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Old Car Thread!
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eldorado99
Lifer
CycloWizard
Lifer
1990 Acura Integra LS
~205,000 miles (hard to say exactly, since I drove for about 6 months without a working speedometer/odometer cable 😛)
It has more problems than I can list, but I've kept it running doing all the work myself. It mostly needs an entirely new body, thanks to lots of hit-and-runs. The rest of it has been mostly replaced over the years.
~205,000 miles (hard to say exactly, since I drove for about 6 months without a working speedometer/odometer cable 😛)
It has more problems than I can list, but I've kept it running doing all the work myself. It mostly needs an entirely new body, thanks to lots of hit-and-runs. The rest of it has been mostly replaced over the years.
JM Aggie08
Diamond Member
1979 Chevy blazer
~27,000 on new engine and tranny. redone body. 10 inch superlift. 37" goodyears. mmm
~27,000 on new engine and tranny. redone body. 10 inch superlift. 37" goodyears. mmm
1984 Ford ZK Fairlane EFI
It's fitted with a 170hp(127kw) EFI 4.1L inline 6, 3 spd auto and a 2.77:1 lsd diff and pretty much every power option availible in 1984 (Fast glass, A/C, sunroof, P/S, Power seats etc)
It has 266000kays on the clock and still starts first turn of the key, I'm the second owner...oh did I mention that it's in better condition than most cars that are only 2 years old...the only thing that doesn't work properly are the power windows but I get that seen to shortly.
It drives really nice and handles reasonably well for a luxery barge...it needs about 3 inches knocked out of the ride height and maybe slightly fatter sway bars front and back..but other than that I would prefer to cruise around in it than something later, it's that comfortable.
My other ride a 1986 Ford XF Falcon S pack sedan recently died due to oil pump failure,it will still start and can drive but starts to make some noises and eventually starts to vibrate real bad...but it still runs... it had a hard but good life and managed a little over 680000kays before biting the dust...now it's stripped down in dad's shed awaiting a full rebuild..it's earned it.
I had it for over 3 years and put over 150000kays on it in that time and it only ever needed to have a head gasket replaced in that time, which only took a couple of hours to do on such a basic OHV inline 6.
It's fitted with a 170hp(127kw) EFI 4.1L inline 6, 3 spd auto and a 2.77:1 lsd diff and pretty much every power option availible in 1984 (Fast glass, A/C, sunroof, P/S, Power seats etc)
It has 266000kays on the clock and still starts first turn of the key, I'm the second owner...oh did I mention that it's in better condition than most cars that are only 2 years old...the only thing that doesn't work properly are the power windows but I get that seen to shortly.
It drives really nice and handles reasonably well for a luxery barge...it needs about 3 inches knocked out of the ride height and maybe slightly fatter sway bars front and back..but other than that I would prefer to cruise around in it than something later, it's that comfortable.
My other ride a 1986 Ford XF Falcon S pack sedan recently died due to oil pump failure,it will still start and can drive but starts to make some noises and eventually starts to vibrate real bad...but it still runs... it had a hard but good life and managed a little over 680000kays before biting the dust...now it's stripped down in dad's shed awaiting a full rebuild..it's earned it.
I had it for over 3 years and put over 150000kays on it in that time and it only ever needed to have a head gasket replaced in that time, which only took a couple of hours to do on such a basic OHV inline 6.
eldorado99
Lifer
My friend has a 94 Taurus Wagon, its waaaaaay nicer than my LTD.
yeah it amazes me how people can stuff relatively news cars so quickly, my 84 ford is still capable fo doing over 200km/h and never misses a beat.
My old 86 ford before it died was good for 205km/h right up till the week before it died...maybe that might have had something to do with....nah I'll blame the 680000kays instead.
thedarkwolf
Diamond Member
eldorado99
Lifer
... why?
thedarkwolf
Diamond Member
Why not? Even with all that crap I have no money in it and I need something to drive in the winter and to haul crap. Might as well be fun too.
eldorado99
Lifer
Well as you didn't sink too much into it, more power to you.
thedarkwolf
Diamond Member
I have some where around $3k in it spread over 5 years including buying it. May seem like a lot for an old 89 caravan but everything under the hood is new or rebuilt so I doubt I could find something any better mechanically for that much. I'm sure I could find something that looks better though 🙂.
MmmSkyscraper
Diamond Member
Uncle Buck FTW! 🙂
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