i want it!

"farscythe - makin da cawfee!" (farscythe) 05/05/2020 at 17:09 • Filed to: None

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oooh yeah...thats a farscythe mobile

nice and clean on the inside too

currently sitting at $600 and the reserve has been met....still 3 more days of bidding to go tho *sigh*

lol....well...thats different

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Jim Spanfeller > farscythe - makin da cawfee! 05/05/2020 at 17:14

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Always wanted to build one of these as a sleeper car and call it the Ford Siesta.

You should bid on it.

Darkbrador > farscythe - makin da cawfee! 05/05/2020 at 17:15

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Ooooh ! Do it ! 

JawzX2, Boost Addict. 1.6t, 2.7tt, 4.2t > farscythe - makin da cawfee! 05/05/2020 at 17:17

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this one isn’t much cheaper.

https://vermont.craigslist.org/for/d/south-burlington-1979-ford-fiesta/7113437688.html

farscythe - makin da cawfee! > Jim Spanfeller 05/05/2020 at 17:19

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i should..ill be checking back on it in 2 days...if its still well under a grand by then i will

farscythe - makin da cawfee! > Darkbrador 05/05/2020 at 17:21

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heres to hoping they dont bid on it to much over the next couple days

farscythe - makin da cawfee! > JawzX2, Boost Addict. 1.6t, 2.7tt, 4.2t 05/05/2020 at 17:22

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getting it from vermont to here might be a lil costly tho 

Darkbrador > farscythe - makin da cawfee! 05/05/2020 at 17:22

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Wondering what it would take to import one to the US ... I learned to drive on Mk1 Fiesta like that ... 4 speed manual and all ...

farscythe - makin da cawfee! > Darkbrador 05/05/2020 at 17:26

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far as i know..it mostly just takes money.. but i think its tripper you should ask about that.. he shipped over a bmw 2002 a while back

JawzX2, Boost Addict. 1.6t, 2.7tt, 4.2t > Darkbrador 05/05/2020 at 17:33

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Depends on if you have someone to deliver it to the port for you, or if you need full service. I looked into getting a Lada Niva here (Verm ont ) from Spain, if I had someone to deliver it to a port with Roll on-Roll off (RoRo) service I could have had it shipped and cleared customs to a local-ish port (Boston) for about $1200. Using a full service shipper that would pick the car up, pack it in a seacan (the Niva is too tall to double stack in a can, so that didn’t help the quote) and send it containerized to a local depot (Albany NY) was about $6000.

Darkbrador > JawzX2, Boost Addict. 1.6t, 2.7tt, 4.2t 05/05/2020 at 17:35

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JawzX2, Boost Addict. 1.6t, 2.7tt, 4.2t > Darkbrador 05/05/2020 at 17:39

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This one is in Vermont:

https://oppositelock.kinja.com/1843269936

Cé hé sin > farscythe - makin da cawfee! 05/05/2020 at 17:40

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It seems remarkably intact for a 40+ year old car.

Distraxi's idea of perfection is a Jagroen > farscythe - makin da cawfee! 05/05/2020 at 18:00

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That is the best gearshift knob I’ve seen in a lo ng time. If the less obvious fixes are up to that standard, it’s a steal.

Dead_Elvis, Inc. > farscythe - makin da cawfee! 05/05/2020 at 18:08

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Hey, c’mon - it already traveled from Hawaii to Vermont, keep it moving!

Dead_Elvis, Inc. > Distraxi's idea of perfection is a Jagroen 05/05/2020 at 18:14

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And then there’s this:

ETA: but I’m w/you on the shift knob.

Manwich - now Keto-Friendly > farscythe - makin da cawfee! 05/05/2020 at 18:17

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Well you can’t have it!!!

It’s too dangerous!!!

:-p

farscythe - makin da cawfee! > Manwich - now Keto-Friendly 05/05/2020 at 18:25

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but............i want it *stomps feet*

Distraxi's idea of perfection is a Jagroen > Dead_Elvis, Inc. 05/05/2020 at 18:30

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In fairness, that’s  about the only way you can get the sunroof on a 1970s economy car to be watertight. Cheap sunroofs are the dumbest idea ever ( followed closely by expensive sunroofs) .

Admittedly, he could have made just a leeeeeee tle effort to smoo th off the sealer - it’s not that hard to wet your finger and run it over the goop .

Dead_Elvis, Inc. > Distraxi's idea of perfection is a Jagroen 05/05/2020 at 18:48

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Exactly - it’s semi-permanent, but can easily be done so that it doesn’t look like complete ass.

facw > Distraxi's idea of perfection is a Jagroen 05/05/2020 at 19:00

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I can’t see myself ever buying a car without a sunroof (or more accurately, a power moon roof), unless of course it’s a convertible or something. They are wonderful features, and from my personal experience concerns about leaking are vastly overstated.

I am however willing to believe that a 1970 s subcompact might not have had exceptional sunroof quality.

glemon > farscythe - makin da cawfee! 05/05/2020 at 20:21

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I always thought these looked better than the contemporary VW Rabbit, but around here they all turned to rust or scrap long ago.

RooseveltDad > JawzX2, Boost Addict. 1.6t, 2.7tt, 4.2t 05/05/2020 at 20:54

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Oh, that’d be fun! I’ve driven one, they are fun to drive.

Distraxi's idea of perfection is a Jagroen > facw 05/05/2020 at 23:45

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Everyone’s mileage varies, I guess.

For myself, I’ve had probab ly half a dozen cars with sunroofs of the 30 or 40 I’ve ow ned. I’ve never opened any of them beyond trying it out, and I find the increased light/heat from the glass ones posi tive ly irritating. Plus of those, two of them (both older cars) had leak issues , one due to a dodgy seal (which then turned out to be NLA) and the other a blocked drain , which was easily fixed but had ca u sed headliner damage and corrosion of the roof panel as a consequence be fo re I noticed. Also, when I was working for an OEM in the 90s, sunroofs were comfortably our top warrantee issue for pretty much the whole time I was there.

Modern cars are no doubt miles better, as they are with most things. But still: not a fan.

farscythe - makin da cawfee! > Dead_Elvis, Inc. 05/05/2020 at 23:56

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ooo... i missed that pic...lol

Manwich - now Keto-Friendly > farscythe - makin da cawfee! 05/06/2020 at 00:30

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NO!

Now go to your room!!!

Dead_Elvis, Inc. > farscythe - makin da cawfee! 05/06/2020 at 03:00

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Eh, I guess I wouldn’t sweat it that much for the price (so far)

pip bip - choose Corrour > farscythe - makin da cawfee! 05/06/2020 at 03:05

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bid!

duurtlang > JawzX2, Boost Addict. 1.6t, 2.7tt, 4.2t 05/06/2020 at 06:53

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So the difference between RoRo and ‘full service’ is about $4800? There is some profit to be made here by fellow European members. I used to live within an hour of an international RoRo port (Emden, Germany) , and have driven a BMW E30 Touring there once, for export to the US. Really not that difficult.