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maybe a taurus six-banger. other than for one year (2006?), they made 67 gajillion of them, so parts are easy to find and are cheap... ish.cops see a hundred of 'em a day and don't look twice at 'em. they've made them for a long time, so 2K would definitely get one. they are one of the best-selling cars of all time, but research the year of it first (that should be standard practice for any car you're interested in, but it's worth saying again).
sorry you lost your job, btw.
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Thank you. I got a new better job in no time. The owner of the place loves me he actually just gave me the janitor position because he found out i got this car. 25 a day cold hard cash ill take it.Originally Posted by lynn's engraving
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[edit] ooh a monte carlo.
well its easy to work on. i know for a fact those timing chains on those old montes like to snap mid drive. so you'll probably want that instantly replaced. (100$+400 in labor if you can't do it yourself) your A/C system is probably shot to hell and can't hold a vaccum. its the old R-12 system so that'll need to be entirely replaced and upgraded to a R134-a system or better as r12 is highly illegal as f@#k to use. (new standard coming out next year......yay) so thats another 1,800~2,400$ if you ever want air conditioning in your vehicle again.
Gaurentee it needs all new bushings on the suspension, 300$. new struts 210 and up$ per side. those drum brakes are a living pain in the a@# to work on. another 200$ spark plugs about 100$ depending on the style you use. New distributor 100$, guessing a new carb since that things probably sat for years and just dumps fuel into the intake manifold at this point.. 225$ + 175$ for adjusting if you can't do it yourself.
I'd probably pull the intake manifold gasket and replace it. i'm assuming you want to haul ass. and if that gasket is 20+ years old its probably flakes at this point just waiting to bubble and spew coolant into your pistons TKO'ing your engine.
I bet your about to dump a used 2004 honda civic into that monte carlo to get it to a point where its a reliable driver. (5,200~7,000+) and can be legally on the road.
If your state/country requires emission standards to be met before you can tag your car.... man your f@!ked. but if you live in a place like oklahoma.. your styling! i've seen cars driving around with open headers and half the body panels missing.
No way you would make it more then 2 miles in california with out a officer emptying his citation book on you though.
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If I am not mistaken because of the age of the vehicle he is exempt on a lot of the certifications and testing.
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well i'm sure they still want you to have a functioning EGRV valve, a hole-less exhaust and functioning o2 sensors (if that car even has those lol)
I'll have to snap off some photos off all the work my buddies done on his towncar. it's insane. No low-rider action or racer action. hes just well. restoring i to what a 86 towncar should be.
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Not necessarily. In MD at least, if you license a vehicle as historic it never has to pass any inspections. And actually, outside of certain areas surrounding DC, Baltimore, and Annapolis, emissions inspections are not required in MD, so those three parts wouldn't need to be in working order on any vehicle regardless of age or registration status in order to be road legal outside those few areas.
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just to clear everything up. in the state of pa any car that dose not have a catalytic converter stock does not need a emissions test. this car is in great shape in sat in a garage for 14 years and only sat out side for 3 i think. im getting it this coming Saturday so ill take some better pictures and post them. as far as the exhuast card and spark plugs im getting a better carb eventually and im replacing the plugs + distributor with a performance racing one. in the next 2 years ill have the entire car redone. it will hopefully be on the road come December.
edit. x88x is right about the historic thing. as far as the air conditioning unit its all goign to be pulled. thats why they have windows.
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well there ya go!
oklahoma sounds exactly the same,
oh heres his towncar, its got 15" Triple chrome daytons in the trunk, needs a alignment before the rims get thrown on.
wish i had some before pictures of the interior. it still looks sorta dirty (got to steam clean it next week or so) but jesus H christ before it was insane. that carpet was more of a mat of just nastyness and those seats were black in some spots. some of those panels on the dash were missing, others were dented, still looking for a new glove box.
The exterior took almost a whole can of carnuba and finishing wax. it'd just suck it up and suck it up and suck it up. boy its glossy now though.
The whole front end is new, new control arms, new bushings, new sway bar, new ball joints, new bearings, new C clips, new rotors, new pads, new calipers, new lines, new master cylinder, new gaskets, new distributor new solinoid, new coil new cables new plugs, new injectors. new ignition (you can see it in the 2nd picture) and what ever we removed we ran through the acid bath and painted it.
hes in it about 2,400$ now. but the way its running, seems it'll easily get another 100,000 miles off of it!
Oh! when you replace your distributor, make sure you replace your coil deal to, and your supposed to re-program your ECU as well. but thats something you'd have to ask majorbud about or research yourself. hes the mechanic.
anyways at this point its about two more trips to pull-a-part for cosmetic stuff like the broken trim on the front end, the glove box and maybe a interior door panel or two.. oh yea needs another passenger door handle as that just broke again (lincoln door handles blow chunks. next time you see a towncar look at the door handles and they'll all be bent and broken lol)
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Ummm... Why would you not align the car with what your going to be driving around in it on. They are also called wheels not rims but thats not a big deal, but I doubt his monte cas a ecu/ecm scratch that it doesn't have one this is good old fashioned mechanical muscle so he is good to go.
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Here’s a bumper sticker I’d like to see: “We are the proud parents of a child who’s self-esteem is sufficient that he doesn’t need us promoting his minor scholastic achievements on the back of our car.”
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i got the car yesterday already started to do some work on it. the fenders have to go the doors probably as well. the gas tank has a hole in it and 4 others that were patched so i may just grab a new one. and the rad has a bad leak in it. so i have gas and antifreeze leaking in my garage. makes a nice concussion.
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