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4367 Number: 4366 From: "Sandy Block" Date: Sun Jan 25, 2004 9:25 am Subject: Re: Sweet '86 vert on eBay
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Re: Sweet '86 vert on eBay
Aside from the obvious (HOW do you break a transmission quadrant selector plastic in 17,000 miles?) BTW, very hard to fix! Prepare to take apart entire console!! The missing piece of wood on dash you'll live with as Hank has no more wood dashs for these, and lets get rid of the illeagle rear seat belts, too. (Grey Ones?) ~ BUT the real worry here is in that the grille has been replaced, with the wrong one, done in chrome. Why? a) One of the prior owners liked the chrome better? (Doubtful) b) Car had accident in front end, bodyshop read the VIN, finding out that it was a Capri GS and ordered & got the correct grille for a normal base model 1986 Capri, never realizing that D32 code cars (destined to become an ascMcLaren got the RS charcoal grille, to match the also D32 code charcoal headlamp buckets....DUH.....
I'll go with "b" above.....so we'll have to fly to Walton Beach, Fla. to investagate further looking for tell-tale signs of front end damage. Ummmm. What's with the trunk shot? What are they trying to show there??
--- In ascmclaren@yahoogroups.com, "Sandy Block" <cigarsandy@c...> wrote: > Okay - let's pull this sucker apart! > _________________ > > Purchased in 1986 NEW at Tiffin Ford-Lincoln-Mercury in Tiffin Ohio > This Car is almost FLAWLESS - have alot of info on the car > Runs & Drives as Good as it Looks - 17917 original miles > My understanding is there have been 2 owners - > 197 Convertibles made in 1986 - this is ONE OF EIGHT with no Ground > Effects! > 340 coupes > 80 Red Convertibles > 8 with no Ground effects so this is ONE OF EIGHT > ________________ > 245 Convertibles made for model year 1986, not 197. > MOST had no ground effects. The "Sport Appearance Package" didn't > become available until February of 1986, meaning that no 2-Seat > Roadster could have left Livonia Michigan prior to March 1 WITH the > ground effects on it. There are far, far, far more without, than > with! > There were 367 coupes made in total for all 3 years, not 340. If we > are talking of 1986, then 162 Coupes made. > 81 ascMcLaren Red Convertibles were made for 1986, not 80. > > > > > > > > > >