Bought an 87 Coupe on 4/15/05 (Ebay photo from Michigan) for less than a grand w/3800 Series 1 V6, 4t60 & Grand Am brake conversions 2 months ago. 70K on engine, 74 k on car. Car has been hit in front and rear and "repaired" by a previous owner. Fixed Realigned front trunk lid Increased spring tension on front trunk lid latch to permit interior release lever to function properly. Bodywork on fan/trunk wall to provide clearance to permit driver's side headlight to go fully down. Lower part of front bumper fascia properly fastened in place. Bought spare tire, jack & lug wrench. Sandblasted painted & lubed jack from 84 coupe. Repaired circuit board for pulse wipers. Bought & installed windshield washer reservoir w/ pump. Bought & installed tube for A/C orifice. Bought tube to go from orifice tube to condenser (has high-pressure fitting). Bought & installed new front brake pads on passenger's side (driver's side had new pads). Cleaned front brake calipers. Bought & installed driver's door side molding w/ new clips Bought & installed L & R rear side marker molding. Removed worn upholstery from driver's seat & installed seat cover. Bought & installed factory radio wiring harness connector. Bought & installed late model radio wiring harness adapter. Bought & installed Pontiac factory AM/FM/CD player. Bought & installed trim plate for radio. Repaired loose connection in oil pressure gauge. Swapped oil pressure senders. Bought & installed faceplate for aux. Gages. Tie wrapped ECM wiring. Bought & installed gray console. Hammered dent out of passenger floorboard. Removed cut engine lid torque rods. Bought & installed torque rod for engine lid (prop stick no longer required). Slotted engine mount brackets & moved mounts back. Moved engine back from firewall. Removed power steering pump. Reworked idler pulley arm stop. Bought a grooved pulley to replace smooth idler pulley. Bought & installed a shorter serpentine belt. Cut off power steering support arm. Cleaned alternator & it's mounting bracket. Fabricated handle to replace missing one from oil dipstick. Cleaned intake manifold. Painted rusty EGR valve housing. Moved DIS coil pack from over valve cover to battery side of engine. Rerouted engine wiring. Bought & installed new battery lug bolts. Installed battery hold down clamp. Installed battery shield. Replaced 3 spark plug wires. Rerouted spark plug wires. Bought & installed new drive for starter. Cleaned & painted starter. Drained 8 quarts of oil! Removed oil pan, cleaned & painted. Cleaned rear sub-frame. Repaired oil level sender in oil pan. Bought new gaskets & installed oil pan. Hammered dent out of rear trunk. Bought rear bumper beam (bent 84) Straightened, cleaned, primed & painted rear bumper beam. Bought & installed egg crate on beam (required reshaping, wrong model). Bought & installed rear upper and lower fascia support brackets. Bought 20 chrome tuner style lug nuts. Installed black GT wheels. Bought & cleaned A/C compressor to body hoses. Sanded & painted B pillars. Straightened, sanded & painted passenger's side mirror. Bought & installed a taillight screw cap. Cleaned & repainted 2 B pillar emblems. Straightened and painted antenna. Changed fan relay input from grounded to low speed signal from ECM. Bought & replaced broken left headlight frame casting. Bought & installed L & R headlight fairings. Replaced R broken headlight. Rewired headlight motors.
When the car was delivered, the owner had broken the only door key off in the driver's door. The rear deck lid took a different key. Had a locksmith make a key for the passenger's door. Then I removed the deck lid lock & had him set the cylinder to match the door key. Next, I took the driver's side lock apart and re-keyed it using some spare cylinder plates I had obtained. After I got all 3 lock to operate on the same key, I had duplicates made.
To do Seat upholstery X Buy & install A/C condenser, accumulator & compressor. X Flush lines & charge. X Buy & install speedo adapter. X Get Temp gauge to function. X Get headlights to go up & down w/ hood closed. X Wire oil level sender to pushbutton and shift light in IP. Install A/F gage. X
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Built & wired in a speedo convertor. Speedometer works. Coolant temp gauge fixed along with temp warning light. Tucked e-brake cable up out of way. Disconnected switch from e-brake handle to quiet blue dingy. Runs great!
Finished routing power mirror wiring. Disassembled & repaired power mirror switch. Driver side is functional. Pass. side is base stock mirror w/ no motor.
Still to do to "deheapify" the coupe. Sew Upholstery Fix leak Buy & install Power window harness Install window motors Buy & install door carpet Install map pockets Take possesion of & install rear side marker backing plates Install rear wheelwell liners Install a/c high pressure line. Install a/c manifold hose. Sand Prime Paint
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Car looks good! Can't wait to see more pics. Sorry the last of the parts didn't make it to you sooner. Am moving better now and hope to get back into the swing of things again. Hope all is well and keep up the good work!
Did the right thing today! Pulled the trunk liner to give it a scrub & wash. On the metal trunk floor was a folded wad of cash! 4-5's 5-10's 3-20's $130 total, KA-CHING!
Then newest serial number on any of the bills was 1990. Must of been under there for at least 10 years. Just waitng for me .
Installed rear side marker backing plate & a rear fender liner on the driver's side.
The guy (D. Adam Haston, 98puck on e-bay) from 2448 Forest Shadows Dr., St. Louis that sold me the liner sent me 1 left & 2 right liners. One of the right ones is a correct fit (or so I thought, NOT!). Soo, I have a spare pair for an 86 or earlier coupe once I get the correct one for the left side.
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Sorry i have had those fenders for soooo long i was for sure they would fit that year model style of car.....car is looking sweet though that is alot of work put into it.
Car has been hit in front and rear and "repaired" by a previous owner. 
