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Page 3, post 44... what I did to the car in 2008...I yanked some of that out and I'm going to rebuild that as well... Adding pics of some work done on that. you will notice a channel that was crushed ... I think the previous owner ended up in a field once upon a time. I cut it out, will bang it straight reinstall and add some new shaped stuff.
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91 GT- Li'l Bee (under construction)
2013 Honda Accord V6 coupe - 14.7 sec. 1/4 mile
So, hear me out... I started on the rear frame rails...let's call them that...it's not a frame rail rail per say but it's an integral part of the monocoque. So I cut out the rocker panel, the rocker and exposed the rail:
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91 GT- Li'l Bee (under construction)
2013 Honda Accord V6 coupe - 14.7 sec. 1/4 mile
The car is done... I'm not going to box that in metal then run a turbo charged FE3 in there... it would be a death trap, an accident waiting to happen...
91 GT- Li'l Bee (under construction)
2013 Honda Accord V6 coupe - 14.7 sec. 1/4 mile
The car is done... I'm not going to box that in metal then run a turbo charged FE3 in there... it would be a death trap, an accident waiting to happen...
Killer sham,....,.....working on them trailing arm areas will break anyone's heart,and they're as bad as I've seen on any car,...
Is the white flag raised?
Not entirely, Scrum... way too much work went into that car, and I own too many parts to call it a day. And like I said, hear me out, I'm not done...I have officially pulled the 93 GT off life support and have begun harvesting it's body parts... so to speak...lol... Less the shell, I have another entire 93 stored in boxes in my garage plus 3 Engines (2 BP05's and 1 FE3), 3 gearboxes, 2 windscreens, 3 rear windows, 16 doors, 3 rear bumpers, 3 trunklids, 3 bonnets, 2 front bumpers not including the GTR one So I'll transform the 91 into a 93:I think I've owned 8 BG's since I fell in love with these cars back around 2004; I still own a 91 GT. The previous owner had it oil treated every year. I took a look at the rear trailing arms as well as the entire underneath of the car and it's healthy... needs love but it's healthy. And it was too quick a look as you will soon see in the upcoming pics... but I won't give up... So I inspected the obvious spots for rust and corrosion ( driver's side front inner fender seam ) and was satisfied that I could save this car. I didn't bother looking at the rear strut towers as I had looked at them a couple of years ago...So Off to work I went. Looking at the 91, I knew I needed to redo the fender flares, it was obvious. So by cutting out the fender flares on the 93, I officially killed it. I would have rather saved the 93 GT since there were only 500 built (compared to the 1500 91 GT's built), but so be it. anyway enough rambling; pics:
91 GT- Li'l Bee (under construction)
2013 Honda Accord V6 coupe - 14.7 sec. 1/4 mile
I put SO much work in those 93 GT strut towers, out they came...I'll be putting them in the 91... by the way, I needed more light in the workshop... nice and bright now!
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91 GT- Li'l Bee (under construction)
2013 Honda Accord V6 coupe - 14.7 sec. 1/4 mile
Look a few pics up, where I cut the rocker panel and rocker...My buddy said I could box that rotten rail with a gusset, but it's too rotten...it's almost completely severed. Add replacing the trailing arm brackets, the transversal rail and it's braces, the rear seat bolt holes, the channels, it's just way too much work... the 91 requires much less.
I got quite a bit of work done on the 91 today. Seats are out, carpet, rear window, all the wiring is removed from the rear, rear doors; it's basically bare to the dash now...tomorrow I will be removing the rear deck to expose the strut towers. Then rear subframe, struts, gas tank and I should be good to start cutting out the inner fenders/ strut towers.
91 GT- Li'l Bee (under construction)
2013 Honda Accord V6 coupe - 14.7 sec. 1/4 mile
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