I just picked up a 82 Fairmont Futura as a daily driver from my friend with only 86k Miles.
He has owned the car for the past several years and always took good structural care of it (oiled the chassis every season before winter, kept up on suspension components and etc).
While the exterior appearance of the faded paint may be deceiving, the car is in excellent overall condition. To be honest, I would love to just lightly sand down patina from the pinstripe-up and re clear it with a flattening agent to keep the amazing look lol.
Its currently powered by an anemic 200ci 6 and 3spd auto (c5?). Bucket seat floor shift is pretty cool for the chassis....and lets be realistic.....it's a Mustang underneath. There aren't a whole lot of parts that wouldn't fit with a few turns of the good ol' wrench!
I havent done a whole lot to the car as I have only owned it/ been driving it for a week, but I did address the diving board bumpers!
Before:
After:
...what a difference it made!
I tucked the rear as well, but I need to take some photos.
I am not going to go too in-depth with the plans at the moment....but the window sticker from the donor car should give you a good idea ;)
He has owned the car for the past several years and always took good structural care of it (oiled the chassis every season before winter, kept up on suspension components and etc).
While the exterior appearance of the faded paint may be deceiving, the car is in excellent overall condition. To be honest, I would love to just lightly sand down patina from the pinstripe-up and re clear it with a flattening agent to keep the amazing look lol.
Its currently powered by an anemic 200ci 6 and 3spd auto (c5?). Bucket seat floor shift is pretty cool for the chassis....and lets be realistic.....it's a Mustang underneath. There aren't a whole lot of parts that wouldn't fit with a few turns of the good ol' wrench!
I havent done a whole lot to the car as I have only owned it/ been driving it for a week, but I did address the diving board bumpers!
Before:
After:
...what a difference it made!
I tucked the rear as well, but I need to take some photos.
I am not going to go too in-depth with the plans at the moment....but the window sticker from the donor car should give you a good idea ;)
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