Alright, someone just posted a 1989 grand marquis wagon, whole and functional I presume (but no details) for sale under craigslist auto parts.
I own a 1990 colony park and need 2 pieces of trim right now: and I'm trying to decide if it's worth buying the whole car and pulling out lots and lots of parts, and giving the rest to the junkard for $100.
I called and left a message last night, and will call again soon to get the scoop: my suspicion is that it's under car parts, because it's higher mileage and needs more work than anyone but a fanatic would put into it
First I'm wondering, did the grand marquis have aluminum wheels like the colony park does? If so, I'll snag those.
I DO need 2 pieces of trim that are dented up, definitely snag those.
There are many parts that I'm too much of a perfectionist to get... certain motors simply start failing at 100k, 150k, 200k miles, and I don't want to put even higher-mileage replacement parts in only to have to replace them again in short order.
First question is: what things that AREN'T body work, tend to last forever barring accident or bad luck? Should I save the brake booster, some wiring harnesses...? I'm thinking about all the electric parts that I've replaced on my 115,000-mile car, and don't really want to take the time to pull them out of a car with even more miles if I'm just going to find myself replacing them AGAIN a half year later because they were already on the way out
And second question: which body parts are hard to find? Just need two pieces of trim today: but should I take all of the chrome and box it up for the future? And, the taillight and turn signal covers. Those, I can store. If I start saving the doors themselves storage will be trickier. The entire car... I don't have a blightable backyard for that, sadly.
I own a 1990 colony park and need 2 pieces of trim right now: and I'm trying to decide if it's worth buying the whole car and pulling out lots and lots of parts, and giving the rest to the junkard for $100.
I called and left a message last night, and will call again soon to get the scoop: my suspicion is that it's under car parts, because it's higher mileage and needs more work than anyone but a fanatic would put into it
First I'm wondering, did the grand marquis have aluminum wheels like the colony park does? If so, I'll snag those.
I DO need 2 pieces of trim that are dented up, definitely snag those.
There are many parts that I'm too much of a perfectionist to get... certain motors simply start failing at 100k, 150k, 200k miles, and I don't want to put even higher-mileage replacement parts in only to have to replace them again in short order.
First question is: what things that AREN'T body work, tend to last forever barring accident or bad luck? Should I save the brake booster, some wiring harnesses...? I'm thinking about all the electric parts that I've replaced on my 115,000-mile car, and don't really want to take the time to pull them out of a car with even more miles if I'm just going to find myself replacing them AGAIN a half year later because they were already on the way out
And second question: which body parts are hard to find? Just need two pieces of trim today: but should I take all of the chrome and box it up for the future? And, the taillight and turn signal covers. Those, I can store. If I start saving the doors themselves storage will be trickier. The entire car... I don't have a blightable backyard for that, sadly.
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