleaned a few little things up and added a new head unit as i bought it without one:


After this it served a short life as a competition car audio SPL car, reaching a pb of 148.3db with an 18" mach 5 audio IXL sub and an Epsilon EA5000d amplifier, and winning multiple trophies.

Then the water pump died along with the head gasket, so the project was shelved for a few months while i moved on to bigger and better things...

more next post
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(Posted in 2020) 2009 Prius Off Road project: https://ecomodder.com/forum/showthre...ide-38366.html

(Posted in 2012) 1977 F100 Project: http://ecomodder.com/forum/showthrea...tml#post310326
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