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Lounge / Magazine Deals
I'm not spamming. I just picked up Muscle Mustangs for $3 and Automobile for $3.50.  Motor Trend is also available.  Seems like a good deal if anyone is interested.

http://slickdeals.net/
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Lounge / Are These Cars Getting Rare Yet?
Maybe it just me, but I'm seeing fewer of these cars on the road and it seems like they've really disappeared over the last couple of years.

I regularly browse craigslist and it seems the selection is way down.

I went to my favorite Pick-n-Pull last week and I counted 12 MN12 cars and 0 Fox cars.

Anyone else seeing this?
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Body Repair/Metal Work/Painting / My Roller Paint Job
I didn't mean to hijack the other thread.  Sorry 4bangen.

Here's some more pictures.










The paint has only been on about a year, so I can't make any claims as to how it will hold up long term.  I used urethane boat paint instead of Rustoleum because it is designed to withstand the elements.  Boats sit out in the weather day-in and day-out, while my Cougar sits in the garage most of the time so I don't see why it shouldn't hold up fine for my purposes.  The urethane is also designed to be rolled on as this is how boats are often painted.  The urethane is also glossier than Rustoleum.

One reason I wanted to paint the car myself is because of two bodyshop repairs I had done on another vehicle.  One was done at a "resoration" shop and the paint they blended started falling off after a couple of years.  The other repair at a dealership bodyshop ended up being a different color, panels were misaligned, fasteners were missing, etc.

Even if this paint were to fail, I'm only out a couple hundred bucks and its been a great learning experience for me as I've never done bodywork or paint before.

This method does have its drawbacks.  You can't roll metallics.  Its very labor intensive and time consuming if you want good results.  It would be difficult to paint your daily driver with this method, though it has been done.  If you are ADD or don't have a fair amount of patience, this isn't the way to go.  You won't get this done in a weekend!

I panted the car in this barn.  The stalls on the left are dirt and my neighbors house is right behind the barn, so I really couldn't spray paint in this environment.
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General Fox T-Bird/Cougar Discussion / Opinions on A Sport
http://olympic.craigslist.org/cto/1677573616.html

What would you do?

I went and looked at this car last year and the seller is describing it accurately.  I think he was asking around $2K at that time.  I want to say it has 150K or 170K miles.  Transmission and engine seemed fine but theres a noticeable clunk which may be U-Joints.  I don't recall any issue with the brakes.  No rust (which is not uncommon here), but one fender has some damage, and it needs paint and a windshield.  Dash pad and all upholstery needs to be replaced.

Is this car worth saving?  I've been looking for an '88 Sport with leather for a while, but even if I picked this up for next to nothing, I don't think it makes sense.  I don't mind putting more $ into a car than its worth, but I'm thinking I should be able to get a clean one for a lot less than the cost of restoring this one.:confused: