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joakwin

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I put my 37 chevy truck build on hold more then a year ago because I had left hip surgery, and its been on hold longer then I wanted

I built a 72 ford f250 for some local guy to get some extra money to stick into the 37, and then I ended up using it to go to Hawaii for 2 weeks

and then one of my neighbors called the HOA on my mini, saying it wasn't being drove and looked like a broke down car in my driveway

the clutch on the mini was to stiff for my hips to handle, and so I had to move the mini into the garage, 2 car garage with two cars that don't drive
the mini and the 37

so last june I won a 1995 Honda del sol, for witch I call a Honda del slow
anyways
I got the car at auction for $275

and drove the car for 2 months to make sure everything was good

and the only reason as to why I got it was because I wanted to turn my mini into a automatic

my mini had a d16z6 with a close ratio 5 speed lsd manual gearbox,
itb's, pnp head, bigger valves in the head, bigger cam, bored 1/2mm, arp bolts for everything, it was making 175hp
not a lot of power but its also in a 1500lb car

mini by joaquinn lopez, on Flickr
heres how my car looked before I took it apart
 
donor car
cluster said it had 202k miles on it

Untitled by joaquinn lopez, on Flickr

d16z6 auto by joaquinn lopez, on Flickr

d16z6 automatic

valve cover off by joaquinn lopez, on Flickr
under the valve cover, no way this motor had 202k miles

so I got one of those online vin decoders and it said the dealer replaced the engine at 180k miles

22k miles on this motor, sweet deal for me, I got lucky

I ended up replacing the water pump and timing belt anyways
 
1902952_10153403541486684_606990297249357897_n by joaquinn lopez, on Flickr
left hand drive mini, and our Honda pilot

10426123_10153074838836684_1776858923177349949_n by joaquinn lopez, on Flickr

lhd mini and my older brothers 55 chevy

the lhd mini was in my parents back yard for 8 years, and I came home and re-wired it and got it running and drove it back to Tucson

10985243_10153074842611684_2752534005757247117_n by joaquinn lopez, on Flickr

the 55 has a 427 in it with a doug nash 5 speed and a ford 9 inch
 

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