BigbossybossBait

"Zipppy, Mazdurp builder, Probeski owner and former ricerboy" (zipppyart) 02/04/2015 at 16:37 • Filed to: Spotted

1

23

This relic just (slowly) rolled into my street. Just as I approached it, the unmistakable stench of a head gasket leak made its way into my nose. It was a slushbox.

505Turbeaux > Zipppy, Mazdurp builder, Probeski owner and former ricerboy 02/04/2015 at 16:39

0

there is one of these that is following me around town, a red one. I see it everywhere, but man is it "clean"*

*still a shitbox, but clean

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > Zipppy, Mazdurp builder, Probeski owner and former ricerboy 02/04/2015 at 16:39

0

SAVE THE TEMPOS
I ADMIT I DON'T KNOW WHY - DO IT ANYWAY

Zipppy, Mazdurp builder, Probeski owner and former ricerboy > 505Turbeaux 02/04/2015 at 16:40

0

I know, right? I never see these in good shape. this one looks okay body-wise though.

505Turbeaux > Zipppy, Mazdurp builder, Probeski owner and former ricerboy 02/04/2015 at 16:42

1

it is this one http://oppositelock.jalopnik.com/505-has-a-wond…

my girl spotted it, and now I cannot un-spot it

Luc - The Acadian Oppo > Zipppy, Mazdurp builder, Probeski owner and former ricerboy 02/04/2015 at 16:42

0

HOLY SHIT! I haven't seen a Tempo in about 15 years

V8Demon - Prefers Autos for drag racing. Fite me! > Zipppy, Mazdurp builder, Probeski owner and former ricerboy 02/04/2015 at 16:45

0

1992 Mercury Topaz 3.0 V6 automatic transmission..... Best $600 I ever spent. 3 years, 40,000 miles, 2 repairs to totaling less than $100 total. Surprisingly good in snow. I donated it when the time came for her to go and got a bigger tax write off than what I paid for the car. Got rid of it in 2005.

Widget_Master > Zipppy, Mazdurp builder, Probeski owner and former ricerboy 02/04/2015 at 16:51

0

As far as I can remember, my driver's training was in grey Ford Tempo.

MM54 > Zipppy, Mazdurp builder, Probeski owner and former ricerboy 02/04/2015 at 17:19

0

5-7 years ago, there was an '87 Tempo (in a goldish beige color) which sat behind the garage for a couple years because the transmission was slipping, and it would lose weight (in rust) every time you closed the doors. It was a shitbox, but there was one good time had in it:

The day before we scrapped it, I poured an ounce of brake fluid into the tranny, jumped it, and let it warm up a few seconds, then rallied it up and down the back lane a couple times. I don't think many people can say they've gotten air in an 87 tempo, but with the condition of that lane, it wasn't too difficult to get 2 of 4 wheels up in the air.

End of the day I locked up all 4 wheels and slid it back into (roughly) where it had been sitting for years, amongst some small trees and brush. The next day when I got home from school it was gone, never to be seen again.

Zipppy, Mazdurp builder, Probeski owner and former ricerboy > Luc - The Acadian Oppo 02/04/2015 at 17:24

0

They're a rare sight nowadays. i'm suprised this is not rusted up.

Zipppy, Mazdurp builder, Probeski owner and former ricerboy > MM54 02/04/2015 at 17:38

0

I had a car with a similar fate. However, it wasn't rallied at all, just sat until its corroded demise. My father's 1988 VW Fox (white) sat in the backyard over 10 years ago, I always snuck in whenever I had the chance, and pretended to 'drive' it. the beige interior left a pleasing aroma, the analog dash clock was unique, while other cars we had already switched to digital LCDs. I remember helping my father bump start it down a hill one time, when it was his daily, just needed an impulse to push it over the edge, which I did. I heard the thing roar to life up in the distance, such an amazing thing. I shed a tear when I saw that car go, it was a companion of sorts to me.

suba-wagen > Zipppy, Mazdurp builder, Probeski owner and former ricerboy 02/04/2015 at 20:05

1

I actually have a 93 Tempo that I DD. Slushbox but I can't kill it. 229K. Cheap, dependable but rusted to hell. It looks like I drove through a salt mine. Dreadful to drive, but my god will it not die. Ive had it 2 years and it has only failed to start twice. Dead battery and a failed starter. I beat the crap out of it too delivering pizza in, slap snow tires on it and it will go anywhere my Forester does with much less fuss. I hate it but I love it.

If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent > Zipppy, Mazdurp builder, Probeski owner and former ricerboy 02/04/2015 at 21:28

0

They made a COUPE?!?!

Zipppy, Mazdurp builder, Probeski owner and former ricerboy > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent 02/04/2015 at 23:19

1

apparently so.

thebigbossyboss > Zipppy, Mazdurp builder, Probeski owner and former ricerboy 02/06/2015 at 07:31

0

Thank you for this bait Zippy. I am hooked. Sorry guys, I can't unlike the Ford Tempo. It was my first, and so I will always have a soft spot. Despite at one point the car losing 3rd gear in the slush box and then becoming a 2 speed with a top speed of 55mph.

thebigbossyboss > Luc - The Acadian Oppo 02/06/2015 at 07:31

0

I owned one until 09 :)

thebigbossyboss > V8Demon - Prefers Autos for drag racing. Fite me! 02/06/2015 at 07:32

0

The V6's were little sleeper rockets.

thebigbossyboss > Zipppy, Mazdurp builder, Probeski owner and former ricerboy 02/06/2015 at 07:33

0

Must have come from out west, notice the plate series "BR" can't be more than 1 or two years old.

V8Demon - Prefers Autos for drag racing. Fite me! > thebigbossyboss 02/06/2015 at 09:21

1

Yes. The 3.0 vulcan was actually a good fit in these unlike all the heavier cars Ford out it in.

Luc - The Acadian Oppo > thebigbossyboss 02/06/2015 at 11:07

0

Nice! I wouldn't expect anything less from you.

thebigbossyboss > Luc - The Acadian Oppo 02/06/2015 at 12:11

0

I can only drive worthless crappy beaters. It's my life calling.

thebigbossyboss > suba-wagen 02/06/2015 at 12:13

0

Mine got killed when I drove into an F150 at 35 mph. Try that, should kill it.

Luc - The Acadian Oppo > thebigbossyboss 02/06/2015 at 12:26

1

At least you found yourself at a young age. Most people go their whole life without ever discovering their true calling.

Zipppy, Mazdurp builder, Probeski owner and former ricerboy > thebigbossyboss 02/06/2015 at 22:12

0

It was certainly bought before my Escape, and after my friend bought his Mustang in May 2013. The Escape was a BV (I still have the plate) and the Mustang is a BP, so I'm guessing about a year.