[Gtv6george]

im 26 and have 8 cars and a neglected garden tractor -- '82 honda prelude, '86 lincoln continental, '81 orange tercel hatch, '81 2dr tercel, '81 red tercel hatch, '85 4wd tercel wagon, '86 2dr tercel, '83 300sd, and an engine swapped gravely 8122 garden tractor.

Can you tell that I'm into a specific niche of cars? lol. Clapped luxury and econo-sh!t boxes are my jam.

Most at least run and drive enough to move around, though they all need some sort of work done to them. It is a bit much for me, however i keep stumbling into free cars or cars too cheap to pass up that would have otherwise been sent to the scrapper when they still have life left in them. I have a hard time letting cars go that I've dumped a bunch of time into cause a. they still arent worth anything and b. i feel like i put part of my soul into these cars, and dont want to see them go to the wrong person.

I’m in the same boat as you.
Currently I have a 1983 gtv6 that was my daily driver until I took it off the road two years ago for rust repair which has been going well but slowly. Then I found a great deal on a 1995 164 quadrifoglio. It was a great deal because as I later found out the motor had no oil pressure. Rebuilt that motor with all my money. Then that was too nice to drive in the winter salt so I got a great deal on my 1984 euro 4 speed 300D. And now I’m in that. I don’t have a problem keeping up with the cars but my ADD and love for the cars keeps making my motorcycle projects get pushed off more and more. Which is interesting you’d figure getting my BSA, Tomos, and yz250 back up and running would be a lot faster than the cars but I guess not.
That trecel wagon must be sweet!

 

[Gtv6george]

Mhm youre into weirded cars than I. I cant imagine finding parts is too easy for those alfa's stateside. Parts for the tercels are quickly drying up. The 2nd gen wagons, specifically the 4wd ones, are suffering from transmission failures due to low oil, and there are exactly zero parts for them, and people are hesitant to let go of spare parts.

My wagon has a 7age swap done to it -- 1.8L block with the 1.6L twin cam 4age head. Power went from 62 crank hp to 122whp. It really hauls now haha.

I try to keep my jdm cars out of the salt and slime they spray on the roads. Winters are more mild here in missouri, so I dont have to worry too much. I used to daily the prelude until winter hit, which is when I switched to my 300sd. Its already heavily rotted, and I know I will probably be its last owner.

Actually the Alfas aren’t horrible for parts. Definitely not good but there’s enough of a following in Europe that you just get parts from over there. That must be a fun trecel with that motor. My 300D only has rust on the rear floors so I don’t mind driving it in the salt. I’ve been washing it religiously and I plan on replacing the floors this summer so what’s a little more salt in the meantime. I’m also the same age as you. And have a buddy the same age in Joplin MO that has a bunch of really weird cars mostly Alfas that I go and visit. Really good painter.

 

[Gtv6george]

well, if youre ever in kc, lmk and maybe we can get a coffee or somethin!

the wagon is super fun, however i am currently working on another tercel with a turbo 4age. aiming for 200whp. Ive got no idea if the trans will hold together -- the highest known power is 140 crank hp from a jdm 20v 4age.

also curious how the mercedes will feel with an upgraded pump, turbo and IC haha.

Don’t know if I’ll ever be up that way but if I am I wouldn’t miss a shot at seeing a Tercel with some power.