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Twenty one years ago, at the age of 25, I bought this:  My first V8 muscle car, and god how I loved it. Ran it like this for a year then decided I wanted a colour change. In 2001 it reappeared looking like this:  Had another fun year with the LeMans but then it started needing work and, foolishly, I sold it. Fast forward twenty-something years and a good few cars...I had a Mustang but was in the market for something older. The Mustang sold so I had money burning a hole, and there were several candidates for purchase. Then one night I went on Facebook Marketplace and fell instantly in love with this:  It’s nearly my old car’s twin other than the bench seat interior, vinyl roof and the fact that it’s a hardtop! Messaged the seller in California, got some info and arranged a call for the following night, then lay awake all excited for three hours  Spoke to Ken, a thoroughly nice ex-pat, and he gave me a video tour of the car - perfect other than a cracked dash which I can live with. It’s a 350 4 barrel V8 with a column shift 3 speed auto, all good! Deposit cleared yesterday so once the balance is sorted in August it’ll be shipped - can’t wait! In the meantime, have some more pics      Anth |
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Love it, bookmarked.
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Mk2 Golf 16V resto
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Aug 15, 2019 19:16:49 GMT
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Paid for the rest of the LeMans earlier this week and instantly got the fear - what if it’s a scam? What if the car’s a dog? Got some reassuring messages from the seller so calmed down a bit at least. It’s sorted for shipping (hopefully back end of next week) and will be here before the end of September. Get in!
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Aug 15, 2019 19:29:55 GMT
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Liking that a lot.
Ive bought a car from the US which I'm sure had photos taken in the same location as yours was, whats the sellers business name?
That was hell of a car to own at the age of 25.
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Aug 15, 2019 22:15:29 GMT
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Hiya, the car’s coming from Discovery Classics in California. Ken is an ex-pat who has been incredibly helpful!
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Yep, that was it - same bloke.
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Aug 17, 2019 22:53:52 GMT
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What did you buy from Ken?
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Aug 29, 2019 20:15:45 GMT
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Found out today that it's on the boat!  |
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Aug 30, 2019 21:18:51 GMT
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ace!!! bet you carnt weight
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1978 mk2 escort mexico
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Too flippin right! It’s been 18 years since my last Pontiac:)
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Been a while since I’ve been on...and here’s why.
Car was shipped and due in on the 4th of October, this was put back slightly to the 10th. Then, at the end of September, was away with my wife and made the mistake of checking my phone - had a message from the seller to say that the container had missed the boat! Some random customs check, which was annoying to say the least.
Latest is that the ship arrives at Southampton on Monday, so fingers crossed the car arrives in November!
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Dec 27, 2019 16:33:04 GMT
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Just lost the text I typed here twice trying to upload pics - d'oh! - so try again. I won't bore you now with the utter ballache that was getting the car home As it arrived:   Couldn't get it started on the wagon, despited a seemingly charged battery, so had to roll it off, which was great fun. After a wash to remove all the curse word from shipping:    Looks quite respectable! it's a ten footer though, paint has a good few chips. As the days went by, I found that it wasn't as good as I expected, but was still happy with it. Things I've found so far: • Brakes are grabbing - going to rebuild when the weather gets better • Bullseye / chip in front screen. Got Carglass out to resin inject this to try and stop it getting any worse • Rust/holes under rear parcel shelf. Notorious rot spot for these, but it's not visible so my agricultural welding will do the job • Various electrical gremlins. Horn doesn't work, ignition switch is iffy (although it runs now I've fiddled with it a bit), no battery light or dash lights, very suss stereo installation, etc, etc • Drivers side door release doesn't work - got to keep the window down to escape! No doubt there'll be more as I delve further, but that's a canny start! |
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Dec 27, 2019 18:21:54 GMT
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brilliant mate looks a beast glad its finally arrived
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1978 mk2 escort mexico
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retrotoe
Posted a lot
anything rusty
Posts: 1,361
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Dec 27, 2019 21:12:07 GMT
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love it a just good old fashion yank tank.love a american car,but cant afford one yet,but its not all bad i got my euro granada coupe,all old cars have hidden work my granada needed 4 shocks and 2 coil springs on front,and hazzard lights don't work,but just love cars off 60s and 70s,got say yours is looker good luck with it,
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Dec 27, 2019 22:18:34 GMT
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brilliant mate looks a beast glad its finally arrived Same here! It fought me to the bitter end - ship was nearly a week late (on top of the month overdue already!) and the transporter was even a day late dropping it off! I normally say ‘never say never’, but - never again! |
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Dec 27, 2019 22:22:01 GMT
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love it a just good old fashion yank tank.love a american car,but cant afford one yet,but its not all bad i got my euro granada coupe,all old cars have hidden work my granada needed 4 shocks and 2 coil springs on front,and hazzard lights don't work,but just love cars off 60s and 70s,got say yours is looker good luck with it, Just had a look at your posts and you’ve had some nice stuff over the years! Would deffo have all of your latest three, love 60s/70s Fords. I was expecting work for what I paid for it, which is why I’m not moaning too much - it’s still a looker, and with those fat 2 1/2” pipes, it makes a nice racket as well 😁 |
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I found a new home for the Pontiac just before Christmas, somewhere clean and dry where I can work on the car, which is great. It got taken to its new home three weeks ago:  I've been pottering since then as work's been fairly mental, but finally got a morning at it yesterday. Thought I'd start with cleaning the boot floor up and getting a coat of paint on it. Before:  ...and after:  Now when I had my last LeMans, 22 years ago, I was a bit more limber than I am these days. Had to climb into the boot to remove the monster Rockford Fosgate amp that was badly installed on the hump over the back axle, then had to climb back in when I realised the earth was screwed to the same spot. Then spent an hour and a half bent over, first zip wheeling then painting the freshly cleaned metal. Can't flipping move today! I'm getting too old for this! So, good news and bad news. Good is that the floor isn't bad at all, despite having a liberal coating of rust when I kicked off. There are a few small holes but I'm going to glass these as it's not worth dismantling the back end of the car (tank under the floor etc), it's separate chassis so no worries there, and it won't be seeing any weather hopefully. The bad is that the parcel shelf is non-existent on the drivers side. So much for 'rust free'. To be fair, I only saw the extent of the rot when I was in the boot, but even so I think the US seller was a touch optimistic about condition. I'm hoping that there's no major grot around the back window as it has a vinyl roof that looks like it was fitted fairly recently when the car was painted (could also mean it's hiding a wide range of horrors). Next time I'm up, I'm going to remove the dodge parcel shelf covering and survey the extent of the damage :s |
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lightyearman
Part of things
GYJDM - Grimsby based Japanese car club - Find us on Facebook
Posts: 639
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Jan 30, 2020 22:13:00 GMT
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This is the dream! i want something of this ilk soon
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'89 Honda CRX siR Glassroof Flint black fully restored track beasty
'90 Nissan S13 Pignose - pass the mig wire
'86 Mini - matt orange, 13" Wellers, Project 2018
'97 LDV Convoy home built camper/tramper van
'04 Saab 9-5 Aero HOT. Anyone want it?
'91 Honda VFR400 NC30 17,000 km from new
'87 Honda XR80 4 stroke baby crosser
'03 Mini Cooper S - honestly, they are fun...
'15 VW T5.1 LWB daily brick
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Do it - you won’t regret it!
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