Do people ever stop and ask about your car...

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Do people ever stop and ask about your car...

Reply #15 – October 13, 2007, 10:18:14 AM

I used to work at O'riely auto parts, while working one day this guy in his mid 20's came in with a camero z28 from the late 90's.Well he starts talking about how fast his car was, and how he loves beating other cars yada yada yada. He then asked what I drove and I pointed it out to him. We walked outside as I was heading to lunch and I asked him if he wanted to go around the block, he said yes and away we went. Here’s where it got funny I made a few spirited passes and lit up the 275/50/15 nitto drag radials a few times. Then I dropped the bomb on him.
Him: Man, this things fast
Me: not bad for a 4 banger?
him: this isn’t a 4 cyl!
Me: Ya it is, its a 2.3l 4 cyl
Him: No this is a v8. This feels as fast as my z28!
we went back and forth for a while until finally I pulled over and popped the hood He was shocked and in silent disbelief, until I said" Do you wana race?"
him: (best part)Hell No, I don’t wana get beat by a 4cyl!
I laughed for days about that one!

Do people ever stop and ask about your car...

Reply #16 – October 13, 2007, 03:17:51 PM

Quote from: BCA;182163

which of course generally leads to the comment of
and they definitely never made one with a 4 cylinder engine.
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Well thats where your wrong from 99-04 when they ceased production they were avaliable with the same 2.0 i4 that is in focus hatch's(I know alot of you here dont like/validate the 99's as cougars but hell i didnt like them at one point either , then i had to work on one at MTP and actually thought hey i can fit in this comfortably). Now for a foxbody with a 4 cyl no.

I actually have had quite a few people come up to me and offer straight up cash for my 87. The ever so often older person i saw staring at the car when I was getting out of a store was kinda funny.

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Reply #17 – October 13, 2007, 03:33:33 PM

Quote from: 20th anny 5.o;182289

.... Now for a foxbody with a 4 cyl no.........

What do you mean they never made a foxbody with a 4 cyl? Early cougar XR7's were turbo 4, and the turbo coupes.
When my dad was still around, we had a few people stop and ask us about it, mostly because you could hear the turbo spool. People loved the look of it, god I miss that thing.

Do people ever stop and ask about your car...

Reply #18 – October 13, 2007, 04:04:59 PM

Pretty much never. Which is fine by me.

Prolly the best compliment I ever got was at a local speed shop. It was right after I did the 5-lug conversion to darkthunder. The owner was completely shocked at how different the car looked with the Cobras and the new springs. There were plenty of other cars out there (much better than mine) so I was kinda surprised he even noticed it.

Funny thing is, I might of unintentionally blew him off. I was just trying to grab my stuff and get home before sundown, no garage.

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Reply #19 – October 13, 2007, 04:23:05 PM

Quote from: 20th anny 5.o;182289

Now for a foxbody with a 4 cyl no.

You DO realize they put the 2.3 turbo in the early Cougar XR7's, don't you? '83-86 or '84-86, I can't remember.

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Reply #20 – October 13, 2007, 08:39:39 PM

Johns gold Tbird is sitting behind Jims house (regular members know these names). Jim says that there have been 4 people stop and ask to buy the car.

Do people ever stop and ask about your car...

Reply #21 – October 13, 2007, 09:22:44 PM

My Bird's been hiding in the garage for months (hell, almost a full year). Every once in a while I pull it out to bring something else in to work on. It looks like hell right now - in primer, no lights, no side glass, no back bumper cover, and I didn't think anyone would pay much attention to it. The other day I had two locals ask me about it. One was the owner of the small gas station just down the road. He has a '67 Galaxie 500, and I mentioned that I used to have a '66. He mentioned that he used to have a Turbo Coupe like the one he's seen in my yard and asked me a bunch of stuff about mine (I had to tell him it wasn't a TC). He said he'd been watching the progress I've been making and is looking forward to seeing it on the road. The other was a guy that still owns one that looks just like mine did before the bodywork started. I've actually seen his car before, in fact I parked right next to it at the grocery store once. He asked me if I was selling any parts :hick:

As for you guys grumbling that people are calling your Cougars Thunderbirds: I've owned five Thunderbirds (85 V6, 91 V6, 87 Sport, 87 TC, 88 base V8) and one Cougar (88 LS V8). To this day my father refers to my Thunderbird (and the 87 Sport before it) as "That Cougar". I had lent him the Cougar to go on vacation and he fell in love with it...