Hey guys, this is my S13 that i bought back in June 14, a little history about the car, it was first registered and owned by someone in Carlisle, then one of my friends dad got the car, i dont know when he got it, but one day he said he was out in it, parked it up and he went off to do some things and it got stolen. Somehow they got it back, not sure how, but they towed it back to his house because the thieves broke the ignition assembly so they couldn't start it (even though you can do it with a screwdriver) so he left it in his garden for 10 years. Yes 10 years, the last tax disc ended somewhere around September 2004 and its never been driven since. That's the story he told me anyway, ive seen the car outside that garden for as long as i remember, i would've been 7 when he put it there (im 17 now) obviously i had no idea what car it was until i started learning more about cars in high school and and college, then i released what car it was, i begged my friend to ask his dad to let me buy it for a good year, obviously i was 16 then, Couldn't drive, didn't have a job till Feb 2014, and one day i get a random message off my friend asking if i wanted to buy it, so i thought why not, i paid 400 for it, abit steep i know.. anyway i towed it back to mine, only down the road and that's when i began my work on my S13 project!
Ill start off it being where i got it from, my mates garden where it sat for 10 years!
We had to dig all 4 wheels out the grass, they must've been 3-4 inches into the ground, had to get my brother to come in his car so we could pump up all the tyres aswell!
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Finally it moved!!!
The next day it was at my house, funny story actually, my uncle towed the car back with his car, but he wouldn't let me steer the car because i was only 16 and didn't have my driving licence yet so my mum had to steer while i sat as in the passenger side, baring in mind we only have half of the windshield to look out off because its smashed on one side, so from my friends house to mine is literally half a mile, by the end of it my mum was crying because she was scared for her life, talk about being over dramatic ahaha!
The first day at my house! this was the day i looked at everything and saw how much work it was going to be!
stupid S13 spoiler!
Theres me aha!
This is where they robbed the car and messed up the ignition assembly.
The smashed window!
Right First job was to rip out the alarm system on the car, i couldn't open the door without it going off, didnt know how to use it,it was a mess. Next i got started on cleaning out the interior, it was a horrible place to be in, in stunk, was filthy and everything was all old and rotting away, not got many pictures of the cleaning but i took out all the panels inside and seats, cleaned every panel, cleaned the seats, i was going to take up the carpet but i left that job, probably do it at a later date.
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so i had to start hammering a similar sized socket onto the locking nut and get the outer sliding cover peeled back enough so i can get a smaller socket and hammer it on the nut and hopefully turn it. Took me 2 hours to get both off, an hour each! 
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