Post by 58mark on Jun 5, 2012 6:32:37 GMT -6
here's a short history of my car.
I had an 85 sport coupe (2.8, auto) that I loved. I got it from my wife's family as it was a car that belonged to her Uncle before he dies of Cancer. Sold it to a family member when my family was growing, but got it back a couple of years later.
Anyway, that car had some problems, and one day when my wife was driving back from houston, the engine threw a rod, so we just walked away from the car, because it would have cost more to get the car back to dallas and put another engine in than the car was worth.
FFW a few years later. I was turning 40, and decided I wanted another 3rd gen. I liked the 2.8, wanted a 5 speed this time, and preferably without a lot of other power options, like power windows that always seem to break
After a few months of searching, I founf this car on Craigslist for $1200, but I talked the guy down to $900 because I showed him on car fax that it had more miles on it than he was claiming.
the paint was burned, the dash was crap, the seats were torn, but it ran pretty good, and the body was in good shape. I had my "new" car
The first thing I did was change out the hatch and hood struts, and replace the taillights with the grid style. I actually bought those before hand because I KNEW whatever car I found in my price range would need them.
I hated the wheels, so I polished and painted them
I had an 85 sport coupe (2.8, auto) that I loved. I got it from my wife's family as it was a car that belonged to her Uncle before he dies of Cancer. Sold it to a family member when my family was growing, but got it back a couple of years later.
Anyway, that car had some problems, and one day when my wife was driving back from houston, the engine threw a rod, so we just walked away from the car, because it would have cost more to get the car back to dallas and put another engine in than the car was worth.
FFW a few years later. I was turning 40, and decided I wanted another 3rd gen. I liked the 2.8, wanted a 5 speed this time, and preferably without a lot of other power options, like power windows that always seem to break
After a few months of searching, I founf this car on Craigslist for $1200, but I talked the guy down to $900 because I showed him on car fax that it had more miles on it than he was claiming.
the paint was burned, the dash was crap, the seats were torn, but it ran pretty good, and the body was in good shape. I had my "new" car
The first thing I did was change out the hatch and hood struts, and replace the taillights with the grid style. I actually bought those before hand because I KNEW whatever car I found in my price range would need them.
I hated the wheels, so I polished and painted them
