Well, I had a friend sell me the blue one at a good price because they never could find the cause of the misfire. Then a coworker sees me driving the EF and said, "Why didn't you buy mine? It's been parked for 5 years." So now I have 2 EF's. I'm thinking about using the red EF (with body damage) for spare parts.

I hate to tear apart a running car, but I am not going to fix the body work, drive it as it is, or really intend to keep it. It's either strip it down for spare parts, or sell it as a running car after I swap a few parts...hehe I just don't have need for a 6th vehicle.

 

Swapping some parts and fixing up the blue '91 EF hatch.

 

This turbo'd prelude would look good in my collection too. Maybe he will let it go one day.

 

wait, you call a drivers side fender body damage? thats completely external and very easy to fix. 20 minutes of work swapping in a new one. that 20 minutes of work is not enough to justify parting the car out.

 

There's dings/dents all over the red car. It's on doors, fenders, hood, body, and even the roof. Nothing a "body guy" can't fix easily (and charge a fortune), but that is the fate of the red hatch. I bought it strictly to build up the blue one, inside and out. After I pull/swap interiors and anything else, I will either pull the motor/tranny and scrap it ...OR... I might sell it as a running car but missing some rear interior. I'd rather pull the motor/tranny/everything just to have spare parts. :D

 

do you realize how simple body work actually is? it just takes time. my 93 si hatch is riddled with tiny dents. you can get a paintless dent hammer and pull all the dents out, even tiny ones. my car was 5x worse starting out than that red hatch. honestly you could just sell it if you cleaned it up a bit. would like to see them stay on the road instead of being torn apart and scrapped. just my opinion tho

 

Sorry, but we really don't need a 6th vehicle. Unless I can sell it for $1,000 or more, I'd rather have a spare engine/trans/glass/everything and use the crossmember/motor mounts/etc to help a friend put his ZC in his crx. He would rather see it stay on the road too, but I know how much it costs for a junkyard engine or transmission if mine ever goes out. The engine alone would cost me more than I paid for the red car.

 

What year and trim level is the red one?

 

It's a 1990 basemodel 4speed 197k miles.

 

swap hoods!

 

I thought the same thing. Then I saw the hail dings on the red hood. Now the carbon fiber hood is starting to grow on me...i kinda like it now. :D

 

Made a couple of cosmetic changes to my definite "keeper." I like mine with NO SHINE.. :D

 

:D

 

This turbo'd prelude would look good in my collection too.

 

If you do part out the red EF, how much would you want for the tranny??

 

For it to be an economical value to you, I would have to sell it for $5 because the shipping would be atleast $60-80 (guessing). Our goal of "parting it out," would be to keep spare EVERYTHING in case we need it. Would possibly sell little things that are worth the time to sell/ship, but a trans would not be profitably to pull/sell/ship.