Classifieds and Auctions Thread

XR7-4.6 said:
C bodies are the last frontier of affordable Mopars,
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Quoted for troof. Where else are you going to find a late 60's two door anything that is mostly complete and this condition for $3k? I'm actually surprised a derby guy hasn't snatched it up yet.
 
KevinVarnes said:
I don't mind larger wheels on older cars as long as it is for a purpose. Too often I see 18" wheels and then they have whatever aftermarket kit they got so they can say they have disc brakes with 9" rotors. The wheels on the Pontiac just look goofy to me.
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Ever seen the Audi UFO brakes from the 80s/90s? They inverted the disc and caliper so they could run larger rotors on a 15" wheel.
 
KevinVarnes said:
Quoted for troof. Where else are you going to find a late 60's two door anything that is mostly complete and this condition for $3k? I'm actually surprised a derby guy hasn't snatched it up yet.
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Agreed, and certainly not many that look that cool… I mean really

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KevinVarnes said:
Never seen or heard of them, but it seems like a very German thing to do.
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Oh it was.

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Dang I want some of those to clear 18" wheels. It could lock up 44" super swampers🤣
 
I don't think I've ever seen one of these with this clean of a body. Even back in the 80's when they were somewhat common. Bonus points for the manuel transmission.

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The rare front fender and door rot! Was this car mostly driven in reverse??

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Rodeo Joe said:
Yup!

My brother in law had one with a stick and he rolled his one night.

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One of my friends Dads had one and also rolled it. No joke, the Bronco II almost single handedly gave traditional SUVs of the era the reputation for being “tippy”.

The Bronco II was as badly engineered as the Pinto’s gas tank and probably more dangerous, Ford doesn’t get enough shit for it( though the Explorer/Firestone debacle was some deserved comeuppance for those actual death traps)
 
That is a very nice Thunderbird. I REALLY like the interior. Why would anyone want to sell something that nice?
 
White Lincoln said:
That is a very nice Thunderbird. I REALLY like the interior. Why would anyone want to sell something that nice?
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Lots of reasons.

Buyer's remorse, life changes (marriage, divorce, moving, etc., too many cars. Whatever the reason.
 
White Lincoln said:
That is a very nice Thunderbird. I REALLY like the interior. Why would anyone want to sell something that nice?
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CDsDontBurn said:
Lots of reasons.

Buyer's remorse, life changes (marriage, divorce, moving, etc., too many cars. Whatever the reason.
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Honestly I wouldn’t feel worthy of caretaking a car that rare, original and mint. I keep my Cougar clean and nice but to me it’s not on the level of something untouched like that. Plus having much more of a mindset for hot rodding than I do preservation I wouldn’t know what to do with the damn thing. I don’t enjoy car shows to display it, and I could get much rattier high mile cheaper SCs to drive and get the same level of enjoyment from.
 
XR7-4.6 said:
Honestly I wouldn’t feel worthy of caretaking a car that rare, original and mint. I keep my Cougar clean and nice but to me it’s not on the level of something untouched like that. Plus having much more of a mindset for hot rodding than I do preservation I wouldn’t know what to do with the damn thing. I don’t enjoy car shows to display it, and I could get much rattier high mile cheaper SCs to drive and get the same level of enjoyment from.
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Same. I remember when I tracked down my grandfather’s old Hemi Superbird, the new owner had it completely restored and only trailered it to shows, and my immediate thought was I could never own a car like that because there is no way I wouldn’t be driving every day there wasn’t snow on the ground.
 

No MN12s (yet?) They're all hosted on Hagerty's website
 
Vicinity said:

No MN12s (yet?) They're all hosted on Hagerty's website
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It’s amusing to me how there’s as many half complete/broken cars there are in these sorts of collections as my model car collection 😆


It does have a late 90s Regal GS which is a car that sometimes throws me at a distant glance, Buick totally copied the taillight panel from both the Tbird and Cougars. Not to mention the 35th anniversary paint scheme

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