Just over 4 years ago I was very fortunate to come out ahead of a bad situation. For those of you that don’t know you can check it out here http://www.nsxprime.com/forum/showthread.php?t=88492 & http://www.nsxprime.com/forum/showthread.php?t=88554.
After all the hoopla with the insurance company I was able to buy back my ’91 with the intentions of maybe rebuilding it in the future. Brought it home and parked it in my garage and threw a cover over it for the last 4 years. A few months later I replaced it with a super clean ’00 Black NSX-T. I still contemplated with the idea of rebuilding my ’91 started looking into it and just didn’t make financial sense to repair the damaged frame.
Last year I stumbled across an empty chassis salvage repaired and possibly needing some front end repair from Cali. Chatted with the owner on numerous occasions and then made the arrangements and had her shipped to me in Oct ’11. When importing I was told by CBSA/Transport Canada that since the car was a salvage repair the car need to be on the road in 12 months or less i.e. Structural inspection, Certified (MTO Safety), and Emissions Tested. So lucky for me a ’91 is +15yrs old exempting it from RIV program in Canada, but not exempted from Transport Canada’s Motor Vehicle Regulations Act have to have her done by Oct '12.
Oh wow was not expecting that... so with that said started tearing in into the build Winter ’11 let the madness begin to get her on the road in less than 12months & enough babbling... Pictures because no one likes to read anymore we are fast forwarding through a few months of work so missed some steps here and there but you get the idea:
My '91 Black... The way I would like to always remember her before the accident:
New Project Chassis as she sat in Cali:
Arrival at the Body Shop and on the Frame Machine (Got to love the palm tree):
Tearing down the old '91:
Stripping down the Front End & Dropping out the entire suspension:
Moving on to the Engine Bay:
Rear Bumper & Quarter Panels:
Removing the Engine:
Disconnected Rear Sub Frame:
Engine Dropped & rear sub frame assy & suspension complete:
Lifted the car off the Motor about 6ft, and slide it out of the way amazing how light the body is with almost nothing in it:
She’s finally Free... Tada!:
Man this engine is huge so wide:
Now an empty hole:
Starting in on engine maintenance:
After all the hoopla with the insurance company I was able to buy back my ’91 with the intentions of maybe rebuilding it in the future. Brought it home and parked it in my garage and threw a cover over it for the last 4 years. A few months later I replaced it with a super clean ’00 Black NSX-T. I still contemplated with the idea of rebuilding my ’91 started looking into it and just didn’t make financial sense to repair the damaged frame.
Last year I stumbled across an empty chassis salvage repaired and possibly needing some front end repair from Cali. Chatted with the owner on numerous occasions and then made the arrangements and had her shipped to me in Oct ’11. When importing I was told by CBSA/Transport Canada that since the car was a salvage repair the car need to be on the road in 12 months or less i.e. Structural inspection, Certified (MTO Safety), and Emissions Tested. So lucky for me a ’91 is +15yrs old exempting it from RIV program in Canada, but not exempted from Transport Canada’s Motor Vehicle Regulations Act have to have her done by Oct '12.
Oh wow was not expecting that... so with that said started tearing in into the build Winter ’11 let the madness begin to get her on the road in less than 12months & enough babbling... Pictures because no one likes to read anymore we are fast forwarding through a few months of work so missed some steps here and there but you get the idea:
My '91 Black... The way I would like to always remember her before the accident:
New Project Chassis as she sat in Cali:
Arrival at the Body Shop and on the Frame Machine (Got to love the palm tree):
Tearing down the old '91:
Stripping down the Front End & Dropping out the entire suspension:
Moving on to the Engine Bay:
Rear Bumper & Quarter Panels:
Removing the Engine:
Disconnected Rear Sub Frame:
Engine Dropped & rear sub frame assy & suspension complete:
Lifted the car off the Motor about 6ft, and slide it out of the way amazing how light the body is with almost nothing in it:
She’s finally Free... Tada!:
Man this engine is huge so wide:
Now an empty hole:
Starting in on engine maintenance:
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