Over Labor Day weekend I towed my disassembled Capri 400 miles down to where I used to live, held a build party with a bunch of friends to get the new turbo on and the car back together, got everything retuned and then drove it back 400 miles. So it went from missing a goodly part of the engine (including several studs on the exhaust manifold and turbo downpipe) as well as the front bumper and some other assorted nasty to being a functioning car again in no time!
From this:
http://imgur.com/a/dCD30To this:
http://i.imgur.com/vhAYZ4w.jpgOh, and my Nissan buddies let me hang out with them too:
http://i.imgur.com/8xVOFom.jpgWhat was great to me was that the car's actually been sitting in disrepair in my driveway since May... yet the only lasting damage is failing clearcoat on the plastic rear bumper. The moment we had the engine together and hooked the battery back up it fired up without a single problem and purred. Mazda sure does make a great motor!
Next up is replacing wheel bearings, fixing the headlight motors (or rather, just the passenger side motor), and repairing the bulb sockets for the front 'driving lights' that finally failed. I think that'll do it until I can get my hands on a strut bar brace and new intake and exhaust!