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Originally posted by tedly View PostAlright Ed, start coughing up details and pictures!
It is a 95 SC, last year for them, with a manual trans, 1 of 574 built that year. Had the car for about 10 years, sold it 5 years ago. Overall probably the nicest car I've owned, looked nice, great comfy cruiser, strong on the street and dragstrip, and could even be whipped around a road course when I was instructing. Lots of details on my Super Coupe Club of America member page:
Sold the car because the miles were getting up there on the original engine, never had the valve covers off and I was running quite a bit of boost through it. It was getting to the point where in the near future I was probably going to have to spend a fair chunk of money for a good engine refresh, and as mentioned I'd owned it for 10 years already. I was also at the stage where I was getting more involved with helping at track days, 15+ per season vs. the 3 or 4 I had done previously. With the rarity of the car, it would have been a shame to find a wall with it. That's why I moved on to a cheapy SHO Taurus for a few years, and am working on the 89 Mustang as a more suitable track day vehicle.
cheers
EdEd Nicholson - Caledon Ontario - a bit NW of Toronto
07 Mustang GT with some stuff
88 T-Bird Turbo Coupe 5-speed
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Originally posted by tedly View PostAlright Ed, start coughing up details and pictures!
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Mine was pretty clean, only winter driven the first 6 years of its life, and it had been undercoated as well. Rockers are the worst spot for rust on that platform, especially on the sunroof cars ... the drains go in to the rockers, and don't exit properly from there. They look great in black, really suits the style of the car, long, low, wide, wheels out at the corners.
I'm grabbing a high mile but clean 94 LX 4.6 to use as a DD. It is the electric current red, which is a nice colour too. I'll clean it up as best I can, throw some wheels & tires on it, and drive it. Would like to do more, but I already have the 66 T-Bird and the 89 Mustang to play with, I don't need another "toy".
cheers
EdEd Nicholson - Caledon Ontario - a bit NW of Toronto
07 Mustang GT with some stuff
88 T-Bird Turbo Coupe 5-speed
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i was a fan of the turbo coupes i had a 86
mine was red/maroon and sun faded
Last edited by Mater; January 16, 2013, 08:10 AM.Originally posted by Remy-Z;n1167534Congratulations, man. You've just inherited the "Patron Saint of Automotive Lost Causes" from me. No question.
75Grand AM 455:Pissed off GrandMA, 68 Volkswagen Type1 "beetle":it will run some year
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