Sunday, July 29, 2018

Too Much Time In The Sun

I saw this car for the first time when I went to look at a 91 wagon owned by a guy who ran into a friend of mine in a parking lot admiring his WRX wagon.  My friend passed me his number and I went to take a look.

A 2 owner, never driven in winter, 62k EG Si isn't something you stumble across often across the US in this day and age, much less one you find in Wisconsin.  Initially I talked with Johnathan about helping to sell the wagon and the Si but eventually a friend of mine said he was interested in buying the wagon.  Jonathan and I talked about putting the wagon up for 4k which seemed a good price given the market today.  The wagon is a 1991 RT4WD with 97k miles, never driven in winter. What!?  This guy basically has a best-of early 90's museum at his house.

Jonathan thought 3k was a little low for the wagon, but I asked if he would sell the wagon and the si for 3k each if we picked them both up.  He agreed and after a few missed connections I ended up going to pick up the Si first.  After seeing the Si move out of his driveway Jonathan decided not to sell the wagon.  I guess seeing one piece of 90s nostalgia leave was too much for one man to handle.  I know it would be for me too.

I don't know how long the car sat, but it was at least a year or two.  Lots of sun fade, and clear coat damage to the roof, and also noticeable on tops of the body panels. All the molding is cracked and the tires look pretty dry rotted as well.


The interior was in good shape but needed a good detail so I set to work on that first.  Seats and center console got removed and I got a good vacuum done on the whole car.  Cleaned up all the dust and crumbs and the interior looked really great. The radio has some broken plastics on the fade/bal dials, not sure how to address that yet.  Probably steal some from a yard when possible.

The battery is dead, charger didn't work, and the battery tray is rusted like crazy.  New battery and battery tray are ordered along with new window and roof molding strips and some screws for the rear mud flaps.


Once I get the wheels swapped to the 14" steelies with oem hubcaps, and get the car fully detailed I'll have photos up and a little more detail about the future of the car and how each area of the car is at 62k.

Link to photo album: https://photos.app.goo.gl/AMxa5Sy125JXNHkf9