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ljthawk
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Selling 35th Anniversary
I have a '90 35th Anniversary T-Bird that I may be interested in selling in a few months. The car was driven by my mother (in Californai) from the day it was driven off the Ford lot until a few years back, when I brought it out here to Atlanta. I have all the repair receipts dating back to the day it was purchased.
Within the past year I've had the cooling system flushed, sun roof seal replaced, the crank sensor replaced (twice, dealership nightmare story), the harmonic balancer replaced, new plugs and wires, new motor mounts, transmission & converter drained, and the A/C checked out and recharged. The car has ~118K miles. I also have the 35th Anniversary car cover, 35 anniversary floor mats, unused anniversary keys & key chain, the factory suede cleaning kit, and a MN12 stock intercooler fan (though not installed). Lastly, a Flowmaster cat back exhaust system has bean installed. Majority of the last work was performed by Ford Performance Specialists. ( www.fordspecialists.com/ ) When the oil was drained from the tranny, it looked very clean.
What's wrong with the Car?
Well, there is some hail damage from ~ 2 years ago, which being a black car can be seen; not to mention the paint needs to buffed out. The new sun roof seal has shrunk a little creating ~0.5" gap, so I need to splice in a patch piece from what was left over when it was installed. The passenger A pillar has a small crack and the rear window tinting is starting to form small bubbles (~ 3 bublles of ~ .25 inches in length). The factory JBL CD player is not working and the factory JBL radio is also starting to have some issues. Now for the kicker, last January I bumped the front bumper off a guard rail while sliding on some ice (up in Tennessee). Luckily, the only damage appears to be the facia. The honeycomb and steel bar appear to be fine and the hood, fenders, and lights were not touched. In fact all I believe that happened is that the facia just shattered from the impact because it was so cold and brittle.
If you would like to se pictures, I have links at www.imdl.gatech.edu/ljtha...index.html
The problem is I don't want to sell the car to any John Doh. I would prefer to see the car go to someone that will appreciate it and take care of it ; hopefully fixing the things I let go. In fact, considering what is wrong with it I think it would make a good project / daily driver. If I were to keep it I would look into new shocks and having the rotors turned, besides fixing or replacing the radio. At this time I just rather put my money into my truck.
Lastly, I know what the car is worth to me in brakes & tires (i.e. not putting miles on my truck), but I'm not familiar with the SC market. I'm most likely going to have the front facia replaced unless any interested party would prefer to do it themselves.
If you are interested, know someone that may be interested, or have some suggestion on where I should advertise it (besides here), please let me know.
Thanks,
L.J.
I have a '90 35th Anniversary T-Bird that I may be interested in selling in a few months. The car was driven by my mother (in Californai) from the day it was driven off the Ford lot until a few years back, when I brought it out here to Atlanta. I have all the repair receipts dating back to the day it was purchased.
Within the past year I've had the cooling system flushed, sun roof seal replaced, the crank sensor replaced (twice, dealership nightmare story), the harmonic balancer replaced, new plugs and wires, new motor mounts, transmission & converter drained, and the A/C checked out and recharged. The car has ~118K miles. I also have the 35th Anniversary car cover, 35 anniversary floor mats, unused anniversary keys & key chain, the factory suede cleaning kit, and a MN12 stock intercooler fan (though not installed). Lastly, a Flowmaster cat back exhaust system has bean installed. Majority of the last work was performed by Ford Performance Specialists. ( www.fordspecialists.com/ ) When the oil was drained from the tranny, it looked very clean.
What's wrong with the Car?
Well, there is some hail damage from ~ 2 years ago, which being a black car can be seen; not to mention the paint needs to buffed out. The new sun roof seal has shrunk a little creating ~0.5" gap, so I need to splice in a patch piece from what was left over when it was installed. The passenger A pillar has a small crack and the rear window tinting is starting to form small bubbles (~ 3 bublles of ~ .25 inches in length). The factory JBL CD player is not working and the factory JBL radio is also starting to have some issues. Now for the kicker, last January I bumped the front bumper off a guard rail while sliding on some ice (up in Tennessee). Luckily, the only damage appears to be the facia. The honeycomb and steel bar appear to be fine and the hood, fenders, and lights were not touched. In fact all I believe that happened is that the facia just shattered from the impact because it was so cold and brittle.
If you would like to se pictures, I have links at www.imdl.gatech.edu/ljtha...index.html
The problem is I don't want to sell the car to any John Doh. I would prefer to see the car go to someone that will appreciate it and take care of it ; hopefully fixing the things I let go. In fact, considering what is wrong with it I think it would make a good project / daily driver. If I were to keep it I would look into new shocks and having the rotors turned, besides fixing or replacing the radio. At this time I just rather put my money into my truck.
Lastly, I know what the car is worth to me in brakes & tires (i.e. not putting miles on my truck), but I'm not familiar with the SC market. I'm most likely going to have the front facia replaced unless any interested party would prefer to do it themselves.
If you are interested, know someone that may be interested, or have some suggestion on where I should advertise it (besides here), please let me know.
Thanks,
L.J.