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What the hell? A reasonable price for a gamble of a rolling car? Ran when parked of course, but no "no lowballers I know what I got"?
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Assuming its not completely rotted out is that a bad price? (probably dependent on how many parts are missing?)
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wesleywillis posted:Assuming its not completely rotted out is that a bad price? That's as low as you'll ever find in 2020. It's priced just above scrap value so it won't go direct to the crusher, but it's clear the seller just wants their garage space open. $1,500 would be reasonable as a base for a complete project
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taqueso posted:agreed but I wasn't sure where else to put it I think when this thread was started during the W Bush admin we used to post good and bad.
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Like this car, and it's definitely rare nowadays (especially in this condition) but don't $15K like. https://www.kijiji.ca/v-classic-cars/edmonton/1989-cougar-xr7-for-sale/1500007693 8,000KM 1989 Supercharged XR7 slidebite fucked around with this message at 19:54 on Jun 24, 2020 |
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I haven't seen one of those in ages, which almost guarantees I'll see one soon. I probably just forgot to notice them.
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StormDrain posted:I think when this thread was started during the W Bush admin we used to post good and bad. The good stuff is the best part
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Snowy posted:The good stuff is the best part And those rare gems are always a nice break from the usual AH NO WHUT I GOT ads.
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i'd really like a fox body but in my city, 4th largest in the us, there is one listing (modded) for 18000 dollars. This is loving stupid and there's a ton of better used cars i could buy for 10k
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StormDrain posted:I haven't seen one of those in ages, which almost guarantees I'll see one soon. I probably just forgot to notice them. They're actually pretty loving rare you probably straight up haven't seen one, unlike the Super Coupe they only lasted 2 years. For 91 it got the 5.0 HO instead and then Mercury just gave up on XR7 as a performance trim at all.
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I like the MN12 cars.
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They were basically a working mans, American E31 8 series. Even accounting for the inevitably worse build quality, they were awesome.
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i always thought of them as a working mans e24 but same deal basically
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My dream was Foxbody Mustang + Griggs double wishbone front suspension kit + terminator IRS.
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Frond posted:I like the MN12 cars. My first new car was a '91 T-bird, with the 5.0 that was optional that year. It was a nice looking car, sleek in metallic Electric Red, with a good ride and smooth (if not fast) V8, RWD performance. In almost every other way, it was lovely. Weak, non-ABS brakes (drums in the rear). Right off the bat I had problems with the paint peeling from the bumpers, the air conditioning failed every 6-12 months, and the AOD transmission got really lurchy at about 12,000 miles. The interior dash and door panels had awful hard plastics with crazy gaps, and tons of rattles and squeaks. It was kept covered or garaged, but after 3-4 years the black trimwork was fading and bubbling. It put me off Fords for 20 years.
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There is a supercharged XR7 with a factory 5spd near me and it loving kills me the car is certainly a basket case. https://www.kijiji.ca/v-cars-trucks/lethbridge/supercharged-cougar/1503421475
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Number_6 posted:My first new car was a '91 T-bird, with the 5.0 that was optional that year. It was a nice looking car, sleek in metallic Electric Red, with a good ride and smooth (if not fast) V8, RWD performance. In almost every other way, it was lovely. Weak, non-ABS brakes (drums in the rear). Right off the bat I had problems with the paint peeling from the bumpers, the air conditioning failed every 6-12 months, and the AOD transmission got really lurchy at about 12,000 miles. The interior dash and door panels had awful hard plastics with crazy gaps, and tons of rattles and squeaks. It was kept covered or garaged, but after 3-4 years the black trimwork was fading and bubbling. It put me off Fords for 20 years. My first car was a '92 Mustang with the lovely 4cyl. I too, liked the way it looked and it was only 3 years old. The performance was laughably bad and the transmission destroyed itself shortly after the warranty was up. Surprisingly, that didn't put me off of Fords and in 1997 or so, I got a 1992 Taurus. That disaster put me off ever owning a Ford again.
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I had a thing for 5-speed Superbirds of that era.
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I owned an '88 GT for awhile and it served me well, made it to Mardi Gras and back and I could get the tail loose whenever I wanted to it was a fun car
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I've always wanted a Mark VII LSC with a manual conversion. A literal Hot Rod Lincoln. It's a longer Mustang GT with leather. You can even lower them easily by moving the air suspension sensors.
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Cacafuego posted:My first car was a '92 Mustang with the lovely 4cyl. I too, liked the way it looked and it was only 3 years old. The performance was laughably bad and the transmission destroyed itself shortly after the warranty was up. Surprisingly, that didn't put me off of Fords and in 1997 or so, I got a 1992 Taurus. That disaster put me off ever owning a Ford again. The 91-92 AXODE might be the worst transmission never built by Chrysler.
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Darchangel posted:I've always wanted a Mark VII LSC with a manual conversion. A literal Hot Rod Lincoln. It's a longer Mustang GT with leather. I think the pinnacle was the Mark VIII.
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Colostomy Bag posted:I think the pinnacle was the Mark VIII. And the pinnacle of that is the one that the bros at SVT built and took to Bonneville. Edit: Now that I'm not on my phone, I'm taking about this one: https://www.hemmings.com/stories/2018/04/24/that-time-lincoln-built-a-land-speed-mark-viii-and-set-a-182-mph-record-at-bonneville Boaz MacPhereson fucked around with this message at 05:15 on Jun 27, 2020 |
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i'm weird and love the mark VII facelift
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Is this thing cool? It looks pretty cool. I had a 1980 Nissan pickup that was good if a little weak. Does 1979 mean it is a B310 but labelled 210 for the NA market? https://rapidcity.craigslist.org/cto/d/miles-city-1979-datsun-nissan/7145778417.html 
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Photo of the production date shows it as a 77, not sure with the ad showing as a 79? I think the 79 had square headlights too. Definitely a car that would make me do a double take. I'm intrigued by the big premium fuel sticker. Not sure what the deal with that is?
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slidebite posted:I'm intrigued by the big premium fuel sticker. Not sure what the deal with that is? I noticed that too, maybe an aggressive carb tune or timing by the PO?
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Godholio posted:The 91-92 AXODE might be the worst transmission never built by Chrysler. Agreed, but I’d extend it to the entire transmission family. That thing was an abomination that should have been smothered in its crib.
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I wonder what the worst is? My vote is for the Ford CD4E.
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KYOON GRIFFEY JR posted:early JATCO CVT? Eh, nice choice. Was in the Justy right?
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KYOON GRIFFEY JR posted:early JATCO CVT? The Audi Multitronic CVT used in the early B/C6. It was a CVT made by Audi.  It was supposed to revolutionize CVTs by replacing the torque converter with a series of multiplate clutches. For unknown reasons VAG no longer uses CVTs in any of its vehicles.
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Colostomy Bag posted:IMO bringing up a CVT is cheating. Yeah it's probably not fair. Ill throw in another Subaru / JATCO turd - the 4EAT.
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Throatwarbler posted:The Audi Multitronic CVT used in the early B/C6.
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Mr. Apollo posted:I think that’s the one where the marketing people got them to added “shift points” so it felt like a “regular” automatic and the engineers were really mad about it. I mean...I drive a '16 Corolla Sport Edition - which lets you paddle-shift your way through the CVT range. Why bother with this?
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Colostomy Bag posted:I think the pinnacle was the Mark VIII. The Mark VIII is OK, but I like the looks of the VII. The VIII is definitely a better performer with the 32V 4.6, and probably comfier with the IRS. I wouldn't refuse it if given one. KOTEX GOD OF BLOOD posted:i'm weird and love the mark VII facelift I am weird with you. Boaz MacPhereson posted:And the pinnacle of that is the one that the bros at SVT built and took to Bonneville. That's definitely cool. KYOON GRIFFEY JR posted:Yeah it's probably not fair. Isn't that the squishy thing that's in my Outback? edit: Eeeeeyup. 
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