Posted by sleeperspirit http://newjersey.c...to/4380801547.html That bumper though

"Show car quality"

At what sort of car show would that be considered high-quality? Concours d'LeMons?

That bumper is offensive. So are the side pipes and the racing stripes.

And the price. A mint Spitfire seems to be a $5000 car. One with racing stripes and that other crap, probably $3k?

Posted by bandi That bumper is offensive. So are the side pipes and the racing stripes. And the price. A mint Spitfire seems to be a $5000 car. One with racing stripes and that other crap, probably $3k?

As someone who HAS driven one of those cars, wow is that overpriced.
I mean, they're quirky and fun, but they're still a 70's Triumph that came will all sorts of oh so fun headaches. They make a 70's Fiat look like a Toyota Camry when it comes to reliability.

And, yes that bumper is just awful... it just doesn't work on that slim body.

HUGE number its like he goat grade 9 wood shop class to make it for him,also -why would one ever do an exhaust like that.

Posted by Samurai They make a 70's Fiat look like a Toyota Camry when it comes to reliability.

At least some of the Fiats were sort of almost quick. (My 1500 Cabrio was... my X1/9 was not.)

http://cleveland.c...to/4445411171.html Not a Vette fan but this is pretty cool

http://cleveland.c...to/4445177862.html Apparently it's a car, too.

http://cleveland.c...to/4425316219.html Sweet!

http://www.govdeal...mid=49&acctid=1309 Pretty cool!

http://www.govdeal...emid=4&acctid=5695 Here you go!

http://www.govdeal...d=3395&acctid=4753 We could use this to do live UETV shows!

Just found this:

http://www.govliqu...arch&utm_term=jeep

It's in my price range, but a bit far away.

http://denver.crai...to/4445109408.html Holy crap I wish I had 4k

http://denver.crai...to/4442861879.html Nope

http://denver.crai...to/4448534906.html Why so stiff?

http://denver.crai...to/4428677871.html 1970 Subaru

http://denver.crai...to/4448577951.html Super clean RX-7

http://denver.crai...to/4422431536.html Mclaren Coupe?



http://denver.crai...to/4448351015.html WTF?!?!

Posted by cavemonkey http://denver.crai...to/4448577951.html Super clean RX-7

WOW. I'd own that. I miss mine so much.

I'd own that Subaru as well.

i had an 84 Capri RS 5.0L... the ASC McLaren was like a Saleen Mustang Lite. They raided the SVO parts catalog, slapped their name on it and tried to get 10k more than a normal V8 RS. It's rare, but not Saleen rare.

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I'll bet with that Subaru, the guy bought it and realized what a nightmare it's going to be to restore it and now is trying to unloaded it for something less of a hassle.

Two things:

The only pristine Ford Tempo we may ever see today:
http://eauclaire.c...td/4449534269.html




And this one may be getting towed home next week unless I come across some kind of glaring anomaly; I'm going up to see it next week:
http://www.fiero.n...4/HTML/061553.html

Needs tires, a fuel pump (watched a friend do it a few years ago - not hard but I need to see how the underside was braced and if the tank will be a bitch to drop, as a result) and a battery. Shouldn't be too hard to flip, from there.

Posted by bandi WOW. I'd own that. I miss mine so much. I'd own that Subaru as well.

Did you know that Subaru's logo is the Pleaides star cluster? The more you know!

Damn. That is a clean Tempo. But it's kinda like having a mint condition Solo Cup from the eighties. Kinda neat you saved it but weren't ya suppose to throw it away?

Wow, that was weird... I forgot Tempos even existed until I saw those pictures. And they were so damn common.

http://easttexas.c...vs/4443223657.html Just make sure it's really clean on the inside before you take possession.

That red interior flooded me with memories from 1992, burning my young legs on the vinyl seats after the car had been sitting in the sun all day or on the chrome door handle. I think ours was a topaz though.

There's a reason there's no ford tempos in existence anymore

there was a kid on this forum, the UER one, not the Car, that was a Tempo FANATIC. I insulted the car commenting on a picture in the UEDB and he went rabidly insane! (it was kind of fun). I wish I could remember where the picture series was... It was in Ontario somewhere, but that's all I remember. Ten years is a long time to be on a forum. As an aside, my brother owned a 92 or 93 Topaz and to be honest, it was a fucking piece of shit. The temperature would drop below 15F and it wouldn't start without pulling the spark plugs out. The front had parts that I am pretty sure were from a tinkertoy set. The automatic transmission was a spastic waste of aluminum and the seats were as comfortable as a park bench. This was not a great car for Ford and the Contour/Mystique (or Condom/Mistake) that replaced was just as bad if not worse.

I've known several people who have owned Tempos or Topazes, and every single one of them has regretted it. I wouldn't take one for free. Well, maybe for free. There's gotta be a sucker somewhere that would buy it from me. Or scrap it. Or get people to pay $5 to whack it with a sledge hammer.

I think the Tempo had to be the shittiest driving car ever made... they made the K Car feel like a world class touring sedan.

I ran a '92 Tempo in a demolition derby- after that it became an endurance race car. (Yes, after the derby). Could NOT kill that hateful little car.

The engine seized up after the 250 lap race (because the rad vanished pretty early in the game). The next morning when I scrapped the car, it started up like nothing ever happened. Those 2.3s were tough!