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Anyone else get the car itch at this time of year?

Does anyone else get the itch to find another Fox at this time of year, ie the winter? Every year around this time I get the bright idea that I need another Fox body T-bird to go with the one I already have. I poke around auto trader, cars. com, ebay, and craigslist looking for one. I might find one or two but they are usually rusted out POS at this point. I then realize that buying another one of these cars is a stupid idea. I even have a list as to why.

1. I have a 1.5 car garage, which the T-bird stays in. I have three cars at home right now. The other two are in the wide part of the drive way in front of the garage. I can't house the other "toy" in the garage.

2. Being that I can't park another toy in the garage it will have to sit outside. This means it will be difficult to keep clean.

3. If I have a "toy" sitting outside then I'll have to move the other cars down the driveway. Then I have to play "musical cars" to get out of the driveway :hick:.

4. My 24 year old T-bird is in really good shape because I maintain it. If I buy another one there is no guarantee that it won't need a bunch of work and/or be a huge money pit.

5. Why the hell do I need two old cars to tinker with? One should be enough.

Needless to say I talk myself out of buying another Fox every winter. I'm in the process of doing it right now :rollin:. My logical thinking brain talks me out of it every time. Does anyone else have this problem after the fun car has been put away for the winter?
88 Thunderbird LX: 306, Edelbrock Performer heads, Comp 266HR cam, Edelbrock Performer RPM intake, bunch of other stuff.

Anyone else get the car itch at this time of year?

Reply #1 –
spend more on your current one.
problem solved :D
83 Thunderbird Heritage - Right Hand Drive
95 Falcon GLi

Anyone else get the car itch at this time of year?

Reply #2 –
i fight this problem non-stop, not just in the winter.. i usually lose the mental battle if i find a good deal or have an idea.. example.. my new TC.. i now have 4 foxes, yet i'm still looking for another capri! i have serious car ADD.. i have 3 trucks i need to finish (1 is a very long term project), my black TC still needs a lot of love (especially since it's getting turned into a trailered race car next summer/fall) and my new TC needs body work/rust repair.. you'd think i'd be happy with what i have, but nooooooo lmao
ShadowMSC.com < < Still Under Construction

R.I.P. 'Zump' 8/29/86 - 11/11/11
3- 87 TC's / 1 really mean 83 Capri RS / 94 Sonoma SAS Project on 37x12.50 TSL Radials / 88 S10 that's LITERALLY cut to pieces / 84 F150 SAS, 351M, 39.5 TSL's / 85 Toyota regular cab, 22R 5spd, 3/4" drop, my little junkyard save/daily driver

Anyone else get the car itch at this time of year?

Reply #3 –
I own 11 vehicles and the addiction has reached it's limit.
Now, it's time to thin out the fleet and get rid of one. LOL
 
This past weekend I had to move 5 to get to one. A bit nuts I know, but these cars are addicting.
 
And yes, I find myself checking CL daily and I have to resist the urge to buy.
 
That's too bad because now is the best time ever to buy used up Fords at great prices.....:punchballs:
Alan Mackin--Semi Professional Ford der
83 T-Bird 460
83 T-Bird Heritage 5.0
84 T-Bird 5.0
86 T-Bird Turbo Coupe NHRA Stocker & Super Stocker
87 T-Bird Turbo Coupe
88 Bronco II Drag truck 302
95 Mustang GT auto
2004 F-350 CC Dually V-10

Anyone else get the car itch at this time of year?

Reply #4 –
You need to instead be shopping around for a new HOUSE with a better garage or a little shop somewhere else in town that's your two- or three-stall space you cruise over to to perform your mayhem.
1987 20th Anniversary Cougar, 302 "5.0" GT-40 heads (F3ZE '93 Cobra) and TMoss Ported H.O. intake, H.O. camshaft
2.5" Duals, no cats, Flowmaster 40s, Richmond 3.73s w/ Trac-Lok, maxed out Baumann shift kit, 3000 RPM Dirty Dog non-lock TC
Aside from the Mustang crinkle headers, still looks like it's only 150 HP...
1988 Black XR7 Trick Flow top end, Tremec 3550
1988 Black XR7 Procharger P600B intercooled, Edelbrock Performer non-RPM heads, GT40 intake AOD, 13 PSI @5000 RPM. 93 octane

Anyone else get the car itch at this time of year?

Reply #5 –
Quote from: EFFalcon;374703
spend more on your current one.
problem solved :D


That's what I usually end up doing;).
 
Quote from: ZondaC12;374721
You need to instead be shopping around for a new HOUSE with a better garage or a little shop somewhere else in town that's your two- or three-stall space you cruise over to to perform your mayhem.


The house is big enough. My garage is a de-tached 1.5 car. I really should just have a new garage built in the spring...
88 Thunderbird LX: 306, Edelbrock Performer heads, Comp 266HR cam, Edelbrock Performer RPM intake, bunch of other stuff.

Anyone else get the car itch at this time of year?

Reply #6 –
I'm always looking.

In the past four years, I've gone to look at an '88 Turbo Coupe, a '90 Mustang, a '91 Mark VII LSC SE, and a Subaru SVX (don't ask). I never pulled the trigger on any of them, but I came close on the Mark VII. Living in the city allows me for barely enough room at the curb for my '96, and I have no garage or driveway. I need a project car like another hole in the head, yet I continue to search.
[SIGPIC][/SIGPIC]

Anyone else get the car itch at this time of year?

Reply #7 –
And to actually ANSWER the question...look right at me! LOL. I've of course made good on my wishful lust, twice now. Wait sorry thrice LOL. I have waaay more vehicles than a 23-year-old-just-out-of-college individual ought to have, or should even be able to store by all logic and reality. They're scattered about kind of...but there will be a central solution. Stay tuned....hush-hush for now though :P
1987 20th Anniversary Cougar, 302 "5.0" GT-40 heads (F3ZE '93 Cobra) and TMoss Ported H.O. intake, H.O. camshaft
2.5" Duals, no cats, Flowmaster 40s, Richmond 3.73s w/ Trac-Lok, maxed out Baumann shift kit, 3000 RPM Dirty Dog non-lock TC
Aside from the Mustang crinkle headers, still looks like it's only 150 HP...
1988 Black XR7 Trick Flow top end, Tremec 3550
1988 Black XR7 Procharger P600B intercooled, Edelbrock Performer non-RPM heads, GT40 intake AOD, 13 PSI @5000 RPM. 93 octane

Anyone else get the car itch at this time of year?

Reply #8 –
Don't buy a super nice car, then drive the  out of it. Winter driving my old bird while everyone else was putting away their mustangs , is in my opinion, half the fun behind owning one of these cars.
Quote from: jcassity
I honestly dont think you could exceed the cost of a new car buy installing new *stock* parts everywhere in your coug our tbird. Its just plain impossible. You could revamp the entire drivetrain/engine/suspenstion and still come out ahead.
Hooligans! 
1988 Crown Vic wagon. 120K California car. Wifes grocery getter. (junked)
1987 Ford Thunderbird LX. 5.0. s.o., sn-95 t-5 and an f-150 clutch. Driven daily and going strong.
1986 cougar.
lilsammywasapunkrocker@yahoo.com

Anyone else get the car itch at this time of year?

Reply #9 –
Quote from: ZondaC12;374782
Stay tuned....hush-hush for now though :P


oooooh no you don't! spill it!
ShadowMSC.com < < Still Under Construction

R.I.P. 'Zump' 8/29/86 - 11/11/11
3- 87 TC's / 1 really mean 83 Capri RS / 94 Sonoma SAS Project on 37x12.50 TSL Radials / 88 S10 that's LITERALLY cut to pieces / 84 F150 SAS, 351M, 39.5 TSL's / 85 Toyota regular cab, 22R 5spd, 3/4" drop, my little junkyard save/daily driver

Anyone else get the car itch at this time of year?

Reply #10 –
I get the itch every other month or so. I usually alternate between looking for a Fox and a MN12. Its really just for kicks though. Its not too hard to talk myself out of it since even if I did find one I like, I've got nowhere to put it, and NOTHING to buy it with. lol

So I've learned not to look very often cause otherwise I just get upset lmao
--Steve
[thread=28690]1988 Cougar V6[/thread]
2012 F-150 3.7L
2011 Mustang 3.7L

Anyone else get the car itch at this time of year?

Reply #11 –
^Same. I can't even work on my bird right now...
-'88 Tbird 3.8
-2012 Altima 2.5 BASE. 
[SIGPIC][/SIGPIC]

Future: Budget 5.0 300 HP.

Anyone else get the car itch at this time of year?

Reply #12 –
I get this every year around November. I've got it tempered however. I ONLY use proceeds from selling a car or selling parts. Nothing comes out of savings or impacts the family in any way other than dragging them along to help bring it home, that is if I don't have it shipped. And, I don't bring home "projects" anymore. And, I keep my pleasure (not calling them projects anymore) cars to a 2-car limit and I use one as a daily driver. It's all very mature and boring I guess but it has kept me "in" the hobby during the time of my life when my kids are a bit too young to pull into my hobby and I need to spend my free time exposing them to a world outside the garage.
[SIGPIC][/SIGPIC]

Anyone else get the car itch at this time of year?

Reply #13 –
i got a  rash! i miss mine and ive found 2 colse to me for a reasonable price. But one problem.... No money! all of it is spread between my bills and children. But if there still around when i get taxes then possiblt i will have me another bird.
2001 Buick Regal LS (DD):hick:

Got that fox rash again!

-Resident smartass! :ies:

- Don't listen to the naysayers. For every person who actually helps with your project there will be 10 who will discourage you all the while thinking that they are helping. 99% of all people have good intentions. That doesn't make them right.- XR7 Dave - SCCOA.Com

Anyone else get the car itch at this time of year?

Reply #14 –
Quote from: Mikelonis;374827
I ONLY use proceeds from selling a car or selling parts.


that's what i did to get my yota and my new tc.. all parts i sold on ebay or craigslist.. it's great when you don't have to touch your bank account to buy new toys
ShadowMSC.com < < Still Under Construction

R.I.P. 'Zump' 8/29/86 - 11/11/11
3- 87 TC's / 1 really mean 83 Capri RS / 94 Sonoma SAS Project on 37x12.50 TSL Radials / 88 S10 that's LITERALLY cut to pieces / 84 F150 SAS, 351M, 39.5 TSL's / 85 Toyota regular cab, 22R 5spd, 3/4" drop, my little junkyard save/daily driver