Preparing for the holidays
November 27, 2011 | Posted in Family, Uncategorized | By fastwrecks
The holiday season is upon us. We’ll still be at the garage, but will be slowing things down a bit until after the 1st of the year. (Don’t worry, Sports Car Salvage is not going ANYWHERE!)
It’s important to spend time with family this Christmas. Last year, we were faced with a family member’s battle with lung cancer, which ended on December 22nd, 2010, after contracting MRSA pneumonia. Our LilBear had come up on the morning of the 22nd from her mother’s house to stay with us for her Christmas break, and losing her grandfather was a huge blow for her.
Now that the business is growing, and we’re not dealing with any illness, death, or relocation, we can make this holiday much nicer for her. We have some trips planned on her weekend visits (like the Polar Express!) plus she will be with us for a couple of weeks until school starts back up.
We also plan on participating in some Christmas activities in the community. Some of these are our typical gift-giving to local churches for children in need and the like. Some of the others….well, those are a surprise and I can’t spill the beans yet.
But don’t fret, because we will still be active in the business. I’m aiming to do more administrative-type stuff that I can complete from my home office during that time. While digging out Christmas decorations and the like, I found some interesting miscellaneous stuff that I can list on eBay. Plus, I plan on working more on the Internet marketing side of things. Long story short, I plan on dedicating the same amount of time to the business – just focusing on different areas.
New Projects
September 30, 2011 | Posted in Mazda, Pontiac | By fastwrecks
OK…So we’ve relisted the RX-7 that has been featured in this blog before – it’s on eBay for only a few more hours.
We also have a YouTube video of us driving this car all over the parking lot.
Earlier this week, we picked up a 1985 Pontiac Fiero. Pictures forthcoming after doing a little work on it. I’m currently going over this with rubbing compound to see what I can do with this paint. After installing the fuel pump we bought, and maybe another battery, we’ll try it again. Who knows, it might just start up! It was something that the previous owner had moved away from, plus it was taking up room in his driveway, so we found this match made in heaven on Craigslist.
The 1985 RX-7 had some carburetor issues, so we had it rebuilt (Thanks, Ron!) and are now working with the car now that it actually starts. Here’s hoping that a few small hose clamps will resolve the vacuum leaks and get things on the right track. EDIT: We got all of the vacuum leaks sorted out and it runs much better now.
Busy in the garage, slacking online…
May 3, 2011 | Posted in Corvettes, Mazda | By fastwrecks
We’ve been busily tearing down the 1990 Miata and getting the parts available for sale… In the process, kinda ignoring our blog, so here’s a quick run down of our current projects:
1990 Mazda Miata NA: Being dismantled and sold piece by piece.
1987 Chevrolet Corvette: We had originally thought we were going to put this back together into a runner. Sadly, C4’s just aren’t worth restoring from this level of disrepair at this time. We’re going to dismantle it and get the parts out to people repairing and restoring their cars. It DOES have a fantastic Doug Nash 4+3 transmission, and many other parts which will be sold. We’re going to use the engine in another project.
1977 Chevrolet Corvette: The rebuild is in progress and Ron is just about ready to install the front body from our 1978 donor. We’re also going to pull the 305 out and install the L98 350 from the 1987 Corvette. Since the TPI was removed by the 87’s previous owner, this should yield a nice running 350 for our project C3. We’ve also decided to return the car to it’s original color, RPO 10, Classic White, and the interior will be RPO 64C, which is Buckskin.
1982 Mazda RX-7: This is currently at Schumanns Roadside & Towing to have its new gas tank, fuel lines and fuel pump installed.
We also just picked up a 1991 Jeep Cherokee, theoretically we’re going to use it as a shop mule. It fits with what we do, right? After all “The Jeep is America’s only real sports car!” – Enzo Ferrari 🙂
Hope all is well with everyone, our thoughts and prayers have been with the people of the Southern US effected by the tornado’s and storms.
The 1977 C3 Corvette is now going to be restored!
February 27, 2011 | Posted in Corvettes | By fastwrecks
After a lot of thinking, debating and chat amongst ourselves and other Corvette folks, we’ve decided that the 77 C3 is going to go through a light restoration instead of being parted out. It’s just too nice.
We purchased a 1978 shell in Detroit and it’s going to donate it’s front clip to our restoration project. We’ve yet to pick it up, but that’s in the very near future. The 1977 will be repainted to it’s factory Code 10 White, with the factory buckskin interior also repaired. Since the car has a 1982 305 (5.0L) motor, it’s going to be swapped out for a 350 (5.7L) rebuilt motor with a mild street build to about 350hp.
Stay tuned!
P.S.: Here’s a video walk around of the car!
1977 Corvette C3 Walk Around / Start Up.
New C3 parts car
February 22, 2011 | Posted in Corvettes | By fastwrecks
Now that we know our ’77 orange beastie runs, it’s time to make it pretty. We’ll be picking up another C3 with the front clip and doors we want (plus some other items), and the rest will be listed on eBay. After posting on the Mid America Motorworks Facebook page, we got some pointers on a few things to look for. Very helpful stuff!
In other news, I recently stopped by Summit Racing. (Warning: May be hazardous to your wallet’s health.) This was on the same day that we separated all of the transmission and suspension parts from a C5. While waiting in line, their TV featured a guy doing – you guessed it – the same kind of thing. He didn’t have a speck of dirt on him OR the floor, nor did he have any scratches on his hands. And they say supermodels are photoshopped!
A change we can believe in! New car…
February 14, 2011 | Posted in Mazda | By fastwrecks
We picked up a 1982 Mazda RX-7 creampuff yesterday. Nice! So, we drove around our ’77 Vette in the garage to make room for it. (After replacing the fuel filter and employing quite a bit of carburetor cleaner, it runs and drives nicely. Stopping, however, is another story, but a brake job was expected)
ZOOM ZOOM (pop pop pop)
Good things DO come in small packages
It’s ALIVE!
February 5, 2011 | Posted in Uncategorized | By fastwrecks
I posted a few days ago about our C3 1977 Corvette barn find. We took a look at the car, and were pretty sure it would run. So, we picked up a battery and a few much-needed supplies, and sure enough….
It started!
Mind you, the whole endeavor required some starting fluid and a little finger-crossing, but it started. Now, onto replacing the fuel filter and seeing what else needs to be done. This will make a great restoration project for somebody!
Welcome to Sports Car Salvage @ fastwrecks!
February 2, 2011 | Posted in Uncategorized | By fastwrecks
Here at Sports Car Salvage, we have all sorts of new and interesting projects going on.
It looks great from this side...
This is one of our recent finds, a 1977 C3 Corvette. It was wrecked and stored in a garage afterwards for several years. We checked the fluids, and sure enough, everything was nice and clean! Our next step is to get a battery and see if this baby runs.
In other news, after parting out a C5 Corvette late last year, we picked up another C5 a couple of weeks ago. It’s been burned, but there are quite a few useful parts to be had.
We recently acquired the intellectual property and the business model of Tuner Junkyard, which parted out tuner cars and sold the parts online. Currently, we are focusing primarily on C5 (1997-2004) Corvette parts. You can read more about it at our latest SportsCarSalvage.us press release here.
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