Anybody in TN looking for a mire of hilarious/tragic bad idea?

"RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht" (ramblininexile)
06/20/2018 at 13:35 • Filed to: None

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DISCUSSION (24)

MonkeePuzzle > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht
06/20/2018 at 13:42

I have reviewed the ad. this does not appear to be a very good car.

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht
06/20/2018 at 13:45

This car, much like Stephen King’s Carrie, has been driven around the bend (heh) so far that it will never come back. It is wretched, leprous, diseased. It will never be right again. On the other hand, it would be very, very easy to turn into a budget autocross car or quasi-sleeper that leaves decay behind it at the stoplights.

Just because it’s revolting doesn’t mean it doesn’t have a sort of dark potential.

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > MonkeePuzzle
06/20/2018 at 13:45

The hell you say.

MasterMario - Keeper of the V8s > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht
06/20/2018 at 13:45

has clutch pedal

I assume he’s trying to say it’s a manual, but it reads like the clutch pedal is the only thing there lol

PartyPooper2012 > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht
06/20/2018 at 13:47

it has.... umm.... clutch pedal.... but is it an automatic with a clutch pedal or a manual without shifter?

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > MasterMario - Keeper of the V8s
06/20/2018 at 13:47

Tie the gas linkage in place, and you only really need the clutch, amiright?

benjrblant > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht
06/20/2018 at 13:47

Thank goodness it turns over. Scratch that problem off the list.

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > PartyPooper2012
06/20/2018 at 13:48

There is a shifter. It’s on the column and looks as leprous as the rest of the car, save the plaid seats. Those have mange.

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > benjrblant
06/20/2018 at 13:49

It’s probably pretty easy to make move under its own power. Move safely, legally, stop, fuck no, but move around a little, yeah.

WilliamsSW > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht
06/20/2018 at 13:57

From the ad, it’s easy to interpret it as having *NO* transmission whatsoever. Have a feeling that might be the case here.

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > WilliamsSW
06/20/2018 at 14:02

T56 swap time.

WilliamsSW > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht
06/20/2018 at 14:06

Any idea how much modification it would take to drop a 460 in there with it?

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > WilliamsSW
06/20/2018 at 14:07

Springs, some work with a torch and/or grinder, bigger radiator. As long as you’re only trying to half-ass it.

WilliamsSW > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht
06/20/2018 at 14:11

Oh there’s no way I’d go any farther than half-assed on this thing. Hell that might even be too much.

And it ain’t worth $800 anyways.

Kiltedpadre > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht
06/20/2018 at 14:14

Thank god he has the keys. I can handle the complete overhaul the rest of the car needs, but needing to replace the lock cylinders and ignition would’ve been the last straw.

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > Kiltedpadre
06/20/2018 at 14:17

Look at it this way - between that and the state of it, it puts the missing title far indeed into “who actually gives a fuck” territory. The only person who would be in the least concerned where this car was if it was stolen would be an emotionally attached and insane previous owner, and they’d *probably* still have the keys.

WilliamsSW > MonkeePuzzle
06/20/2018 at 14:18

Wow who peed in your Cheerios this morning?

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > WilliamsSW
06/20/2018 at 14:19

If it’ll fire on a sniff of carb cleaner, that and the non-smashed lights and windows mean it’s about break-even at that with scrap value. If it’s got a trans, you’d probably be in the black.

Still worth bargaining down to $650, though.

Die-Trying > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht
06/20/2018 at 16:06

Kinja'd!!!

there is definitely potential there.......

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > Die-Trying
06/20/2018 at 16:10

I have a soft spot for anything with Ford overrockeritis and half-assed teal paint that’s oversprayed on the headlights.

Die-Trying > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht
06/20/2018 at 16:45

Kinja'd!!!

there used to be a BUNCH of them around when i was a kid. in this part of the world, they had gotten fox mustang 5.0, 5 speed swaps. those stupid cars were quick. used to get to see the guys putting them sideways in the streets while waiting for the schoolbus. left a lasting impression.....

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > Die-Trying
06/20/2018 at 16:50

My long term goal in life is to be in the position with time and money to be able to periodically buy and reanimate $800 Mavericks and turn them into $2000 Mavericks for about $2000 in parts, and dump them after sufficient sideways time.

Die-Trying > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht
06/20/2018 at 17:07

$800 mavericks are about the equivalent of $25o pintos right?

Ford Pintos - $999 (Boerne)

Kinja'd!!!

A set of 4 Ford Pintos. 3 are sedans and 1 is a station wagon........

that would be SUCH a good place to be at in life too........

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > Die-Trying
06/20/2018 at 17:09

That’s a terrible place to start a journey, but a hell of a road.