

Check out the backseat window..



She's rolled 95k miles, has a 4-speed manual transmission and is as close to rust free as you can get. When i bought her there was some damage on the side panel by the headlight on the driver side, the engine made a funny whistling noise at 1/2 throttle or less, the car was shaking apart at idle when it was warm and as you can see it's missing a window.
Since then I've ruined the front bumper and parts of the front by colliding with a road sign, the engine is still whistling, the shaking has been fixed (at least partially) and I've at least added some soundproofing behind the black plastic bag to kill the road and engine noise entering the cabin. I've measured the time from 0-60mph to more than 20 seconds, so something's not right.
I've also ruined something in the front suspension or steering when i smashed it into a pavement (the edge was about 5" tall) going 25mph, the left wheel is pointing too much to the left and it keeps flatting out tyres. I dunno the full extent of the damages but i know the outer tie rod on the left side is broken to pieces. I really need to fix the issues with the tyres flattening out so if you have any tips please let me know.
Also the big lights mounted on the front bumper has been stolen

Anyway the plans i have for the car now are somewhat different from the original plans. I had planned to paint it black with a paint roller and attach a 3' tall and 1 1/2' deep rear spoiler made from styrofoam and fibreglass, and then drive it like an ass till it broke down.
Now however i want to put it in a good condition as I've gotten to like the car quite a lot. I'm gonna fix the broken bumper and the other things in the front, fix the bumps on the side panel, sort out all the engine issues and make it run like when it was new, fix the front suspension / steering so it steers like it should and doesn't flat out tyres after 5 minutes of driving, fix the rear hatch so it doesn't go "click-clack" when you're driving (very annoying) and build a decent audio system in it. Also i need to fit an RPM gauge, but i dunno how

I am not a competent mechanic in any way but i hope this car will help me become better


Well now i gotta go read up on carburetors, i plan to clean up and refurbish the carb and replace the gasket between the manifold and the carb, hope it will fix the whistling sounds and get me some performance back. Right now I'm spending about 30 seconds from 0-60 when the engine's cold, since the car almost dies when I give it full throttle. I suspect i might not be using the choke correctly, but i dunno. I have a motorcycle which is the same way, when the engine's cold you can't give it gas cause it will die. Gotta wait patiently for it to heat up before driving..