I feel for fuel economy.

August 09, 2008, 06:29:40 AM

Hello all, Long time no see!!!.

In april I earned on the tv the fuel (gaz) will raise up to $2.00 liter (nesr $9.00 gallon us), and when you hear that, generally it comes to this price (long time/short time).

At this moment I see My big Econoline truck and asked in my mind "how I run again this truck the next winter", Just started to see any alternative to this truck...

The next week a friend of Me blown the engine on his 1991 Pontiac Firefly, not in great shape, VERY NOT, but it donated to Me.

I purchased a good engine for a couples of bucks at friend junkyard, the engine have 140.000km (90.000 ,iles), and the enginne was a great compression of 180 psi on each cylinders (1998 engine).

I putted this 3 cylinders on the car and started droving it, compared to My truck or My Bird it was very VERY little, but economical on gaz a LOT (993cc/61ci it's normal), and after a couple of week I loved it, funny to drive, ect, ect.

When I acquirad the door fall off each time opening (rusted at the hinges), and the left side rocker panel vas cutted by the rust, tus caused the cas drop 3/4" inches on the driver side.

I decided to hunt the junkyards, and found ONE GEO METRO with a good rocker (in and out) and a good floor, For a short history, I cutted this at the junkyard and re-weldes on My car.

Bla and bla bla!, after changed the hood, the rear hatchback door, and the driver door as well, I finished the body, cauz the whole car was not very rusted, and 3 weeks ago I painted in YELLOW (the car was light blue).

The car is like a TONKA, I added a OEM foam rear upper spoiler, and that's it, for the interior of the car it was very very dusty, but VERY DUSTY, totally s.

I found a 1989 Sprint (same interior, same everything), and changed the whole interior, dash included, a big job but I guess this car is a real value for Me (I know the rest of the car cauz I always do the maintenance on this car), and the big thing, the front frame of this "McNugget" (heheheh) are completely rust free, rare on these models.

I'll post a couple of pics soon, sorry I don't have pics during the rebuilt, too busy to take a pics when I worked on...

Finally My E150 (1 Ton modded) I drove to the syard for 500$, The truck was great, and totally okay, but too expensive to run, and anyway, I currently dont have a use for...

Thanks for reading,

Dom.

P.S. the bird not runned a lot this summer.

I feel for fuel economy.

Reply #1 – August 09, 2008, 01:19:11 PM

Check this rust repair out on a metro

http://3cylinders.com/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=449

I feel for fuel economy.

Reply #2 – August 09, 2008, 01:34:03 PM

Hi!,

This part of My 1991 is PERFECT!!!, it's awesome for a "suzuki" geo/firefly of this age, I see a LOT of geo-firefly-suzuki for sale near Me for cheap, BUT this p-ortions of front frame is exactly as I see in Your first pictures, MINE is PERFECT, I'll post a pic of that when I'll post a pics of the whole car.

I do in the past a job in the pics You sent, this was on a 1996 geo or firefly, and I prefer a rust free frame, like mY 1991 Firefly.

I'll post a pics in a couple of days, or a week.

Regards,

Dom.