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:lol: I laughed way too hard at that.

Y’all be nice to Chief. He’s really come out of his shell lately.
 

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My friend, no one on Earth has ever fully restored one of those cars.

I see it happen all the time on TV by professionals, now probably not for what I would call a reasonable costs.

Some have even upped the engine to 600 horse.

http://www.automobile-catalog.com/performance/1986/515435/chrysler_gts_2_2l_turbo_automatic.html

While this says it is a turbo, I don't see the turbo vent in the picture.

http://topclassiccarsforsale.com/ch...4-dr-rare-survivor-car-in-mint-condition.html
 

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My Dad bought my older sister a brand new Pinto, I believe it was a 77 or 78.....Holy cow that thing had to be the biggest POS ever known to mankind....I still remember my sister coming home stoned as hell and forgetting to set the emergency brake. That POS literally rolled down the driveway, across the street and into the middle of our neighbors yard at least a half dozen times.
Mine was a POS, but it was a relatively new POS, so I loved it. I'll never forget my dad drivng that thing and shifting without clutching, showing me how synchromesh really worked. I sat there watching in amazement.

I couldn't afford the payments on the thing once I enrolled at UF. I sold it and bought a '67 Firebird from a dealer on NE 23rd Ave. for $500.00. A three speed. The car smoked out the back and I asked about it. The salesman said it had a bad valve, $42.00 fix. Crock of sh*t.

I ended up having to replace the engine with one from a Chevy Nova. I set out to drive the POS home for the summer and the clutch pedal assembly fell out of the car north of Atlanta. I put it back together and drove straight through to Chicago. I stopped at a buddy's house to let him see the car and the friggin' motor fell off the motor mounts onto the street. I kicked a tire out of frustration and sprained an ankle.
 

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My friend, no one on Earth has ever fully restored one of those cars.
I googled hoping to find one hooptied up or something, but not a single one.

Pintos? yes Pacers? yes Not a single 80s Lebaron. Not one. Probably as likely to see a K car wagon.

WAIT.... does this count? 90s but lets call it close enough. I think they rolled on that paint. (Is it not a Mustang? Weird)

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Or this babe magnet:
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Seems like a possible photoshop (lulz)

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If this doesn't say, I'm a vulcan, I don't know what does.

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Remember all the turbo 4 Mustangs on the road when Ford introduced the Fox body? A 4-banger Mustang. It seemed like a sacrilege.
 

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Remember all the turbo 4 Mustangs on the road when Ford introduced the Fox body? A 4-banger Mustang. It seemed like a sacrilege.

That was my sister’s first car, without the turbo. A tan one. There was so much room under the hood I could literally stand between the engine and the radiator.
It looked pretty, but the lack of power was shockingly unbelievable.

I remember her really wanting a teal Honda CRX.
 

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That was my sister’s first car, without the turbo. A tan one. There was so much room under the hood I could literally stand between the engine and the radiator.
It looked pretty, but the lack of power was shockingly unbelievable.

I remember her really wanting a teal Honda CRX.
Ox banged your sister last night....





.... PS saying that your sister is now dead or handicapped only makes the story better.
 

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The morning of the '91 Auburn game, I had a long three setter with a tennis buddy. We were both dragging by the third set. I went to my left for a two-fisted backhand and landed awkward, dislocating and breaking the left ankle. I was driving a manual '85 300ZX Turbo at the time. It had to go because the bad leg made clutching an impossibility.

I picked up a 5.0 '92 Mustang GT just like this one. Fast as hell car. Throaty exhaust. I put 40k miles on that sucker over the next 14 months before I switched to the new body style 300 ZX.

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Mine was a POS, but it was a relatively new POS, so I loved it. I'll never forget my dad drivng that thing and shifting without clutching, showing me how synchromesh really worked. I sat there watching in amazement.

I couldn't afford the payments on the thing once I enrolled at UF. I sold it and bought a '67 Firebird from a dealer on NE 23rd Ave. for $500.00. A three speed. The car smoked out the back and I asked about it. The salesman said it had a bad valve, $42.00 fix. Crock of sh*t.

I ended up having to replace the engine with one from a Chevy Nova. I set out to drive the POS home for the summer and the clutch pedal assembly fell out of the car north of Atlanta. I put it back together and drove straight through to Chicago. I stopped at a buddy's house to let him see the car and the friggin' motor fell off the motor mounts onto the street. I kicked a tire out of frustration and sprained an ankle.
I learned to drive a 1968 VW Bug that my Dad bought as an extra car when gas started getting expensive in the mid 70's. I wired the 4 speed pretty quickly and drove it around the neighborhood when I was 12-13 years old. He never ended up driving the thing and it sat for several years unused except for me driving it. I wanted that car so badly as my first car but he ended up selling it when we moved across town. Instead when I turned 16 I had to share a 1974 Ford Galaxy with my Mom...what a boat that thing was. We could sneak 8 or 9 people into the drive in movies with it though...the trunk was that big.

Then I turned 18 and my Dad bought me my first car as he did with all 5 of his kids....I was presented with the only car on this planet that could rival the Pinto and challenge it as the Biggest POS Car ever.....A Ford Tempo....:facepalm: As if the fact that most of all my friends were driving cool cars like 1971 Chargers, 68 SS Camaro's as well as some others having Toyota 4x4 PU's...….The thing went from feeling like a new to being almost undrivable within 2 years and about 35,000 miles:lol2:.. One day when I stopped by my parents house I told Dad that I was going to get a new car he ask if I needed his help....I simply looked at him and said I got this, Dad :lol:.
 

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I learned to drive a 1968 VW Bug that my Dad bought as an extra car when gas started getting expensive in the mid 70's. I wired the 4 speed pretty quickly and drove it around the neighborhood when I was 12-13 years old. He never ended up driving the thing and it sat for several years unused except for me driving it. I wanted that car so badly as my first car but he ended up selling it when we moved across town. Instead when I turned 16 I had to share a 1974 Ford Galaxy with my Mom...what a boat that thing was. We could sneak 8 or 9 people into the drive in movies with it though...

Then I turned 18 and my Dad bought me my first car as he did with all 5 of his kids....I was presented with the only car on this planet that could rival the Pinto and challenge it as the Biggest POS Car ever.....A Ford Tempo....:facepalm: As if the fact that most of all my friends were driving cool cars like 1971 Chargers, 68 SS Camaro's as well as some others having Toyota 4x4 PU's...….The thing went from feeling like a new to being almost undrivable within 2 years and about 35,000 miles:lol2:.. One day when I stopped by my parents house I told that I was going to get a new car he ask if I needed his help....I simply looked at him and said I got this, Dad :lol:.
Coulda been worse... it coulda been a Topaz.
 

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The morning of the '91 Auburn game, I had a long three setter with a tennis buddy. We were both dragging by the third set. I went to my left for a two-fisted backhand and landed awkward, dislocating and breaking the left ankle. I was driving a manual '85 300ZX Turbo at the time. It had to go because the bad leg made clutching an impossibility.

I picked up a 5.0 '92 Mustang GT just like this one. Fast as hell car. Throaty exhaust. I put 40k miles on that sucker over the next 14 months before I switched to the new body style 300 ZX.

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My best friend in college had that 92 5.0 Mustang in college in red. Holy Jesus it was fast. It was stolen out of his apartment parking lot and the cops told him to forget about ever seeing that car again. They actually found it 4 weeks later during a massive drug bust up in Waldo. Not a single scratch on it.

We lost touch but reconnected last year when he moved to Jax beach. I went out there to see him. He still has it and it is in absolute pristine condition.
 

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My best friend in college had that 92 5.0 Mustang in college in red. Holy Jesus it was fast. It was stolen out of his apartment parking lot and the cops told him to forget about ever seeing that car again. They actually found it 4 weeks later during a massive drug bust up in Waldo. Not a single scratch on it.

We lost touch but reconnected last year when he moved to Jax beach. I went out there to see him. He still has it and it is in absolute pristine condition.
Same... UF/Army friend had a white '92 GT in Gainesville and it was a screamer.
 

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A buddy from High School who is now with I believe ASO, got a '91 Ford Mustang 5.0 his Freshman year (96-97). Ended up taking it to Gator Nationals track for amateur night (or something like that) the only requirement was to wear a helmet. He won a couple, until he started to face the guys that really put some money in their cars.
 

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My dear friend, who I consider a brother, has a Red 2006 (Generation 3) Viper convertible with only 6000 miles on it. It was always his dream car and he picked it up DIRT cheap on salvage title with 2500 miles on it. Some middle eastern prince bought it new in Cali, drove it to Miami, and then accidentally put it up on a curb at the end of his journey. My buddy, of course, had several experts look at it and nobody could figure out why it was considered a salvage. Basically the only damage was a crack front fender, which was easily replaced.

There is nothing comfortable about driving this car, but it sure is sexy. 8.3L V10 with 510 HP.

Looks like this one. He drove it to Phan's tailgate one year.
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He also has DG's F150 Raptor. And some sort of 1100cc motorcycle. And a house directly on the St Johns. Never been married and no kids.

fuker
 

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