Just now reading Jim's post about drilling the hole. That's the conclusion I came to a couple days ago. After examining my 81 it looked like you could slip a screwdriver up and release the latch, but couldn't get that to work so I drilled a 1/4" hole on the inside high up across from the latch. Used a punch in the hole to release the hatch. Couldn't just push it by hand, had to tap with hammer. Latch was pretty stiff.

 

If someone outside pushes down on the hatch you only need to overcome the spring...

 

Unfortunately I'm usually working by myself.

Here's some additional pictures. I usually don't like to part things out, but I don't feel so bad about this one............... We might need to get together and have a stripping party?

 

That thing looks salvedgeable to me. Besides the dirt and corrosion, it looks all there. And the interior looks like it might be in decent shape with a good cleaning.

How much work would it be to clean up the engine bay a bit, pull off the air filter housing and seeing what's in there. Then squirting some oil in the cylinders and seeing if it would fire up.

 

I dunno Ed.

That would be a long and financially painful project to bring back.

The seats *look* good... but how do they smell?

The motor looks like it was underwater for a few years.

The electrical system is probably pretty rough.

If it runs, it might make a good low-budget (if there is such a thing, I mean no stroker etc) racecar platform.

 

Hey, I didn't say it was going to be easy. Or cheap!

But I hear you. Its easy to sit two thousand miles away and look at pics and the what something "could be" vs, the what it "is".

I just have a hard time seeing any old car of any interest going to the scrapper.

And I've gotten running more then a few that people swore I would not. Usually its pretty basic. Spark, fuel, compression, timing.

I think we need a poll here. Heh heh...

 

Oh, and let me add:

In chant mode everybody:

SAVE THE CAR! SAVE THE CAR! SAVE THE CAR!

 

I have the 4.7 engine, brand new for it

mk

 

that thing will clean right up, you may need TWO bottles of Lexol for the interior, and it may need to sit for a year or two before anyone will want to get in it.

 

I'll play with it a little before it comes apart. Without a key is there a way to "hotwire" or do I need to borrow an ignition switch? Another consideration, without the title I'm not sure I want to take the VIN to the DMV and find out there's a problem

 

It looks like aliens barfed all over the interior.

 

$3600 3 years ago. Just about broke even with all the parts sold so far and still have the engine, all the suspension/breaks that I'm keeping for myself. Also all the body panels are still there, all the seats too and they are staying as a spare too.

 

I don't have your optimism! That car is in a very bad shape. My parts car sat for 6 years and looked way better than this one. I'm not sure how many parts are usuable in there but from looking a the pics, there isn't a lot left to sell.

Forgot to add: Get the engine running so you can see what is and isn't good on the car. Otherwise it will be very difficult to sell parts that you have no idea if they work or not. There had to be a reason why it was first parked and left to sit

Looking at the pile in front of the left intake snorkle, there has to be a mouse nest in the air filter housing.

 

Get a used ignition electrical switch and you can move the steering column all the way up unplug the wire connector pull it down below the pod plug in the switch and turn it with a philips screw driver...

 

If/when it comes apart, the dash pod around the gauges looks pretty good. Assuming it would fit my S4 (forgive me, I am new to 928s), I would be interested.

Cajun