Well, here's Stinky the Silver MX-3!
Stinky is my roommate's old MX-3. I've known little stinky since 2007ish when he first bought her.
Stinky was never an attractive MX-3, but she was cheap.
I found a few photos of stinky back when he first bought her some seven years ago. Here's her hanging out with (now both deceased) black beast and bane (starring guest teal mx-3 "oldman" who no one probably remembers):
Stinky originally came with a blown head gasket. Then the radiator blew. My roommate, being completely poor, drove the mosquito screener for a couple years this way adding water when water was needed. It was a terrible car to drive in.
I then swapped the head gasket on the engine. It lasted for another couple years, but it wasn't enough. The heads were too far gone. we ended up grabbing another B6 from a pull a part for 200 dollars and dropping it in. That also wasn't enough, for a few months later, he was stranded on the side of the road:
During this time, I had just lost the black beast to the tornadoes that had came through. I then transplanted my rebuilt B6 into his car:
Shot of Stinky in 2012:
Which thus concludes the historical photo archives of Stinky up to this week.
Some other events that occured to Stinky during this time:
His old roommate backed into his fender causing the huge dent
He hydroplaned into the back of someones car ruining the hood. We replaced the hood with a black one at the scrap yard.
Stinky got stinkier
Stinky got uglier
Stinky's owner then got a fantastic deal on our friend's 95 honda civic which was in much better condition some two years ago and switched to her.
Stinky then got parked on the side of my house and used as his storage unit for some time until he moved out last year. I inherited Stinky at this point as his farewell "gift"
Now that Clanky has been sold and Bane has been trashed, I threw a battery in Stinky and cranked her for the first time in two years. She (surprisingly) started right up and I moved her from the grass to the driveway.
Originally I was going to use Stinky as a parts car for a dash swap on another project. However in light of Stinky's running condition and the absence of running MX-3s at my premise, I decided it'd be a good idea to fix her up for the winter. It'd be a much better idea to drive her than my mazdaspeed miata during the winter, especially if it becomes as icy as last year.
So, here are my "first impression" pictures of stinky as I pulled her up this Sunday!
Pulled her up and... ugly!
Still ugly.
Yup, ugly
continuing ugly trend
not deviating from ugly course
The mildew and mold is a nice touch
Gross. Plenty of condoms in there... Judging by their expiry date, looks like... there was no need to use them... poor guy...
Still gross.
I love brown water. Especially brown water that had a tube of white lithium grease marinating in the water. So it was actually brown greasy water. there's nothing worse than the interior of the car covered in a film of nasty lithium grease distributed by delicious brown water. It's like Oriental Ramen Noodle Soup Broth!
There's a dead bird in there....
Moldy back seats.
Shifter fell through and... gross.
1 out of multiple (active) wasps nests. My favorite. Almost as exciting as the dead bird.
But... A glimmer of hope! Look at that dash cleaned up!
But even through this fairly thorough cleaning... the interior is still... very stinky.
