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TBrown

Thought you guys would want to see my newist find. Found it on a local craigslist add. Paid 500 buckaroons. Looks like car has been sitting for a few years, engine is pretty rough on the outside I think the hood may have been open for a while. The timing belt is still on so im crossing my fingers that theres no bent valves, I already went through all that once. Interior is all there, I like the pasha door cards

. I may have to go full pahsa! The body is straight and there is no big dents anywhere. Theres only one place in the body thats bad, its the nose pannel but it should pop out. There is a mount bolted to the front bumper that the previous owner used to hall it with his rv, if anyone wants it. Im going to pull the engine soon and see what Ive got to work with. Plan on rebuild with megasquirt, new turbo, and new exhaust manny. I really like what Bass Gt did on car where he put the turbo where the cis was. Overall I think it was a good buy if nothing else Ill just use it as a parts car, but it looks like everything is there. Heres some pictures.

And heres one for the road.

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Tangerine Dream- 1980 924 Turbo
Silver Surprise- 1979 924 Turbo
1977 International Scout ii
1982 Yamaha Sr185
1978 Kawasaki KZ650
1974 Honda CB360
1973 Honda CB750

morghen · Joined: 21 Jan 2005 Posts: 9095 Location: Romania

neato !
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ideola · Joined: 01 Oct 2004 Posts: 15550 Location: Spring Lake MI

Oh yeah, TBrown got the sickness for sure now!
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931Owner · Joined: 14 Feb 2009 Posts: 352 Location: Chicago NW Suburbs

Hey TBrown... have you had that orange beast for 1-2 years nearly? I remember seeing that change a few hands rather quickly back then. I was wondering where it ended up at.
BTW: nice find for $500.
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TBrown · Posted: Mon Aug 30, 2010 3:40 am Post subject:

Yeah its been a little over a year now. Alexvex was the one who painted it orange. I think he bought a 951 or something and needed some garage space so he sold it and then I bought it off the guy he sold it to. He sold it because bent some valves, he had a vacuum line disconnected and it was running like crap so he moved the timing belt over a few teeth and cranked it over. Ended up bending three intake valves. He was fed up with it so he sold it for cheap. I actually got it for 400. I fixed er up and she runs like a dream. Just bought everything to install the rear sway and get a four wheel alignment. We'll see how it goes.
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Tangerine Dream- 1980 924 Turbo
Silver Surprise- 1979 924 Turbo
1977 International Scout ii
1982 Yamaha Sr185
1978 Kawasaki KZ650
1974 Honda CB360
1973 Honda CB750

Joes924Racer · Posted: Mon Aug 30, 2010 4:30 am Post subject:

Outstanding..Your a lucky man those door cards are wild thanks for the good pics of them.. Id like to replicate that pattern 4 cards for my project.

This last pic. is awesome. Are you gonna lower the rearI lie it the way it is..Looks like a real runner. Nice.. really nice job on it.

Good luck with the new project.

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TBrown · Posted: Tue Aug 31, 2010 12:04 pm Post subject:

Yeah thanks Joe, I think a full pasha interior would be pretty sweet but its a little woozy. I like the door cards tho it adds a nice touch of the 80's. Im going to keep the rear where it is for now but I may lower it a later. My project now is rebuilding a motor and megasquirt or some kind of EFI and im planning on putting on a distributorless ignition system along with a turbo

. Yeah good luck with your project, your car's lookin good, but I, like everyone else, must ask what color are you going to paint it???
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Tangerine Dream- 1980 924 Turbo
Silver Surprise- 1979 924 Turbo
1977 International Scout ii
1982 Yamaha Sr185
1978 Kawasaki KZ650
1974 Honda CB360
1973 Honda CB750

alexvex · Posted: Fri Mar 25, 2011 4:51 am Post subject:

Just saw this post as I was looking to see how my old car was doing. Friend of mine spotted it in Indy recently.
Funny that you bought another one...that's the color that the orange one was originally

Good to see it's still on the road!
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1992 Porsche 968 (VW 2.5L I5 Turbo swap in the works)
1995 Audi 90 Quattro Sport (4.2L V8 Swap)
2010 Touareg TDI
Past Pcars: 80 931, 87 924S, 87 951

Rasta Monsta · Joined: 12 Jul 2006 Posts: 11733 Location: PacNW

TBrown · Posted: Fri Mar 25, 2011 11:36 am Post subject:

Hey alex shes still kickin. Its been my daily driver for almost two years now. Pretty soon ill be swapping engines and maybe one day ill repaint it but ill defiantly keep the orange, i like it

Yeah rasta i could only dream that one day she will look as good as Shaggy, your cars defiantly a work of art.
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Tangerine Dream- 1980 924 Turbo
Silver Surprise- 1979 924 Turbo
1977 International Scout ii
1982 Yamaha Sr185
1978 Kawasaki KZ650
1974 Honda CB360
1973 Honda CB750

Nein37 · Joined: 29 Dec 2009 Posts: 513 Location: New London, CT

TBrown · Posted: Fri Mar 25, 2011 12:56 pm Post subject:

Yeah its not to bad but its starting to chip under the gas cap i need to get someone to mix a batch up, as i tried to get some safety orange rustoleum at the store but it turned out a different orange. I like the color its defiantly different.
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Tangerine Dream- 1980 924 Turbo
Silver Surprise- 1979 924 Turbo
1977 International Scout ii
1982 Yamaha Sr185
1978 Kawasaki KZ650
1974 Honda CB360
1973 Honda CB750

alexvex · Posted: Fri Mar 25, 2011 4:18 pm Post subject:

I'll see if I still have the paint and maybe ship it to you or something. I bought it at a Menards and it was the only orange they had.
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--Alex--
1992 Porsche 968 (VW 2.5L I5 Turbo swap in the works)
1995 Audi 90 Quattro Sport (4.2L V8 Swap)
2010 Touareg TDI
Past Pcars: 80 931, 87 924S, 87 951

TBrown · Posted: Tue Mar 29, 2011 1:13 am Post subject:

That would be awesome ill pay for shipping
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Tangerine Dream- 1980 924 Turbo
Silver Surprise- 1979 924 Turbo
1977 International Scout ii
1982 Yamaha Sr185
1978 Kawasaki KZ650
1974 Honda CB360
1973 Honda CB750

griffinbilt · Joined: 23 Nov 2010 Posts: 31 Location: Flora Indiana

Tbrown I have a parts car here in Flora IND. call me if you need anything. it has a good engine and trans,body. 574-967-0117 You should see the 82 931 that I have restored this past winter. It will be at the 50th Central Ind. region event in Zionsville this June 18-19 and in the CIRPCA newsletter.