A Day of Moments

So, the last couple of weeks have seen me making some pretty big decisions in regards to what to do with Edna... Tossing up between fixing her or selling her, parting her out, transplanting components into a new shell... too many factors to take into account to be able to make any kind of decision!!!  One pro was another con, benefits outweighing costs left right and centre.  After chatting to the smash repairer to look into the costs of fixing her, chatting to flatmates, neighbours and friends, a solution was finally reached.

Before I divulge you in the details of whats gone down, let me begin with the final moments for Edna...

To start with, I removed the rear wheels... the fronts had stocks on them for quite a while just because it was easier to deal with the repairs that way.  However, given everything going on, got around to swapping out the rears too.

The driver and passengers seats also came out, as well as the steering wheel.  The main benefit of having all this space is that it makes room for a LOOOOT of spare parts, so a tidy up and consolidating of parts meant keeping the garage in some state of cleanliness...

I did mean 'some' loosely ;)

It's always interesting seeing her back on stock wheels... You never realise just how much of a difference that wheels can make to the appearance of a car!!

Case in point :)

Having finished all of the remainder of the work, I thought one last picture was necessary... Man I am going to miss this driving position so damn much!!!!

So onto whats happening!!  The short version?  I've swapped her.  The long version?  My neighbour is very much so into cars.  He's a competitive drifter, and has been looking for a new project.  He's been following a lot of what's been going on with my car, and has had his fair share of opinions to do with the repairs.  When I got the quote back from the smash repairers, the price they came back with was right at the top of my budget.  The money I'd be investing in her to fix it, as far as I was concerned, simply wasn't worth it.  That's not to say, it's not worth to him ;)

He put forward a proposal... straight out swap for his ex-drifter.  He'll take Edna as she is, with the parts I have on her (minus wheels and a few other things) plus the parts I'd already acquired to fix her, and I take his car.  He's been slowly converting it back to street legal so it can be registered again, and now she's mine :)

What is she?

A work in progress... a Type X Onevia.  For the uneducated, it's a Silvia, an S13 to be precise.  With a 180sx front.  The 2 are interchangeable to the nth degree, and such a conversion is actually quite common.  Whats not common is to take all the good bits from the Type X 180sx (top of the range, few extra goodies over the type R) and do it in such a fashion as this, by effectively adding them to a 13, which does not come in a type x.

He wasn't willing to part with the wheels, so the wheels from Edna have come across.  Due to the differences in body shapes, the offset of the wheels are way off, so spacing is required.  Fronts already have +25mm spacers on them to get them sitting as they are, I'll be needing to chase down some 50mm spacers for the rear... 

Due to a couple of factors, I've actually been able to keep the seats and the steering wheel from Edna, so its not all unfamiliar ;)  Interior is in dire need of some work though, stay tuned on this one.

You can really see here just how sunken the rear wheels are, that simply won't do!!!

View from the rear... Including Type X wing

Everyone loves SR fruit!!!

The final verdict?  I'm quite excited to see what the future holds with this new beast.  In terms of financial outlay, there will be spacers for the wheels, a new ECU, enough stuff to get the paint sorted out and all one colour (less conspicuous!) and whatever cleaning products are needed too. Then onto getting her rego'd, and I'll be back on the road :) I'm sure there will be other things that I'll find out along the way, but thats kinda the point ;) But it will be a lot cheaper than it would have cost me to fix Edna, and while I'm going backwards in terms of age of the car, I am getting quite a few upgrades in terms of power and drivability.

Stay tuned for some pics that'll come in the future, when she's properly cleaned up, with a proper set of pictures and a full mod list.  And I'll be seeing you all soon!