Spotted a cache (gaggle? posse?) of Suzukiclone parts cars. Interest piqued. Sanity questioned. - Page 4 - Fuel Economy, Hypermiling, EcoModding News and Forum

mcrews · 09-08-2011, 09:27 AM

did you take you meds this morning?

Daox · 09-08-2011, 09:50 AM

Its Darin's personal game of pokemon. Gotta catch'em all!

jakobnev · 09-08-2011, 10:18 AM

When you see cars like that there are two cases:

1. Your welding skills are good, so you should buy them because you can fix them easily.

2. Your welding skills are bad, so you should buy them to have something to practice on.

It's hard to get away isn't it?

MetroMPG · 09-08-2011, 11:04 AM

jakobnev: that's hilarous!

I do believe this one is far beyond welding. Some interesting parts on it though...

I was told to be delicate when pulling it out of the ground into which its tires have sunk over the last few years... if I want all four wheels to remain attached to the car.

Could be interesting!

Wonderboy · 09-08-2011, 11:27 AM

Hey Darin...Wanna sell that dumb old insight you've got lying around to me then? You don't need it. It's dumb looking and old.

Piwoslaw · 09-08-2011, 04:37 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Wonderboy

Hey Darin...Wanna sell that dumb old insight you've got lying around to me then? You don't need it. It's dumb looking and old.

And it sticks out like a sore thumb in a fleet of Suzukiclones.

Or maybe Darin wants to put the Insight's drivetrain into one of the SuzuMetroFlies?

Or maybe he'll boattail all the Suzuklones and have a fleet of Insight look-a-likes (and 1 real one as the template)?

MetroMPG · 09-11-2011, 08:39 PM

More dumb and old! ... (me, or the car?)

This Swift had been sitting, untouched, in a field for ~4 years. Owned by a guy I've mountain biked with, and retired due to severe underbody rust (worst I've seen).

Amazingly, it started right up! (With a boost.) It only cranked for about 5 seconds, and ... vroom!

Unfortunately it wouldn't drive - all four brakes were siezed hard. We dragged it out of its parking spot with a 4wd pickup truck, and all 4 wheels skidded the entire distance.

A couple hours of tinkering (ie. bashing with a big mallet) solved that problem.

My friend wasn't kidding when he said I had to be careful moving the car if I wanted all four wheels to come with it: the leading attachment point for the rear passenger control arm had rusted right off. I secured it in place with a ratchet strap through a rusted hole in the floor!

Parts parts parts...

I was mostly interested in this car for cosmetic parts for the convertible (I'll get to that project one day): GT body parts & snuggly bucket seats. But it's also got some good structural bits (upper & lower front strut braces & rear strut brace). Oh and the gas tank (convertible's is rusty & leaks).

This GT is also lowered, so I may swap over the struts/springs, thus enabling me to call it an ecomod.

Someone who shall remain nameless asked if I was going to drop the 100hp 1.3L DOHC engine into the convertible too, but no. The convertible's 3-pot will remain in place! I just need to find a 3.52 final drive to put in its transmission. Maybe I'll be able to trade some GT parts for one on teamswift...