junk yard 04' grand prix build

[1quick]

I bought this thing from a friend of mine that owns a yard, 211k miles straight body just very dirty, interior trashed but only one rip, brakes shot (like no pads at all) battery stone dead, and the guy he picked it up from said the blower motor didnt work but he said the car ran and drove so for $650 I bought it right up, heres a few pics so far ive just been cleaning and buffing some on it, painted the grills and a gxp wing that I had from my other gp, after my tax money comes back I will start ordering the actual engine/ trans parts, the plan is newer motor trans, cam, turbo kit, fuel system = cheap fast street car

painted grills and buffed the front clip but I am going to re buff it after i fix the paint chips

and painted the gxp spoiler and set it in place to see how it looked still needs wet sanded and buffed

so far I have into this project
car $650
some paint about $40
gxp wing I already had
battery $100
the car runs ok and drives good enough for now

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[Bru]

Awesome Definitely post pics as you make progress. That's a sweet deal and looks like a good budget build.

 

[Mook]

how much for the pregnancy book?

 

[1quick]

everything under the seat was covered in chew spit I dont think you want that book lol

 

[C.Evans]

That's a good deal. Looks like its gonna clean up nicely!

 

[RICH17]

This car is going to be awesome!

 

[PANDA]

Any rust on a 200K mile 04+?

 

[1quick]

Any rust on a 200K mile 04+?

it looks like the lower radiator support has some but thats about it other than a few nicks that rusted like the chip in the hood that you can see in the pic of the front end but I sanded that down and touched it up last night, no rust bubbles anyware or rot

 

[framos242]

how much for the pregnancy book?

Someone have something to say???? LOL

Post the post as the build continues please....

 

[Eagle]

That's a sweet deal. Sure you don't want to just get it running and sell it to me?

Sounds like a fun project car tho, can't beat that price!

 

[Shocker]

nice pick-up

 

[1quick]

tinted tails last night, gotta get some more buffing compound so I can finish buffing the car, and going to buy the breaks tomorrow, going to do breaks struts and a small drop at the same time

 

[Eagle]

 

[Outlaw]

Nicee. Can't beat 650 bucks on that

 

[Nofear048]

Nice

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[1quick]

I got a few things done today put new bulbs in all the tail lights and put them back in and mounted the spoiler for good, then started on the breaks and I'm painting each wheel black as I pull them off

 

[PANDA]

god damn

 

[greasy]

Great progress!

In the first pic did you find that pile of money under the seats?

 

[1quick]

yea I sure did it was 12 bucks and 2 winning scratch off tickets worth 2 bucks each all under the drivers seat

 

[Mr_Roboto]

Guess that brings the price down to $638. What'd you do the tint with that looks great.

 

[1quick]

vht night tints, it ran on one of the tail lights and every time i tried to re coat it lifted it was the worst stuff I've over tried to paint

 

[C.Evans]

I wish I could've come across that before you. I'm Jelly.

 

[1quick]

why your truck will be way faster with less work, fwd is slow

 

[C.Evans]

It would've made an awesome DD.

 

[10sec]

I couldn't help but notice you want said you want to replace the motor? If I might add an opinion on that. I believe your expected power numbers are achievable with that stock l26 that's in there. Since the trans isn't worth shit anyways, you should get the turbo kit, slap it on, learn what it's all about, and go from there. It really seems like higher mileage 3800's last a lot longer than lower mileage ones when big power is added to them. The current motor/trans would be your testing stuff. The trans would probably go right away though, so maybe get a built one, but you can save yourself a lot of initial coin just turbo-ing the current l26. Not touching the motor at all would get you 400whp depending on the turbo kit you get. Those numbers alone are already higher than any of the current "built" transmissions can handle anyhow.

IDK, just thought i would toss that out there. Either way, bad ass pick up. I'm 100% jealous.