RichN
Well-Known Member
Hi, my name is Richard. I will be building this with my 2 daughters; Virginia 11 and Tabitha 13. We live in Penacook, New Hampshire. I enjoy working on cars in my spare time and my girls enjoy working on things with me. I promised them that they would do as much as possible and I would only lift the heavy stuff. My wife will keep me honest about not tinkering around when they aren't home. We were looking at other kits and this one seems to be the best fit for us. We bought our donor car shortly after putting down the deposit on the Goblin. The Cobalt really did belong to a little old lady who bought it new and just couldn't drive anymore. It had sat for about 6 months before she sold it to us for $4000 with 47,100 miles. The body isn't pretty; a small dent in the fender, a small hole in the front bumper cover from parking too close to a pick-up truck with a hitch ball, and scratches and scrape marks all over. Because she was bumping into too many things, she decided to quit driving and give up her license. My wife will be using this as her daily driver until I go pick up the kit. The power steering quit working last week so I brought the car to the dealership and had the ignition and power steering recalls fixed. The only thing it needs to pass the state safety inspection is front pads; I will be replacing the rotors and pads later today. Everything on the car works great, no smoke from the tailpipe on start-up and it shifts just fine. I have a set of rims and tires off a 2002 Camaro SS with only 6,000 miles on them, so I was looking for a donor with 5 lugs. The speedo will only be off by 3%. I will by an adapter later and maybe a second set of wider fenders. I’ll use the factory Cobalt rims and tires for now. We will be buying a powder coating system soon and figured I could practice on the steel wheels. My younger daughter Virginia asked me this weekend; “When can we start tearing apart Mom’s car?” I replied; “As soon as I get back from Texas this summer.”