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Number: 1013
From: asc709
Date: Fri Jul 12, 2002  12:53 pm
Subject: Re: My take on things...thinking out loud

Body:
Exactly. We're all different.

Sandy enjoys his car every bit as much as any of us do. OK, OK,
maybe a little more...he does have the last one EVER made...

Robert



--- In ascmclaren@y..., cigarsandy <no_reply@y...> wrote:
> I don't know, but I seem to somhow have been put on the defensive
> herein.
> I am not a snob, prude or whatever. I cannot recall herein ever
> putting someone down for using their McLaren, for customizing it or
> whatever....
>
> I wouldn't do that - I may have said that, but to each his/her own,
> No?
>
> What I am judging it on is this:
>
> I have seen many 1964-1989 Mustangs for sale. The cars that
command
> the highest dollar & the most interest are the cars with the lowest
> miles, closest to original in content, and rare in some way.
>
> Well, you can't deny that our cars are rare. That said, the
> attention turns to originality & condition.
>
> If I wanted to use one as a daily driver, "work" the engine, add
> visual changes, I'd get a 1993 Mustang GT Convertible and begin!
>
> Anyhow, that's just my opinion & feelings and if any of you do not
> agree, that's 100% okay and you have as much right to your opinions
> as I do to mine, and I will defend your right to express them.
> That's called AMERICA!
>
> YES, bring them back from "just a car" ststus, and use 'em and let
> the world see them!! That's great! How could I, Sandy ever be
> against such? More power to you!
>
> S A N D Y
>
>
>
>
>

--- In ascmclaren@y..., asc709 <no_reply@y...> wrote:
> > Just a little rant....
> >
> > Be careful on how you approah a prospective seller. I played my
> > cards wrong a few years back. I found a 5-speed Azura
> blue/blue/blue
> > Recaro car out here that had just about had it. I figured it'd
be
> > cool to fix it up over the next couple of years. A really unique
> > street machine. Happened to be that a co-worker of mine was his
> good
> > friend. I contacted him and inquired about the "McLaren
Mustang".
> > He said he'd think about it. A few days later he told his friend
> he
> > would never sell it! He looked up on the internet and found out
he
> > could get $15,000!!! I tried to talk sense into him, but it
> wouldn't
> > work.
> >
> > The car had a slipping clutch, 117k miles, a rat trap interior,
no
> > spoiler, no foglights...a decent body. I've kept in touch and
the
> > owner says he going to fix it up. He parks his Lexus in the
drive
> > but keeps his ASC in the garage. No progress in 3 years....
> >
> > I let this one slip through my hands. Should have kept my mouth
> > shut. Still working on it, though.
> >
> > Another co-worker of mine said he had a 30k miler. Black paint,
> > black top, grey interior. He was driving his Typhoon...no time
for
> > the McLaren. He purchased it new in 1988, drove it a while, put
it
> > in "storage". Immediately visions of a near perfect McLaren
danced
> > in my head....would he sell it? He said he'd think about
it....It
> > had been parked in Juarez for years. The Southwest sun had
baked
> > the paint, deteriorated the top, tore up the interior. I lost
> track
> > of him.
> >
> > There are 2 ways you can see these cars. Need to be retired OR
> > passed on to someone who has the time and "magic hands"? I
prefer
> to
> > think of myself as the latter.
> >
> > I agree that it is becoming increasingly hard to find a decent
> car.
> > Almost every one will need some TLC. I guess the Mustang rage is
> > what contributed to this. Everyone wants something rare. Take a
> > look at the message boards and ads. Everyone has some kind
> of "rare"
> > combo. T-tops, rare paint, black interior, promo car, limited,
> I've
> > even seen one where the guy claimed FoMoCo pulled his LX coupe
off
> > the line and gave it snake badges! Mr "boy racer" finds a
McLaren
> > that needs no list of options to show it's rare and guess what
> > happens. Unfortunately (and fortunately) these cas are
> affordable.
> > There is no prerequisite to own one. When I was looking at the
new
> > 2002 GT's the salesman was telling me that his previous customer
> had
> > been approved and was scheduled to pick up his car in a couple of
> > hours, although he had just totalled his 2nd GT! Imagine if he
had
> > his hands on 3 McLarens so easily?
> >
> > Would I want a 2k mile McLaren in showroom condition? Hell
yeah!
> > I'd end up driving it, though. It'd end up a really nice 80k
miler
> > that served time as a daily driver. I don't have the patience
and
> > won't pretend to. It's my vice. I enjoy people
> > pointing...talking...giving me ugly looks...admiring.
> >
> > I want a fixer upper so that I won't be so emotionally crushed
when
> > some jacka** in a mini-van plows the front end...or rear ends
me.
> > Sure I spent alot of time on it, but it's replaceable. It's not
so
> > much of a "crime" to the collector car industry. Plus it's a
risk
> we
> > all take in driving. Even if you only put 20 miles on it a
year!
> >
> > Back to my search for a fixer upper...if only I could find that
> > yellow one with the Fronterra Chihuahua plates...
> >
> > Again, I was just thinking out loud. We're all different.
> >
> > Robert
> > '88 #709

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1014	Re: My take on things...thinking out loud	cigarsandy	cigarsandy	Fri  7/12/2002	8 KB
1017	Re: My take on things...thinking out loud	asc709	asc709	Fri  7/12/2002	9 KB
1018	Re: My take on things...thinking out loud	tasmaniac1	tasmaniac1	Fri  7/12/2002	3 KB