My new ride! "t3h colt"

[4g63tcrazy]

I ended up finding this beauty on craigslist last week and had to go take a look at it. I've always wanted a colt but could never find a clean one. Well this ended up being the cleanest colt I've seen yet! (Besides the rust)

Anyway on to the specs. It's a 1990 Dodge Colt GT with 137k miles. It has the 1.6l but non turbo. (I guess its not very common for a gt to have the n/a 1.6l) It's 5 speed and the tranny shifts like it just came off the showroom floor.

The good:
It has power windows that work perfect
Original cd player
Interior is mint (no ripped seats, missing panels, or stains)
Everything works
Maintenance records since 1992
Engine runs absolutly perfect
Tranny, clutch are perfect. (clutch replaced 15k ago)
Brand new tires/ brakes all the way around
Compression is 175 cold on all 4
Owned by an older lady

The bad:
RUST. Lots of it..
Right rear strut blown
Both front wheel bearings have play
Needs sway bar links
Exhaust is rusted out

Future plans for the car would be to first fix all the rust. Then paint it. I plan on keeping it white, painting the stock wheels black, and roof black. After I'll fix the strut, wheel bearings and sway bar links, along with a new exhaust. Then I'll be throwing a stock dsm turbo setup on it since I have most the parts already.

That's about it since it will be the daily. Now, on to the pics!

















My fav

[123abc]

I'm jealous. Pics of the bad rust?

[Constant_Project21]

I don't dig the white so much, but the interior looks good!! I too want a CSM, still looking though.

[turbotalon1g]

badass

[TkrPerformance]

I saw it on CL a few weeks ago. I almost picked it up just for parts.

[Andrew7dg]

welcome to the club
I love my 3g hatch!

I think there will be a good collection of them at the cookout this year

[Tachyon]

SWEET GRAPHICS, DUDE!

[4g63tcrazy]

Originally Posted by 123abc

I'm jealous. Pics of the bad rust?

No pics but it is pretty bad. Gonna take awhile to get rid of it all. Thats my plan for this summer. Drive the talon and fix the rust on this beast.

Originally Posted by Tachyon

SWEET GRAPHICS, DUDE!

They are pretty rad.. There gonna have to go though once I paint it.

[sleepydsm]

I test drove that.

Nice hole in the floor under the drivers feet.

[C89ZX7R]

Why is the brake booster on the passenger side while the brake pedal is on the drivers side Wonder how that linkage looks!

[awd-drifter]

Those are some radical graphics yo! lol. Nice pick up indeed! There were about 3 colt/mirages IIRC at the UPULL in Rosemount.

[4g63tcrazy]

Originally Posted by sleepydsm

I test drove that.

Nice hole in the floor under the drivers feet.

I know pretty sweet huh? That's the plan for the summer though. I'm gonna fix AAALLLLL the rust! Should be interesting..

[turbotalon1g]

Sleepy is above cars with holes, he is down with misfires.

[123abc]

Originally Posted by sleepydsm

I test drove that.

Nice hole in the floor under the drivers feet.

WOW. I'll be looking forward to a build up/repair thread.