Is She Worth It?

Bridget was my first. We had great plans together, including heart transplant, cosmetic surgery, and overall improvements... You know how it is. But I start having my doubts and I was wondering if you guys and gals who had done some body work can maybe chime in and share your thoughts.

The Good: Almond cream! I like that color! I picked her up for 400.00, and I think she paid for itself already in fuel savings, as my other car is a 16MPG Nissan Pathfinder. I was hoping to turn her into 1988 Si that has never existed.



The Bad and Ugly:
Bridget suffers from one major swipe, multiple small dents and small rust spots, collapsed(?) roof-top, all of which I will picture for your viewing… displeasure.
I already gutted most of the interior, leaving only dashboard and door panels. Everything else – gone. This was my idea to turn diarrhea brown to Landau black or two-tone Black/Beige interior.

Looking at these damages, do you think she is worth the time/money/trouble?
















Sorry for all those pictures, if you have trouble loading them up, let me know and I will just post links to them.

Thanks

 

dude this car is more then fixable!!! now claim this as your "build thread" before a certain frog shuts you down!! frog-toad same thing

 

It has always been my build/project car. Thread wise - you are right. After I get back I will pull in my resources (other threads I started about this car) to get it going.

FYI, I do have another hatch that right now I am trying to make drivable so I can start working on this rattle can.

 

Fixable for sure, if you have the time and love to put in. You get a great sense of accomplishment as you knock it through. You will have to do some body work, of course.

 

the only thing you should fix asap is the rust that runs along the windshield.

 

yea its not that bad just take care of the rust. bodys not too bad at all.

 

if you cant fix that you should never work on a car again... do it man... make her what she deserves to be... an SI.

 

I hate to be the negative one here, but I am going though a restore job that started better off than yours, and I am so through it!!! Its a ton of work and trust me, there is so much rust hiding, ontop of what you can see. Now I have experienced body and paint, I will (as I would sugget to you) find a really clean shell to start with in like florida or arizona (Im in Canada) and have this one for your daily.

You can totally do it, but be warned what a PITA it is doing body work properly. And keep in mind how quickly rust can come back....

 

That is my concern as well - I live in the Pacific Northwest - which means wet - which means who knows how deep rust goes. And yeah, I admit, I haven't done any body work yet, and I am worried and overwhelmed at the moment. I guess I will make the other one drivable for now, and then I will see what can be done about Bridget. Oh, Bridget.

 

lol.

That rust that runs up the windshield is scary.

 

Well if people could read the rules I wouldn't lock things up. And just claiming a "build thread" won't be safe either if there is no tech.