Crosses fingers..............

[Custom Coffin Works]

Front grill was missing something....

[StrayCat]

I'm not going to give you shit for the plymouth - you definitely traded up on it - but this is the SECOND damned crotch rocket you've owned I haven't gotten to ride yet before you sold it off... jackass.

=)

Yeah i know. That's why I told you the day I got it. But when opertunity arises......Carpe Diem ya know.

[StrayCat]

here she is after her quick washdown

[STODD]

Friends don't let friends ride rice...

[Psychoholic]

I'm not going to give you shit for the plymouth - you definitely traded up on it - but this is the SECOND damned crotch rocket you've owned I haven't gotten to ride yet before you sold it off... jackass.

=)

[StrayCat]

Thanks for the heads up. I can see how and why that would happen, lots of joints and moving parts in there.

I crawled under the front end to see what was worn out, and much to my suprise, there are McPhereson struts in the front end. Which is kind of cool, cause these front end set ups are a breeze to work on, and they have fewer parts, guess I can rule out upper contol arm bushings.......

Needs a tune up. I grabbed the dist. cap and got the shit shocked out of me. Bad sign.

Moved the broken hood hinge pieces around a little so the hood would sit flat. That made the car look 100x better.

The exaust leak is horrible. And doofus used like a whole tube of that muffler putty on it to try and seal it. At least it breaks loose easily.

Mechanically, that's really it. Brakes need bled, but they are all brand new on all 4 corners.


Cosmetically, exterior isn't too bad other than the hood issue, some paint scuffs, and some of the chrome needs to be reinstalled. There is no trunk seal, which I will be ordering asap. Gotta keep the water out.

The interior isn't too bad other than alot of the metal is pot metal, so there are some pits in places. Some interior trim needs to be reinstalled, but overall it was just dusty as hell from sitting in a garage for so long. And it needs a new dash cap, but even it isn't completely destroyed or anything.

[STODD]

Word of advise:

Rebuild the grommets to the shifter in the steering column FIRST! Swing away steering wheels have a tendency to shift into Reverse from Park and drop gears while driving. I know this FIRST HAND! I wrecked three cars when I let a TBird idle in my shop. It dropped into reverse and creamed a BMX, Toyota Cressida(this was the early 90's) and smashed up the TBird quarter panels real nice. The three hundred dollar exhaust job I did cost me 13 grand.

REBUILD THE SHIFT LINKAGE RIGHT AWAY!!!

[StrayCat]

Sigh. No. I don't want to get yelled at for being semi practical for once in my life.


Fine. I traded the Plymouth for the crotch rocket. Which was a fairly even trade deal due to the bike having 30k miles on it, which is high, but it runs perfect and looks like new.
Now Chris don't give me any shit, you haven't gotten to drive yours enough to see the limitations, plus, yours being an auto, 8cylinder car, you have a few less limitations than I did.
Then I was offered a deal I couldn't refuse, for several reasons, so the crotch rocket miraculously transformed into a classic T-Bird. Which in a day or 2 I can drive to california in if I wanted to, yet still retains the ability to be involved in many car clubs because of the year/body style. Barely.

[Psychoholic]

Let's hear this trade action.

[StrayCat]

The real question - did you trade anything for it?

Looks awesome man, can't wait to see it.

You know me. Well,I guess that doesn't help does it.....

Yes I did. It was all very well planned out and orchestrated. The situation is kind of complicated, but all 3 parties involved got what they wanted in the end.

This car is awesome. Beats the hell out of that 59 cadillac in power, sleekness, sexiness, and honestly overall design. I mean yeah the 59 had the tailfins, but that's really all it has going for it, the T-Bird is a package deal of dopeness.

here is a quote from my own mother.........

" if you decide to be a douchebag with this car like you did that blue cadillac, you WILL give me first shot at getting it, my god it's gorgeous"

It does need some work. Full tune up, carb rebuilt (has a factory 4 barrel holly), front end rebuilt, shocks, ect. Interior needs cleaned and reassembled, they took alot of it apart for the paint job, it was no cheap job, door frames, trunk, underhood, engine compartment, everything fresh painted. I have ALL chrome,emblems and so on , needs reinstalled. Some small electrical gremlins, dash lights, turn signals, radio, nothing impeeding my ability to drive it. Driver's side hood hinge needs a bolt in it where one of the rivets gave way. One of the heat risers in the exaust on the pass side is busted and leaks like hell, I'll probably just remove it and bolt the exaust straight to the manifold.

This car has that swing away steering collumn, so you can move it out of the way to get out of the car......I think this car is only 2 options away from being top of the line model for the year.

[Psychoholic]

The real question - did you trade anything for it?

Looks awesome man, can't wait to see it.

[StrayCat]

It might as well be a coach, horrible gas milliage, landau bars and a busted driver's side hood hinge.....

[StrayCat]

WWWWWWOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT TTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT TTT



Got it. I'll get better pictures and detailstommorrow when/if it's not all wet and nasty outside.

And the guy is color blind. it's not black, it's dark as fuck midnight blue. close enough tho.

[Psychoholic]

Well?

[StrayCat]

2 more hours of waiting!!!!!!!!!!!!(hops up and down).......i can't take this suspense......