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Yeah, well.......... deal with it.

Reply #15
Quote from: Lightningbird;257425
WHHHHHHAAAAAAAATTTT!!!! Why have that shiznitbox when you could get a Fairmont or LTD that is way cooler and would accept all the stuff you have in your garage when it gets to that point. The car is virtually clapped to the max...and if it was a Ford, you could justify bringing it back from the dead....that Swedish pen 15 pump is justifiably lame. No wonder the big three are dieing off, people think it is OK to own a car like this.........

Am I crazy???


Bah.
Except for being underpowered, the NA Bricks are decent cars.  The 200/700's are pretty much bullet-proof.  4-wheel discs, 5-link rear susp standard, as well as being RWD.

A 700-series 4dr sedan wouldn't be my first choice personally, but I think he needed something more than a project car at this point.

Some of you guys aren't happy unless it has a blue oval on it...
Long live the 4-eyes!  - '83 Tbird Turbo - '85 Marquis LTS - '86 LTD Wagon

Yeah, well.......... deal with it.

Reply #16
Some people prefer to go through life with blinders on.

I've always liked some certain Estates myself.  :evilgrin:
1985 Mercury Cougar XR-7 - 5-speed 
One of 1,246 built

Yeah, well.......... deal with it.

Reply #17
Quote from: Chuck W;257444
Bah.
Except for being underpowered, the NA Bricks are decent cars.  The 200/700's are pretty much bullet-proof.  4-wheel discs, 5-link rear susp standard, as well as being RWD.

Very interesting... I'm going to have to look into those.
2005 Subaru WRX STi|daily driver

Yeah, well.......... deal with it.

Reply #18
Quote from: Ether947;257473
Very interesting... I'm going to have to look into those.


Actually as far back as the 100-series cars (142/144/145) they had disc brakes front and rear (if not further back).  I don't think the 140's had the 5-link though, but I could be wrong.
Long live the 4-eyes!  - '83 Tbird Turbo - '85 Marquis LTS - '86 LTD Wagon

Yeah, well.......... deal with it.

Reply #19
I'd do one, I think it'd be fun to play around with. Of course I'd like to do an RX-7 with a 5.0 too but thats another story.

Yeah, well.......... deal with it.

Reply #20
Definitely 5.0 swap in that thing. Those cars make great sleepers. I like the 780 too, there's a nice one I see at school a lot.
Matt
1984 Thunderbird - 89 302 HO, GT40 heads w/ Trick Flow springs, E303 cam, Edelbrock Performer 289 intake and 600 cfm 4bbl, Mustang headers, Jegs o/r H pipe, Dynomax lers, Mustang AOD and shifter, Mustang 8.8 w/ 3.73s, 3G alternator, Mustang front and rear sway bars, KYB 87-88 Turbo Coupe shocks and struts, and 11" front brakes.

1988 Mustang GT - GT40 heads, Explorer intake, 70mm throttle body, 70mm MAF, Crane 1.7 rrs, E303 cam, Kirban Kwik shifter w/ Pro 5.0 deluxe handle, aluminum clutch quadrant and firewall adjuster, o/r h pipe, Dynomax lers, 3G alternator, aluminum radiator, and 3.27 gears.
 
1986 Cougar 5.0, 1989 Mark VII LSC 5 speed, 1980 Mercury Zephyr 4 door (sold)

Yeah, well.......... deal with it.

Reply #21
i want a four eye 740 wagon with a 5.0 5-speed. I could haul my wife and kid and have fun while I do it....... MUAHAHAHAHA.

Yeah, well.......... deal with it.

Reply #22
Geez, I go away for a day, and now we're on page 3???

Yep, I've already been there several times over the last year or two, as well as having a peek at this twin-turbo LS1 silliness... http://www.cardomain.com/ride/2196921

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ontopic---> is this your only car at the moment?
Yes, it is. Unfortunately, it looks like the Bird will likely be sacrificed to the fiery furnace, unless someone want to buy what's left of it after I remove the only really reuseable parts (radio, alarm, and shiny new snow tires).

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A 700-series 4dr sedan wouldn't be my first choice personally, but I think he needed something more than a project car at this point.
Quite correct. Since I rent a basp00get, park on the street, and have no place to work on or store a broken car for any length of time (unlike many here, who have 15-car garages, barns, shops, acreage and/or relatives with space to lend), and no time to work on it even if I did have the space, I was forced by practicality (Oooo... dirty word!) to buy something else.
Death awaits you all with nasty, big, pointy teeth.

1988 5.0 Bird, mostly stock, partly not, now gone to T-Bird heaven.
1990 Volvo 740GL. 114 tire-shredding horsies, baby!

Yeah, well.......... deal with it.

Reply #23
Quote from: Chuck W;257444

Some of you guys aren't happy unless it has a blue oval on it...


nope but every time i buy a chevy. those damX lady's in my life take them. so i stay ford, so i can keep the cars/ trucks i buy.
remember it easier to fix them, than to find them after they been crushed.

V6 = juvenile delinquency!

 

Yeah, well.......... deal with it.

Reply #24
well it doesnt look bad to me. nice buy.