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    December 2006 ROTM - 1967Cutlass

    I'd like to introduce our December 2006 ROTM winner, 1967Cutlass, Mike. Mike your escort is so nice. Makes me, and I'm sure others, want to go out and buy a GT just to copy yours. It has come a ways, and still has room to grow in your hands.

    CONGRATULATIONS!!












    Modifications


    Engine modifications
    • 1995 low miles 1.8 BP
    • 18 degree timing advance
    • Cone filter
    • Rx7 VAF
    • 4-2-1 pacesetter header
    • Header back 2.25" exhaust, no cat or muffler, two resonators.
    • Cut intake manifold
    • A/C removal
    Drivetrain Modifications
    • Short shifter
    Suspension Modifications
    • Energy suspension swaybar endlinks
    • KYB/sprint strut/spring combo
    • Front strut tower bar
    Brakes
    • Stock (for now...)
    Interior Modifications
    • mx3 recaro style seats
    • Canadian manual seatbelts
    • Random grant steering wheel
    • Protege center console w/cupholders
    • Red gauge needles
    Stereo
    • Alpine 9831, Random 6x9 and 5.25 speakers
    Exterior Modifications
    • Paint (Honda championship white)
    • JDM/CADM "DOHC 16 VALVE" fender emblems
    Wheels/Tires
    • 205/50/15 falken rt-615


    About the winner:

    I am a 21 year old full time student. I am attending Washington State University and I'm majoring in History and minoring in Asian studies. My history with cars goes back farther than I can remember, but I've been told stories of when I tried to take the wheels off of my grandpa's car with a screwdriver, and things like that. I grew up with my dad being a true car guy. He likes his Oldmobile's and he's had more 442's and cutlass's than I can remember, and apparently he and his room mate even rebuilt a v8 inside his apartment at college. I grew up with that kind of person as my role model, and I suppose it explains my grassroots philosophy when it comes to cars. When I was 15 years old, I was left a small inheritance from my grandfather, as well as worked at a drag strip for extra cash. My dad found a 1967 cutlass supreme convertible in the papers for $1,500, which was interesting to me since he has a 1967 442 convertible, nearly the same car, and it was exactly what I wanted. We went there and I bought it, sans top and paint, full of rust and spare parts. But it ran well, and I've been restoring it to this day. Now you're probably wondering when I'm going to talk about BG's. Well my interest in BG's came about by accident and necessity. My cutlass was NOT a bad weather car, and I couldn't afford the gas to daily drive it anyway. After having a few beaters which need not be mentioned, in my Senior year in high school, it was time for me to find another cheap car to get me around. My exchange student friend and I found a very, very old man selling a 1990 protege SE for 900$. There wasn't anything else that seemed decent in the paper, so I called him to go look at it. When I went to see it I thought, wow, this car is small. I didn't know what exactly a protege was and I expected something like a 626. Anyhow, I test drove the car and to my great surprise, it was actually fun to drive, and had a great amount of poise and heart for such a small and cheap car. After some negotiation, I took the car home for $500. That car lasted me for quite a while. I drag raced it, drove it off-road, in the snow, delivered pizza in it, and it always ran without a hitch (Well not including the ground-wire problem that confounded me for a few days).

    About my car.

    Always seeking information, I joined Club Protege in 2003 to find out more about my car. Turns out I had the crappiest one, the automatic SE (or DX, same thing). It didn't really matter all that much, because the car worked well and did its job. I did, however, learn about the other BG's. During my freshman year at college, I made a lot of friends. One of them was a girl that happened to have an escort GT. She loved it, but didn't take care of it at all, and it would always start with massive clouds of blue smoke. The front end was pretty dinged up but there was something about her car that I really liked. Through a series of events, she ended up having to stay with me over the summer. She had since bought a civic and one day when we were hanging out, I asked what she did with her escort. She told me it was sitting at her dad's house, and asked if I wanted to buy it. Sure, I said, knowing it would likely be a difficult project. $450 later, we were at her dad's place airing the tires up, and I wasn't really sure what to expect. We started the car... Smoke... lots of smoke. It also had a miss. It ran on 3 cylinders. Despite the obvious internal issues with the motor, it was in pretty good shape and I could tell then that it was a completely different beast than the SE was. I really enjoyed the several hour trip home, despite the motor not being in the best of shape, and even took it up to 110mph. To make a longer story shorter, I found a low miles BP for it in the winter of 2005, and I've since modified the car a lot, and have driven it for around 14,000 miles. The escort is more than I could ask for as a daily driver. I truly enjoy driving the car, as well as working on it and even helping other people work on their BG's.


    Future plans

    Eventually, I'd like to rebuild the entire suspension, paint everything under the car with POR-15, and maybe, just maybe turbocharge it.
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    I've decided that my car is a girl, she's picky as hell, won't listen to me, always wants to fight me, and when i give her presents it's never good enough and she always wants more.


    <-"Will be the death of this forum"



    #2
    my pick finally wins! damn i've been voting for you for some time now.

    congrats man, the car looks great, the snow however, does not.

    i'm guessing they're recent, hope it warms up so you can track that thing again (nice pic)

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      #3
      Yeah, the snow isn't great at all, and the car is ridiculously dirty. I just took those today when I would out driving around since the car looks different now than in my "real" pics.

      Thanks for everyone's votes and support!

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        #4
        Yay for Mike!

        You've got such a simple and clean EGT, one of my favorites onboard. You've put a lot of work into your car, and you've got some work still to be done. It's looking great though. Keep up the good work!

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          #5
          Congrats man, I too have been voting for your car each time you've been in the runnings. Keep kickin' ass in your GT!

          Matt.


          Looking for an Interplay Bumper!!!!

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            #6
            congrats on the win, i like the simple look of your car.keep up the great work on it
            91 protege gt. dropzone mx3 springs, mx3 crossmember, ractive front and rear strut braces, rear lower mx3 brace, 4 wheel disc brakes, corksport ss brake and clutch lines,kvr front pads, ractive cai,ram air hood scoop, modified front bumper, shaved ant and rear trunk lock, fubu ant, short shifter, corksport bronzeoil shifter bushings,92 glass sunroof and tail lights, mx3 center console, autometer gauges (volt and oil pressure) cluster needles painted to match, sound system, 17 inch eagle alloy 193 with 205 40 17 rubber. klze is ALIVE BABY!! . http://www.cardomain.com/ride/2394656http://www.toprotege.com/forums/show...hlight=project[url]

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              #7
              Congrats mike. I luv it ppl take a car and make it great. Keep up the great work.

              P.s. Boost it baby.
              1993 Protege LX-Midnight's shadow SOLD
              1996 Honda CBR600-Wrecked. Damn Honda crippled me
              2002 mazda MPV-family truckster SOLD
              2010 VW routon

              Originally posted by jay
              .....they totally underestimated the number of gearheads such as myself that have families but refuse to grow the hell up and stop playing with cars, or that otherwise see the utility of having 4 doors. Obviously I ain't alone, as there are a helluva lotta sti and evo here. Bueler? Beuler? Mazda? Mazda?

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                #8
                Nice job on the win
                1990 Protege 4wd: BP05 forged internals, Mild ported head, GTR intake manifold, Gates racing timing belt, GTX transmission, Stage 3 clutch, 60trim T-3 turbo, Custom down pipe,3" Stainles exhaust, , Walbro fuel pump, RB-Performance fmic kit, HKS bov, Aurfa coilovers, F&R drilled slotted rotors, 16" BBS wrapped with Advan Novea tires, EDM glass headlights with HID's, Familia front and rear bumpers.


                Boosted 1990 4WD
                http://www.wihandyman.com/forum/showthread.php?t=32462


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                  #9
                  Oh gosh.

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                    #10
                    What has been learned here, if you have nothing nice to say, especially about a veteran member, then please be quiet and let them bask in the pride of being chosen for ROTM by his peers.

                    Thanks.


                    Looking for an Interplay Bumper!!!!

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                      #11
                      Congrats Mike, aren't ya glad i put my vote in for ya cheers
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                      1992- project FE3..... 313 WHP @ 9.3psi




                      I pet my dash when I get into the car..."good car"
                      he actually has a mazda tree, parts grow on it

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                        #12
                        i think a stock interior looks better than a white and red (and that looks like leopard skin?!) one

                        he made the car look absolutely stock (but sexier) as it did over 15 years ago, a pretty tough feat if you ask me

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                            #14
                            alright, enough. i stood back and let everybody state their opinions, but now it seems you want to start fights. this thread was created to congratulate and let everybody know who won ROTM and list stuff about the car and about the person who built the car. it's not created for people to try and start fights. steve, team race reddy, and everybody else, STUFF IT!

                            if you want to state your opinions, fine, you can do that, but do it in another thread. start your own thread. you can state your opinion but realize that their will be people who disagree with you. but if you feel that disire, at least have the repect not to trash someone else's threads with your disire. we like to keep the peace here, and help everybody try to get along and gain knowledge from one another. if you like to start fights for the fun of it, you're at the wrong site.

                            new people, that don't understand how and why things work, try research and looking around. veterans, try and have patience and offer a hand or advice BEFORE bashing them. aren't we all here for the same reason??

                            now, onto congratulating mike for his awesome car, and asking questions and what not about it. if you feel you need to continue the bickering i will close the threads, and not do ROTM anymore (gosh, i feel like a parent, scary...) like i said, take it elsewhere.
                            Create your own VB Gallery here.

                            Please DONATE to keep our forum alive!

                            I've decided that my car is a girl, she's picky as hell, won't listen to me, always wants to fight me, and when i give her presents it's never good enough and she always wants more.


                            <-"Will be the death of this forum"


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                              #15
                              Well said eric. Or should I call you father. Lol.
                              1993 Protege LX-Midnight's shadow SOLD
                              1996 Honda CBR600-Wrecked. Damn Honda crippled me
                              2002 mazda MPV-family truckster SOLD
                              2010 VW routon

                              Originally posted by jay
                              .....they totally underestimated the number of gearheads such as myself that have families but refuse to grow the hell up and stop playing with cars, or that otherwise see the utility of having 4 doors. Obviously I ain't alone, as there are a helluva lotta sti and evo here. Bueler? Beuler? Mazda? Mazda?

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