Pacifica: Honey, Look what I bought. What? No its gonna be great.

1988 Dodge Daytona Pacifica !
This is my toy for me to enjoy. I will build when I can and cruz in the summer months.

I dragged it home, Barely running Serious miss,and typical 80's Dodge paint peel.

2.2 Turbo 1 Automatic with T roof and digital dash
Not bad for $650.00
130k plus miles.

Honey, Look what I bought. What ? No it's gonna be great.

Trust Me...

The only difference between the men and the boys... Is the price of thier toys.

Once bitten, twice loved. I am on my second Turbo Daytona.
The First was a 1987 Base model Turbo I automatic
This one below was my first Daytona and my first wife, I still have the wife. Thank goodness she puts up with me.

Look what I found in the glove box.
The Holy Grail of car restoration.
And every reciept from day one.

With the help of ALLPAR.com I not only found the buttons but found out how to repair my 12 button Navigator

It kills me that endless time and money and I am back to where I should be.

New List of things I fixed and nobody will notice.

Radio Bay
Popup Headlights
12 button Navigator
Mount balance all tires
replace old lugnuts with solid lugnuts
new battery
new rubber fuel lines
new fuel injection wireharness
Vaccume Lines (need I say More)
2 1/4 cat back with hiflo muffler and chrome tip
4 new drilled and slotted rotors(can't see through the wheels)
2 new rear calipers (Brakes cost more then the whole car did.)
replace HEP twice first one was bad also (error 54)
replace power steering pump
both window scrubbers
repair blinkers (bulbs flashers and grounds)
new hydraulic lifts for the hatchback
two new solid brake lines to the rear wheels
rewire cig/accessory plug for my gps
adjust passenger outside door handle so it opens the door
replace for the third time the headlight module
hoodlatch retainer spring

heater control valve

New List of things people will notice.
Fresh Paint all one color.
Strip and powder coat the 4 rims
4 new tires 205/60R/15
CD/MP3 Stereo

These are the brakes I bought

I can't decide, Wood Dash or Not ??

I took the car to Sixth Ave Electronic and had a Kenwood CD/MP3 stero installed. I tried one of those fm type cd drives (Hated it)didn't work and it stopped the radio from working half the time. tried one of those portable units with the cassette piece (Pain in the #$@)too much extra crap floating in the car.

The Pacifica passed NJ state inspection yesterday 3 May 2009
"What me worry NAaaa... LOL" She Lives another 2 years. 2 more after that and it's QQ plates

Anyone who wishes to write me about Daytona's Please do so. I am working on a learning curve and need to speak to as many people as possible.

The Dodge Daytona Pacifica was only made in 1987 and 1988. and in 1988 only about 4300 were made and of that 1000 had T-Bar roofs

Also any Daytona Pacifica owners who want to start any kind of email or club please enclude me.
Plus if you want to just bull about your Daytona email me and I will answer. TJLang@optonline.com

My Daily driver is a 2000 Nissan Xterra. Which gets me through the Jersey winters So I can focus on My Daytona.

My Name on ALLPAR.COM is TurboPacifica
A very cool website to learn all about Daytonas

http://www.allpar.com/forums/index.php?showforum=21

Spring is here 2006 ROCKS !

A friend from WWW.ALLPAR.COM did this drawing for me.
Thanks CJ

CAR WAS REPAINTED FEB. 2006

Rims and tires April 2006

First Show _ First Trophy June 3 2006
It's a long way from being towed home on a flatbed.

Notice the AllPar.com Plug

CarShow Hacensack NJ July 2007

New Latest Car Show Sept 2007
Second Place stock dating 1973 to present

Night Parade Hasbrook Heights NJ Nov 2007

New Pictures of St. Paddys Day Parade
Bergenfield NJ Mar 2008

We (my son and I) had fun and that's all that counts.

Upper Saddle River Car Show May 2008

Picture above is the Jan. 2008 Restored Rusty Relics Calendar choice.

Special Note: The book Titled

"Dodge Daytona and Chrysler Laser"
The Definitive History 1984-1993
Has four pictures of my car in it.
Page 67 has two shots of the car
Page 68 has one engine shot
And in the unnumbered color picture section it shows my 1988 Pacifica interior with digital dash.

Also seen on www.Allpar.com website
http://www.allpar.com/i/meets/nj-07.html

OH NO I DID IT AGAIN.
I saw a deal I could not refuse.
I bought another 1988 Daytona Pacifica
Here we go again.

When 1 is never enough ??