ascMcLaren Enthusiasts

[mtesch]

From my forum posting:

My brother-in-law recently dropped his 1986 hatchback off at my shop and told me to get rid of it. It's a very long story, but I'll try to make it short. He bought the car from the original woman owner (his insurance agent) back in 1996. I took him to pick the car up. The car had around 50,000 miles on it then and was absolutely flawless. All original and stored inside winters. He drove the car for a while only on nice days. Then he got married and bought a house. With no where to go with the car, he parked it in his back yard until he could figure out what to do with it. It has sat there for the past 10 years or so until he drove it up on a trailer (yes he drove it) and brought it over to my shop.

He put a new battery in the car, and it fired right up. Almost hard to believe. Unfortunately, he got cocky and drove it up on the trailer. He hit the brakes once on the trailer and the pedal went to the floor. I would guess a brake line gave way. He tried to put the car in park, but that didn't work. While the damage was only cosmetic, he took out the front lower bumper cover and fog lights.

Here is some info on the car:
VIN # 1mebp79m0gf618895
Silver hatchback w/ grey interior and orange pinstripes and wheels
Automatic trans
Alpine stereo/CD (not original) w/ amp and rear speakers
Spectrum Whistler radar detector mounted under dash on right side
77,102 miles
All the normal options (pw, tilt, a/c, rear defrost, fog lamps, etc...)
Headlight and tail-lite covers
Limited slip rear with 2 shocks per side
OE true dual exhaust with two cats and cross-pipe
While not an expert on these cars, I believe it to be mostly original, complete, and unmolested.

The good:
Interior is in beautiful condition. Dash is nice, carpet nice, seats mint, headliner, door panels, it's all there and in great shape. The only flaw I could find inside is the top of the steering wheel is coming apart. Everything seems to work as designed (p/windows, locks, gauges, etc...)
Glass
Minor body rust (mainly rear quarter lips and inside lower door skins. Rust near lic. plate lamps under rear hatch. No holes)
Starts and runs great. When John started it up, the belt broke. The air-pump is frozen. A/C - ? No belt, but the compressor and pulley both spin freely so who knows.
Complete car w/ 2 extra wheels, pair of extra headlamp covers, and a factory wheel lock kit (unused)
The bad:
While the underside isn't too bad, there are some soft spots in the floor. I put my finger through while checking one of the spots.
Brake lines are very weak. Pedal goes to the floor and master is empty.
Both side skirts are cracked, but they are all there and could be fixed fairly easily
front bumper cover is in pieces (aka loading on trailer)
paint is gone on all top surfaces and is now rust. The roof is covered w/ rust from sitting outside all these years.

John wants $2,000 for the car. I have a clear title from 1996 in his name in hand. I can help with delivery if needed.

If you have any questions, you can reach me by e-mail @ mtesch4@aim.com or on my cell phone (262) 894-6761.

Merry Christmas to all.

PICTURES HERE: http://public.fotki.com/mtesch/1986-asc-mclaren/
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Mike Tesch
Go Time Racing

[scoutdrivinrebel]

Where are you located?
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1986 ASC McLaren FP Coupe #77/114

[mtesch]

[mtesch]

I have added some more pictures of the torque boxes and front shock towers.

http://public.fotki.com/mtesch/1986-asc-mclaren/

If anyone wants other specific pictures, let me know. I will do my best to get them as soon as I can.

Happy New Year everyone.
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Mike Tesch
Go Time Racing

[mtesch]

Still for sale and I need the shop space... offers...?
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Mike Tesch
Go Time Racing

[had/one/miss/it]

wish i had the money. does your brother like pantera and play the guitar?

[negusm]

I posted a link over at foureyedpride.com

You may want to consider ebay. Everyone here already has a car and we don't get a huge amount of traffic on this board. On ebay you should get many many many eyballs.

-Mike
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1985 ascMcLaren Coupe - Midnight Blue
Under Restoration

[had/one/miss/it]

you could try signing up over on tcstangs.com, local twin city board. watch out thou. guys over there are brutal. just fyi, im asking 2500 for my 79 351 swap capri, rust free for the most part.

[mtesch]

I've had several people interested, but no one has pulled the trigger.

Price is now $1,700. I really need the shop space. Any cheaper and I will add it to the collection of future projects.

(I thought about E-bay, but I really don't need the brain damage that comes with it)
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Mike Tesch
Go Time Racing

[mtesch]

Against better judgement, I've listed the car on Ebay.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=250571741781&ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT

Also, it shows the history report which verifies the mileage/owners, etc...
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Mike Tesch
Go Time Racing

[negusm]

mtesch, one thing that would help the group immensely....

Is it possible to take a picture of how the foglights hook up to the car. Pics of the harness, where it attaches to the body, the connectors, any splices into the Ford wiring, etc.

Could you also take some pics on how the fog lights actually attach to the the air dam, and any hardware used?

Since the air dam is off, this might be easy now.

So few cars have their original air dams and we have never gotten good pictures.

I have a CD that was sent to me but some things are still sketchy.

-Mike
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1985 ascMcLaren Coupe - Midnight Blue
Under Restoration

[mtesch]

For sale again. New user clicked buy-it-now and asked to ship the car to the UK. Obviously a scam. So here we go again... it needs to go.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=250576672050&viewitem=&_trkparms=algo%3DLVI%26its%3DI%26otn%3D1&category=5366
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Mike Tesch
Go Time Racing

[ChuckG]