300 mile ITR

[AndyD]

I have been casually looking for ITR parts, mostly in an attempt to get them back to their respective chassis. I found someone selling a fender that I thought might've come from a stolen car. I've been up for road trips lately so I rented a car and headed out for the 850-mile round trip that I did in one day! Over 14 hours of driving. Best $35/day rental I ever had! lol

When I got there, he was a really cool guy. Turns out the car the fender came from was from a totaled ITR he bought a few years ago for the drivetrain and to part out the rest. I was a little sad to hear that because I am looking forward to reuniting parts to their former chassis, as well as dislike hearing of totaled ITRs. Oh well. At least the totaled car was put to good use!

So he was pretty excited to hear about how much of an ITR enthusiast I have been since 1997 so he showed me pics of his 3 cars. He doesn't like telling people about his car so I will keep his details quiet.

He is the original owner of either a 2000 or 2001 PY (I need to confirm) that he bought new and immediately put on jackstands. As of today, it has around 300 miles on it!

He also has a 1998 with 42K miles.

In addition to these cars, he built an EK CTR back in 2003. It was beautiful! Since it was back in 2003 when he built it, most of the parts on it were as close to mint as you can get! Also, he bought another wrecked ITR back then, parted out everything but the swap and put the B18C5 drivetrain in it. I believe he said that donor ITR had less than 3K miles on it.

He owns a Honda repair shop and was really busy so we couldn't talk too long. He had a line of 4 people waiting right next to us as he was trying to show me pics. LOL

Pretty cool trip!

What do you guys think his PY is worth?

[Dave7CDMTYPER]

Like a billion $ or so?

[touringteg]

No idea but it will be worth a lot should he ever sell.

Imagine leaving an ITR up on jack stands for life!

[coolhandluke]

It's fun hearing about these corner cases that are coming to light more and more. I appreciate anyone values these cars, whether on the track or in a bubble, I just happy to enjoy driving mine. (Yet mine always rots away in storage 360x days a year.)

[Stin1]

Letting it sit isn’t good for it . I hope he is running it .

My friend worked at some super car storage place. One of the lambos had a lift that would start and circulate the car . Tires and transmission.They would have the certified mechanics flown in to change all the fluids ever few months ( every fluid down the brake fluid) . I would really like to see how people store these low mileage examples and what is done to preserve the rubber components as well as the components that hold corrosive fluids.

[coolhandluke]

Letting it sit isn’t good for it . I hope he is running it .

My friend worked at some super car storage place. One of the lambos had a lift that would start and circulate the car . Tires and transmission.They would have the certified mechanics flown in to change all the fluids ever few months ( every fluid down the brake fluid) . I would really like to see how people store these low mileage examples and what is done to preserve the rubber components as well as the components that hold corrosive fluids.

There are risks across across both not regularly starting/driving and regularly starting/driving. Risks off the top for both angles:
-Dry starting is one of the largest engine wear events
-Heat cycling leading to rubber component wear
-Dino oil degrading into sludge over extended periods and/or heat cycling
-OEM rubber, even if BNIB, begins to sag under car's weight after a few years

Fuel, oil, clutch, brake, etc, are all housed in lines capable of storing corrosive fluids for many years.

[Outrun]

I would use his repair shop without reading reviews just because of his love for Type Rs. =)