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Hey guys u might know my car "GrapeJellyTL" well im parting her out so the wife can daily her stock. and im recently picked up a new project.
Here is the start of the Journey
i been searching for a decent E21 near enough to me, all of been super crap. Found one in Colorado, and for a week i contemplated flying out their to check it out. But didn't want to waste money if i didn't like it. Friday 06/21 spent the entire day out in San Diego with my Family at Sea World. got home about 6pm sold my Intake, Throttle Body Spacer and Window Visors off my TL at about 8pm. Then About 11:33pm i said F-it im going. found tickets on Frontier Airlines Saturday at 7am out of John Wayne Airport (SNA) Landing in Denver International (DEN) 10:15am. after grabbing everything i needed, i got about 2 hours of sleep and drove out to Orange County.
After going through a Body Scan, having them ask me what my Ecig was and a Grande Skinny Mocha Later, i made it to the Gate 16 Just in time with 10 min to spare
First time Flying Frontier i was surprised at how much room i had for a coach seating. check it out! Row 4 seat F.
Some shots from landing. I lived in Southern California all my life, and this my first time to Denver. All i saw were mini lakes, few houses, and a butt load of nothing
Landed and after getting lost in the airport for about 20 mins i found my wait of the terminal finally. Zack (my contact) picked me up in this Slammed GS300 with some sunken wheels and a Junction Produce Front End and a Cracked window. the location where the car was is approximately 25 miles away from DEN. Learned alot how Denver is just like any other major city, a huge melting pot of cultures (nothing new). We got to the Dealer, the car was waiting for me like it knew i was coming. I looked it up and down, had 194k miels, original tranny, engine, paint and a stack of service records i could make a novel out of. had clean carfax and two owners. So i needed just a bit of time to think about i wandered around their warehouse. Where i found a 1985 E26 with 59k original miles, original window sticker, even original receipt, the previous owner paid 45k for the car back in 1985. I also Found two clean E9's, a Delorean, a 1950's Royce, and a MINT 1974 XK, and a few newer luxury cars Aston Martin and Maserati. after gawking at all the cars i decided to pull the trigger, few hours later i
started on my way home.
First stop Shell gas station for 6 bottles of water, 4 sugar Monsters and two hot dogs to prepare for a 1000mile drive, which i was going to do in one shot.
I really enjoyed the drive through the Rockies, couldn't believe how beautiful it was, and now i know why Denver is the Mile high city, their was snow still in the mountains and summer already started.
First Stop was after about 250 miles, i was falling asleep from lack of sleep. took a quick 10 min power nap a took a shot, too bad you cant see it, but the Colorado River just sits below, i could jump in it and take a quick bath if i wanted LOL.
The car has a Tape Deck....... So i was listening to Pandora on my phone for a good majority of the drive, but as soon as i hit the Utah border the reception died, i had zero reception!!! and i was already bored of the music on my phone. To top it off the sun had already set, i was driving through mountains, had no cell reception, and i havent seen a single call box at all. I thought to myself, shit...... no ones on the road, if my car dies on me im fucked. It was about 150 miles of NOTHING till i finally reached the Interstate 15, where the speed limit is 80, and this car has stock engine so its not fast, i was cruising at 65 MPH and even fully load semi trucks were passing me. I said oh well kept chugging, by the time i reached arizona part of the 15 i finally got a radio station, which ended up being a hip hop station for Vegas, i thought thank God!!! cause my headphones were starting to hurt my ears.
About 2:30am i stopped in Vegas off Tropicana to get gas a snapped one more quick picture (you can see Aria and Vdara in the background)
i contemplated hitting up some friends, cause i knew everyone was at EDC that night, but i just wanted to get home the journey has already been 14 hours. I got to state line and couldnt stay on the road i had to take another power nap, so i parked in-between a bunch of cars at Prim and took a 30 min power nap and got on the road again. Finally Made it home about 7am i just jumped straight to bed, and 2 hours later got up because i promised my wife i would tile our laundry room..... Worst promise ever, i had a migraine, my blood sugar had dropped, but i was happy, the car made it back one piece with ZERO problems and a but Load of Bugs.
so far i cleaned up a few wires, the power windows stopped working because the door chewed em all up, fixed that, as well as the dumb stereo wiring that was done, I also replaced one of the Pulleys and Both Belts since they looked like to be giving way soon.
A good friend of mine hooked me up with a wood Nardi wheel that im stoked to put on!
I have a lot planned for this car which includes euro bumpers, bags, and BBS, but it will be slow progress, just enjoying the car for now.
Here is the start of the Journey
i been searching for a decent E21 near enough to me, all of been super crap. Found one in Colorado, and for a week i contemplated flying out their to check it out. But didn't want to waste money if i didn't like it. Friday 06/21 spent the entire day out in San Diego with my Family at Sea World. got home about 6pm sold my Intake, Throttle Body Spacer and Window Visors off my TL at about 8pm. Then About 11:33pm i said F-it im going. found tickets on Frontier Airlines Saturday at 7am out of John Wayne Airport (SNA) Landing in Denver International (DEN) 10:15am. after grabbing everything i needed, i got about 2 hours of sleep and drove out to Orange County.
After going through a Body Scan, having them ask me what my Ecig was and a Grande Skinny Mocha Later, i made it to the Gate 16 Just in time with 10 min to spare
First time Flying Frontier i was surprised at how much room i had for a coach seating. check it out! Row 4 seat F.
Some shots from landing. I lived in Southern California all my life, and this my first time to Denver. All i saw were mini lakes, few houses, and a butt load of nothing
Landed and after getting lost in the airport for about 20 mins i found my wait of the terminal finally. Zack (my contact) picked me up in this Slammed GS300 with some sunken wheels and a Junction Produce Front End and a Cracked window. the location where the car was is approximately 25 miles away from DEN. Learned alot how Denver is just like any other major city, a huge melting pot of cultures (nothing new). We got to the Dealer, the car was waiting for me like it knew i was coming. I looked it up and down, had 194k miels, original tranny, engine, paint and a stack of service records i could make a novel out of. had clean carfax and two owners. So i needed just a bit of time to think about i wandered around their warehouse. Where i found a 1985 E26 with 59k original miles, original window sticker, even original receipt, the previous owner paid 45k for the car back in 1985. I also Found two clean E9's, a Delorean, a 1950's Royce, and a MINT 1974 XK, and a few newer luxury cars Aston Martin and Maserati. after gawking at all the cars i decided to pull the trigger, few hours later i
started on my way home.
First stop Shell gas station for 6 bottles of water, 4 sugar Monsters and two hot dogs to prepare for a 1000mile drive, which i was going to do in one shot.
I really enjoyed the drive through the Rockies, couldn't believe how beautiful it was, and now i know why Denver is the Mile high city, their was snow still in the mountains and summer already started.
First Stop was after about 250 miles, i was falling asleep from lack of sleep. took a quick 10 min power nap a took a shot, too bad you cant see it, but the Colorado River just sits below, i could jump in it and take a quick bath if i wanted LOL.
The car has a Tape Deck....... So i was listening to Pandora on my phone for a good majority of the drive, but as soon as i hit the Utah border the reception died, i had zero reception!!! and i was already bored of the music on my phone. To top it off the sun had already set, i was driving through mountains, had no cell reception, and i havent seen a single call box at all. I thought to myself, shit...... no ones on the road, if my car dies on me im fucked. It was about 150 miles of NOTHING till i finally reached the Interstate 15, where the speed limit is 80, and this car has stock engine so its not fast, i was cruising at 65 MPH and even fully load semi trucks were passing me. I said oh well kept chugging, by the time i reached arizona part of the 15 i finally got a radio station, which ended up being a hip hop station for Vegas, i thought thank God!!! cause my headphones were starting to hurt my ears.
About 2:30am i stopped in Vegas off Tropicana to get gas a snapped one more quick picture (you can see Aria and Vdara in the background)
i contemplated hitting up some friends, cause i knew everyone was at EDC that night, but i just wanted to get home the journey has already been 14 hours. I got to state line and couldnt stay on the road i had to take another power nap, so i parked in-between a bunch of cars at Prim and took a 30 min power nap and got on the road again. Finally Made it home about 7am i just jumped straight to bed, and 2 hours later got up because i promised my wife i would tile our laundry room..... Worst promise ever, i had a migraine, my blood sugar had dropped, but i was happy, the car made it back one piece with ZERO problems and a but Load of Bugs.
so far i cleaned up a few wires, the power windows stopped working because the door chewed em all up, fixed that, as well as the dumb stereo wiring that was done, I also replaced one of the Pulleys and Both Belts since they looked like to be giving way soon.
A good friend of mine hooked me up with a wood Nardi wheel that im stoked to put on!
I have a lot planned for this car which includes euro bumpers, bags, and BBS, but it will be slow progress, just enjoying the car for now.
and i didnt want to wait. Im going to still have the TL, its just my wife doesnt want to drive it with VIP Modulars and air suspension, thus the transformation back to stock. only thing im keeping is the Accuair E-Level Mangement to put into this car.
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