Originally posted by Hearsesrock427
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I actually had a guy stop and talk to me for a bit while I was working on the car the other day in my driveway. (I live on a busier street). The car is definitely an attention getter even in it's current state. Surprisingly, my '89 also gets compliments too from time to time. I had someone call it a "sweet ride" while I was unloading my stuff for a gig at a bar the other month and a kid just the other day at CVS gave it a compliment as well.
Also, you're absolutely correct about the unobtanium. Parts are getting really scarce for non normal wear items... and even those are going to soon be all gone. (God I hope Moog doesn't stop selling stuff, they're one of the last good brands making new steering parts) I plan on stocking up on extra sets of stuff while I can because I feel like with every purchase from RockAuto, another thing goes "Out of Stock" forever. Two points on that matter: The drums. I had to reuse the original ones because I literally cannot find replacements. They just don't exist unless I can find another similar year LTD rotting in a junkyard somewhere in a neighboring state with halfway decent drums. Also, crank window door handles. RockAuto had the nice replacements up until just last week. I went to finally grab them to keep as backups and now they only have the plastic Dorman cheapo replacements that I've read are just absolute garbage. Damn. Looks like I'll be on eBay looking for some NOS Motorcrafts to pop up...
I actually don't find the regular maintenance and rot fixes as boring. I sort of enjoy the headache. Thanks for the info on the roller cam. I'll be sure to keep that in the back of my head. I do plan on tearing down and upgrading some stuff in the engine once I square all the body stuff away.
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