HAHAH ITS ALIVE!



the grand total thus far with machine work and parts: $575
purchace price: $used cell phone

11/30/2007 9:38:12 PM

What was wrong w/it?
Ahmet

11/30/2007 9:39:18 PM

well done.

11/30/2007 9:43:51 PM

massively overheated, between the warped head and the obliterated gasket it had no compression.

11/30/2007 9:44:53 PM

major overheating and didnt drop any valve seats?

i'm impressed


now- turbo it
http://www.cardomain.com/ride/419565/1

read that to learn all about the "ratch-it" straps

[Edited on November 30, 2007 at 9:57 PM. Reason : link]

11/30/2007 9:54:31 PM

hhaha i hit some RR tracks in one of these in my good days back in NY flew atleast 30 ft long and 6 in the air and drove off like butter into the ditch hahaha

11/30/2007 10:08:13 PM

One of my friends drove one of those. Someone stole it from his mom's apartment complex. No joke. We couldn't believe somebody would risk jail time over an Escort Wagon.

12/1/2007 8:48:33 AM

that thing looks aggressive

12/1/2007 1:10:33 PM

it is, you should hear it purr when it shifts into overdrive going up an incline.

12/1/2007 9:37:01 PM

my folks owned 3 mercury tracers, which is pretty much the same thing in some years. one of them I remember threw a rod at 130k

12/2/2007 2:23:23 AM

so far, 24mpg!!

12/4/2007 5:23:33 PM

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12/4/2007 5:27:08 PM

i tried to get the escort to 88mph so i could post in that thread, but it didnt work

Quote :

"You cannot post a reply to a topic that has been idle for more than 90 days."

12/4/2007 6:25:57 PM

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12/4/2007 6:31:07 PM

SOLD!!!! $1700

1/29/2008 8:05:55 PM

HAH, you sold it? you SOB.
lol

1/29/2008 8:08:06 PM

For $1000+ profit I'd have sold that shit too. If you're going to get a beater to keep, at least make it something interesting. This had "turnaround special" written all over it.

GG on the profit.

1/29/2008 10:44:38 PM

Quote :

"One of my friends drove one of those. Someone stole it from his mom's apartment complex. No joke. We couldn't believe somebody would risk jail time over an Escort Wagon."

Probably the same kind of person that stole my mom's 1986 Pontiac Parisienne from a parking lot in broad daylight. This was in 2002 btw. Car *might* have been worth $1500.

However, it would have looked proper with a suspension lift and some 24's, being a close relative of the Caprice...

1/29/2008 10:46:49 PM

1/29/2008 10:55:41 PM

exactly what I was thinking. Except silver with a navy roof.

[Edited on January 29, 2008 at 11:21 PM. Reason : might not even need to be lifted...]

1/29/2008 11:21:16 PM

1/30/2008 12:05:17 AM

^^^i'd drive the hell out of that.

^^nah, most 24's need a lift or least some trimming on the majority of cars. unless you run a really narrow/low pro tire. you can get 22's on a lot of them without any issues.

24's even rub a little on my 2500 suburban at full lock. granted, i've got a slightly bigger tire than what you'd run on a car though.

1/30/2008 12:13:48 AM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1F8R5Rgj_LU

1/30/2008 2:31:57 AM

kinda hard to fit 24s on the new beater:

http://raleigh.craigslist.org/car/548047794.html

1/30/2008 9:46:32 AM

Even with 190k on the clock, the interior is 98 out of 100. Ill give it some time to prove its as worthy as I think it is gonna be, then I have some plans for it. No smallblock yet.

1/31/2008 7:07:53 PM

paging Igor

1/31/2008 7:28:53 PM

ooooooh hell naw you didnt!

that's it. we gon have to go cruising down capital next time im down in NC

interior does look clean as hellm and i wheels look good.

defenitely asking for a sawzall, some autozone blocks, and a smallblock

1/31/2008 7:37:29 PM

It has lowering springs on it already I think... chassis tech maybe? its definitely lowered and definitely not with blocks...

1/31/2008 7:39:13 PM

you GOT to get purple tint if you gonna keep those wind deflectors



[Edited on January 31, 2008 at 7:43 PM. Reason : AND some offset wheels]

1/31/2008 7:40:04 PM

2/3/2008 11:13:38 PM

eh too much

it would be better as a sleeper

2/3/2008 11:23:29 PM

is that a real syclone? at first i figured it was probably just a grill, then i saw the fmic...

[Edited on February 3, 2008 at 11:42 PM. Reason : wait, skyline wheels and badges too? lol.]

2/3/2008 11:39:07 PM

2/3/2008 11:43:03 PM

^^ pwnt

2/4/2008 12:23:29 AM

hey optprime whats the cheapest running car you ever bought?

2/4/2008 2:33:03 AM

cheapest running? free.

2/4/2008 10:08:29 PM