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Originally Posted by ohmycivic

This is an $850 car, make no mistake. Needs a new and oil pan gasket, and the radiator is on its last legs (replacements for both came with the car, and I'm capable of doing that level of work). While it runs like a song, it's pretty beat up both inside and out. Nothing that'll affect safety, but things like missing locks, buttons, etc and general ugliness are bothering me. I've driven cars in worse condition, but considering how hard I've looked for one of these I'm inclined to make it reflect my pride in finding one.

Down to business. I want to find a shell to drop the engine into.

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I have a remaining budget of about $1150, and winter is fast approaching. Down time for the car during projects cannot be more than 10 hours at a time since I need to drive it at least every other day and that's about all I can afford to spare from the rest of the stuff I have to get done on my days off.

Might be simpler and cheaper to fix what you've got - or not. Do you have pictures of what's wrong with the shell?
http://ecomodder.com/forum/showthrea...pair-4823.html