1973 Laguna PT build

[sr73bu]

Hell no, dude I think this car is awesome!! hey, at least you got TT2's to put on it, I'm using 16 inch 92 camaro RS rims hahaha, but whatever, I just wanna get it on the road instead of waiting another year or two extra for bigger rims and tires!!

Thanks Rene, And sorry about the sarcasm Phil, the first half of my day at work was more than a little stressful (industrial designers are everyone’s bitch around here)… and I needed to vent…without getting fired.

The rims weren’t my first size choice (although I love TT2’s and always will)
A friend was in a bind and I bought them for cheap 4 years ago… The front ones I purchased a year later and I finally got tires for them a few months back…. So I’m really just using what I had sitting around… I really wanted 17’s or 18’s but had these, couldn’t sell them and decided to use them.

Rene, I love the wheels you are using and admire anyone that’s building a car on a tight budget… keeps things creative. The balance between work, wife and baby is tough, but I’d hate to give up this hobby. Realistically, it will probably take me a few years to save up for anything substantial… but I refuse to take it off the road… My friends all fell into that curse. They have a $20,000 budget with $200,000 dreams. Rather than doing a few things at a time and driving it each summer, they are working towards some huge “unveiling”… 8 years later both of their cars have changed colors/styles and designs at least 20 times without moving off jack stands. If they had anything less then the perfect rims and the rest of the car was complete, they would wait 3 years to save for the rims, rather than sufficing with something temporarily “mediocre”. How they “enjoy” their cars beats me…

The point is I’ll live with what I can afford for now…. I’m only 27 and to be honest I don’t want this car to be my dream car yet… then I’d ask “what now?”

I’d rather have a “progression” than an “unveiling”… more pictures to ask “wtf was I thinking back then” too.. haha

Sorry about the rant,

-Sean

[68firebird]

Thanks Rene, And sorry about the sarcasm Phil, the first half of my day at work was more than a little stressful (industrial designers are everyone’s bitch around here)… and I needed to vent…without getting fired.

The rims weren’t my first size choice (although I love TT2’s and always will)
A friend was in a bind and I bought them for cheap 4 years ago… The front ones I purchased a year later and I finally got tires for them a few months back…. So I’m really just using what I had sitting around… I really wanted 17’s or 18’s but had these, couldn’t sell them and decided to use them.

Rene, I love the wheels you are using and admire anyone that’s building a car on a tight budget… keeps things creative. The balance between work, wife and baby is tough, but I’d hate to give up this hobby. Realistically, it will probably take me a few years to save up for anything substantial… but I refuse to take it off the road… My friends all fell into that curse. They have a $20,000 budget with $200,000 dreams. Rather than doing a few things at a time and driving it each summer, they are working towards some huge “unveiling”… 8 years later both of their cars have changed colors/styles and designs at least 20 times without moving off jack stands. If they had anything less then the perfect rims and the rest of the car was complete, they would wait 3 years to save for the rims, rather than sufficing with something temporarily “mediocre”. How they “enjoy” their cars beats me…

The point is I’ll live with what I can afford for now…. I’m only 27 and to be honest I don’t want this car to be my dream car yet… then I’d ask “what now?”

I’d rather have a “progression” than an “unveiling”… more pictures to ask “wtf was I thinking back then” too.. haha

Sorry about the rant,

-Sean

I hear ya, I'm 35, I've got 2 kids and a house and a wife, hence why mines a budget build also. thats great that you can drive it. I want to get mine back on the road soooooo bad. I'm hoping by september i'll have it out of hibernation, but if its not done by then I'm just gonna leave it in the garage for the winter and bring it out next year.

[sr73bu]

Hey everyone, figured i'd give an update on the car:

I've been tuning the carb and working out some minor bugs in the past few weeks... taking it for cruises about 1-2 times per week and everything seems to be working good (Its been 2 years since it was really "on the road").
I took the car on a 120 mile ride about 3 weeks ago and it drove great...

Here are a few photos I took while I was out cruising...



-Sean

[chaz75]

nice, i miss my 75 malbu but i enjoy reading about yours and watching your progress, really nice job. Chaz

[73ssbb]

sorry to bring this back from the dead,but was wondering what the off set and backspacing was on these rims.

[alowerlevel]

sorry to bring this back from the dead,but was wondering what the off set and backspacing was on these rims.

It might be mentioned in his other build thread https://www.pro-touring.com/showthre...velle-PT-Build

[73ssbb]

still no dice,