Anybody want a roadworthy $200 car?

"Round headlight enthusiast" (round-headlight-enthusiast)
10/24/2015 at 14:05 • Filed to: None

I saw this today, as a potential beater, but things have worked out so that I don’t need to find a beater anyway. Guys says he’d take $250, just wants it off his hands. It’s crispy, but all the mechanical components are solid. Really one of the best deals I’ve seen. !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!!

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DISCUSSION (20)

LongbowMkII > Round headlight enthusiast
10/24/2015 at 14:08

SmoresTM Has No Chill (O==[][]==O) > Round headlight enthusiast
10/24/2015 at 14:08

This is one of the most honest CL ads I’ve ever seen. I kinda want to buy it...

If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent > Round headlight enthusiast
10/24/2015 at 14:09

Were I a 50 year old woman who wears leopard print and smokes 2 packs a day, I would be all over that.

Round headlight enthusiast > SmoresTM Has No Chill (O==[][]==O)
10/24/2015 at 14:11

I really want someone to buy it. It’s incredibly ugly and dirty, but it deserves to live a few more years.

DrJohannVegas > Round headlight enthusiast
10/24/2015 at 14:14

I would buy it, but 1) I’m nowhere near Buffalo, and more importantly 2) It would be as a Lemons car, and I don’t think that’s what one means by “a few more good years”. Racing glory doesn’t shine brightly in the eyes of all.

Khalbali > Round headlight enthusiast
10/24/2015 at 14:17

If it was local, it would be my new lemons car.

Urambo Tauro > Round headlight enthusiast
10/24/2015 at 14:20

NP. I’d jump on it if I was local and had room for it.

The hinge pin/bushings are not too hard to do if the hinges themselves have not been wallowed out. The CEL is a mystery until codes are pulled. The roof looks awful, but that can be taken care of without redoing the whole car.

Not sure what to make of the “very rough” driver seat. Seller should have posted more than three pictures.

mazda616 > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent
10/24/2015 at 14:21

Pretty sure I’ve never seen that era Cougar or Thunderbird driven by anyone other than who you just described.

If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent > mazda616
10/24/2015 at 14:24

Also, bleached blonde with roots showing.

Round headlight enthusiast > Urambo Tauro
10/24/2015 at 14:24

It actually doesn’t even have a CEL. guy was confusing the “maintenece required” light for the CEL.

Birddog > Round headlight enthusiast
10/24/2015 at 14:24

Reach out to Orlove. For $200 it’s a perfect follow up to the Lexus.

Seriously, that’s a lot of car for the money even at $450. It’s not the 3.8 so you don’t have to worry about reliability much either.

Urambo Tauro > Round headlight enthusiast
10/24/2015 at 14:33

I didn’t think those had a maintenance req’d light. My 1996 ‘bird is almost identical (mechanically speaking), and does not have one. It has a CEL and some models included a redundant “check gauges” light IIRC.

That Bastard Kurtis - An Attempt to Standardize My Username Across Platforms > Round headlight enthusiast
10/24/2015 at 14:42

Gut it, paint it like Dan Gurney’s Bud Moore Cougar, dominate LeMons. It's a pretty great deal.

tromoly > Round headlight enthusiast
10/24/2015 at 14:46

LeMons!

SmoresTM Has No Chill (O==[][]==O) > Round headlight enthusiast
10/24/2015 at 14:47

I live in Boston so ‘ugly and dirty’ is pretty much what I’d want if I have to street park (which I would, if I had a car here). Parking it would cost more than the car though. I was thinking about bringing my JK up here, but after witnessing someone hit the car in front of them and the car behind them while trying to parallel park, I figured that wasn’t the best idea. This car, on the other hand, would be perfect.

Jake Huitt - Two Alfas And A Nissan, Not A Single Running Car > Round headlight enthusiast
10/24/2015 at 14:54

If only I was local....

Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. > Round headlight enthusiast
10/24/2015 at 15:01

If ever there was a car that cried out for a vinyl roof...

The Old Man from Scene 24 > Round headlight enthusiast
10/24/2015 at 15:15

Might be the starting point for a cool Lemons vehicle.

dtg11 - is probably on an adventure with Clifford > Round headlight enthusiast
10/24/2015 at 16:54

If I was local, that’d be my first car.

Because I don’t have a car.

But I want one.

BoxerFanatic, troublesome iconoclast. > Round headlight enthusiast
10/24/2015 at 20:24

Sounds like a good flip.

Buy it for 250. Wash it, check the tires, maybe change the oil, the easy saturday stuff... re-list for 1500$ and sit on it for a little while... take the first $1000 offered.

If it sits a while longer... maybe address some of the crispy-ness... maybe put some new wheels and tires on it. Nothing spices up the looks as much as an interesting set of wheels and tires... I could see bronze 17 or 18” Mustang-style (cobra Rs, FR500s, something... ) wheels on a Teal Cougar, which presumably has a tan interior. If it is gray inside... gunmetal gray makes green look mean.

The formal roofline might suggest more of a VIP look than a sport/tuner look.

A bit of a wheel-and-tire spice up may attract the eye of a school kid or someone who wants something inexpensive, but unique-looking.