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    Zebra Dudes 1973 Mustang Sportsroof

    in Project Discussion

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    Yeah I'd love to keep it. But honestly it's time to get my priorities in order.

    I want $15,000 for it.

    It's a genuine 2 owner low mileage car with no rust issues. It runs and drives and isn't flagged at all. It just needs a little finishing inside and a quick mechanical check and it should be good to go. It's got a rebuilt box in it now. And it's a full former spec 1 of 1 car.

    You couldn't buy one here for 15k now no matter bring it over.

    The OS Automobile Review Thread

    in General Car Chat

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    I guess it's time I reviewed the 1994 mercury marquis gs. That I've had for a year and a bit.

    OK so I'll admit this was a desperate Vegas purchase. Our other car fell through and this was the last running car out a town available, despite the rear shocks being totally shot. It ran, was a v8 and was legal for $800. Get on.

    I handed over the folding and the lady, to my horror removed the plates.

    Dammit. I hurriedly fixed this with a trip to the casino gift shop and boom high Roller was legal (warning this is not legal) I had a fun time smoking around in it until I left. I parked it in the desert in winslow turned it off and left the key in it.

    Finding a need this year for a back up car I sent my transportation man to go check it out and retrieve it. It was there so I had it shipped to Phoenix.

    So a year after I turned it off I checked the fluids put on a battery and it fired straight up. It took a minuite to relearn it's idle and it was fine.

    I took the time to clean the encroaching desert out of the air box and buy a set of rear shocks (the others were actually pretty new too. But whoever fitted them didn't tighten the top nut so they were floating free!!!) This made it dramatic lyall more drivable, the ac had bled out tho so that sucked 45 degrees sucks the life out of ya. It had a round of stuffed window regs too so it took a bit of manual help to get the windows up.

    It's a full framed car with an incredible parts back up as its the same as a crown Vic, beloved vehicle of taxi drivers and cops everywhere. It's a lot stiffer chassis than an equivalent falcon. It also rides and handles better too. The 4.6 modular Motor is excellent, it's super smooth and very powerful for a 4.6 and fuel efficient too. Especially with the automatic overdrive box, it's super long geared. Bearing in mind this basicly a taxi it will pull a sat nav corrected 137mph. That's motoring.

    I have to be honest I'm a massive fan of this platform. Parts prices are great. Window reg new $50 shocks pair $50 and everyone carries spares all over the usa. And used parts are everywhere. The boot and interior space are huge, the petrol tank gives a useful range of around 350_400 miles. The air conditioning is superb no matter the outside temp and it's a great all rounder, the wipers suck a bit, but I think that's something peculiar to mine.the endless intermittent settings before getting to on is frustrating tho..

    If your coming to the usa and want a cheap v8 run round that can easily accommodate 4 it's the car for you.

    They are everywhere starting at 250 for the more adventurous to about 5k for a super late model minter. 1200 buys you an early model top of the line mercury.

    I legalised mine here in kansas and fixed the windows and ac, and man is it good I think I may ship it home to nz!!!

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    The OS Automobile Review Thread

    in General Car Chat

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    1976 Ford Gran Torino

     

    Need a big Badass car that can handle all of your stunts? take all your mates out, rip skids absolutely anywhere? Yep this is the perfect starter Yank tank, cheap to buy and easy to maintain with a 6.6 liter 400ci M Motor, chuck all the smog gear in the bin and the poxy 2 Barrel carb will give you some fuel economy (fuck  knows what 18L per 100km or something) and the 360 ftlbs of torque will propel you in rubber smoke wherever you need to go. In 25,000 km of hard use it has required 1 acc pump gasket in the carb, thats it, it has never broken down once or required anything other than an oil change.

     

    The Important bit, this is a mid sized full chassis car, I have no idea why the Americans needed such a battle cruiser, but this coupled with the federal mandate 5 mph Zero Damage bumper makes this one intimidating car, you can slam into solid objects at 5 mph in a 3000lbs car, and cause no damage to your car!!!! its the devils magic I swear. It murdered a wayward Prius in America, and left a slight crease in the Guard, thats it, no other damage. it has removed the odd fence and marmalized a few cardboard boxes in my ownership.

     

    The 400m has been revved to oblivion, once memorably while chasing a 69 RT Charger around a tree I gave it a little too much gas, due to too much Jack Daniels and due to the sideways motion at the time this has resulted in a slight knock that is there to this day, it has never got any worse.

     

    It has finger touch power steering, and awesome brakes, and literally anyone could jump in and drive it.

     

    Would I trade again? I'll never sell this one. I honestly cannot think of one other thing in my life that could replace this old warhorse, so if you see a cheap one (mine was $650) get amongst it and buy one,

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