kmoore737

My 14 year old son and I bought this stock non-running SC 400...a father/son project car for him. It had not run in 6 years due to a small engine fire near the PS and ALT. Anyway after taking the tank out and replacing the fuel pump, repairing the wiring harness associated the the MAF and rigging up a cold air intake of sorts (wires and intake and PS hoses were burned beyond use). She fired right up.All for $300 dollars!! We have cleaned and painted the calipers and removed the seats to clean the carpet. Now we are working other smaller issues....Recovering seats, repairing window regulators and switches, flushing trans etc. I have pictures but cannot get them to load for the thread, is there some trick to loading Pictures??

SC300NW

iTrader: (1)

Nice! One more SC being saved. You and your son are really going to enjoy the car.

kmoore737

I think I figured it out, since the car is in the dark garage requiring a flash the file size is to large to post....sorry will have to wait till we put wheels on it to push it into the light

1JZPWRD

iTrader: (59)

What a find, glad you got it running with minimum effort. It has been a great thing when a father and son can do a project together. So much more rewarding in the end. I always use photobucket to upload my photos, no problems whatsoever. Just copy and paste the URL in the link..

kmoore737

here is the link to the photobucket pictures........http://s1281.beta.photobucket.com/us...28396857031973

lilSCsteve

iTrader: (71)

Congrats on your project, way to bring it back to Life! It will definitely be something your son will remember for ever!

SC400slide

iTrader: (11)

That's awesome! Nice to see an SC being restored. Keeping or selling?

kmoore737

We are keeping, it will be his car when he turns 15. I forgot to mention it had 139k on the clock

lilSCsteve

iTrader: (71)

Wow! Only 139k-that's nothing for a SC...here's additional inspiration. I have 275k on my SC right now! Still running like a champ, maintenance is key-You're not going to have any problems, especially since you're an Awesome car guy/dad! Several other members are running boost with even more miles then I have!

Future plans? You keeping it auto, or are you looking into converting it to manual?

steve

kmoore737

Stock except for the wheels and muffler delete

BSanders22

Damn, that's one lucky kid! The car looks really clean, at any price, let alone $300! Good luck with the build/restoration! Can't wait to see more pictures and the car on the road!

Kalogerus

iTrader: (3)

Great project. You, sir, deserve father of the year award. Especially with having your son give a helping hand restoring the car will teach him its value. Big ups and good luck on your project

kmoore737

Thanks for the good words

Kire

iTrader: (5)

Those power steering pumps are notorious for failing and leaking. Glad that you were able to get it fixed! Haha this beats my record for a low price SC. I paid $500 for my SC300

1sWt2GS

iTrader: (6)

wish my dad woudl do something like this with me! 300 dollar sc sounds GOOD!