Another Detroit Iron about to enter the mzziaz household

[Secret Chimp]

It looks like I'll be going out to Spokane Friday after next to drive the car home, give it a good inspection to find any hidden problems or wear items not found by the seller on Saturday, and send it off to Norway via Tacoma loaded up with spare parts on Sunday.

[Secret Chimp]

And maybe a trip to Ballard to get some lutefisk to leave in the glovebox as a welcome gift in between all that.

[mzziaz]

Automotive cultural exhange across the pond!

Thanks a lot, Charlie. I really appreciate it.

[mzziaz]

And what are those fotballers doing in my thread?

[mzziaz]

I actually live the closest to Spokane than anyone, but no, this would be kinda weird for me, plus I have lots of things going on...

Unemployed - and you still wont't do it? Gee, Cougs, I thought we were friends? 

[Raza]

Unemployed - and you still wont't do it? Gee, Cougs, I thought we were friends? 

He's busy being rich, ignoring pings, and fucking bushels of women who all turn out to be crazy. 

[Rupert]

LOL!

Nice car (in the way the Ranchero was nice)!

I woulda done it, too, had I been not in the field when all this happened. I still would, but it makes more sense for Chimp to do it since he lives next to a port and didn't just drive 2000 miles last week. I would need to fly to Spokane, and then back to Boise.

[Rupert]

He'll compensate you with well-sloshed aquavit!

[GoCougs]

Unemployed - and you still wont't do it? Gee, Cougs, I thought we were friends? 

So you really bought this car?

I do have things - the next number of weekends are booked and I pretty much have one meeting or event a day on the weekday. It's a 3.5 hour drive for me.

[Rich]

Rich is close to Spokane too but I don't see him piping up, so firsties!

Only an ocean and a country away

[Galaxy]

You could not find a 1982 Mustang in Europe? 

[Rupert]

Cheaper to buy in 'Merica and import, IIRC.

[Madman]

I'm surprised he didn't get a Canadian-spec car since the speedometer will already be calibrated in those silly metric measurements.

[Mustangfan2003]

I'm surprised he didn't get a Canadian-spec car since the speedometer will already be calibrated in those silly metric measurements.

Nah buy it like that and move the steering wheel to the right side just for the hell of it. 

[Secret Chimp]

Spoke with the owner and bought a ticket getting me into Spoke Can at 10 in the morning next Friday. He's meeting me at the airport so I just need to walk off the plane, get him paid and hit the road.

[mzziaz]

LOL!

Nice car (in the way the Ranchero was nice)!

I woulda done it, too, had I been not in the field when all this happened. I still would, but it makes more sense for Chimp to do it since he lives next to a port and didn't just drive 2000 miles last week. I would need to fly to Spokane, and then back to Boise.

I  know you would have. Noticed you were away when the news broke.

So you really bought this car?

I do have things - the next number of weekends are booked and I pretty much have one meeting or event a day on the weekday. It's a 3.5 hour drive for me.

Yup. Don't worry about it, Cougs.

You could not find a 1982 Mustang in Europe? 

Uhm, there's like two early eighties Mustangs on autoscout.de.

I'm surprised he didn't get a Canadian-spec car since the speedometer will already be calibrated in those silly metric measurements.

Oh, good point. A Candaian spec cluster would be nice.

Spoke with the owner and bought a ticket getting me into Spoke Can at 10 in the morning next Friday. He's meeting me at the airport so I just need to walk off the plane, get him paid and hit the road.

Great! You should do this for a living!

[Secret Chimp]

That's a good idea... I'll see if I can find any Canadian clusters on fleabay.

[mzziaz]

That's a good idea... I'll see if I can find any Canadian clusters on fleabay.

I'd kill for a pair of the red optional Recaro's, too.

[mzziaz]

Chimp has agreed to get some spares and leave them with the car to save on shipping. What would be the most typical maintenence items for the car?

I'm thinking:
Oil filters
Air filters
Fuel filter
Brake pads/shoes
Set of plugs
Possibly set of front rotors
Any electrical parts?

If rear yellow turn lights are available - that would be good too - to pass inspection. (Orange turn lights = mandatory)
Also, if it is loud, i'll need a temporary fix for inspection.

Any ideas?

[hotrodalex]

I don't think amber turn signals were available. Unless maybe from a Canadian spec car? I'm not sure what their laws are.

[mzziaz]

im hoping original cluster with yellow bulbs will be good enough.

[Secret Chimp]

Chimp has agreed to get some spares and leave them with the car to save on shipping. What would be the most typical maintenence items for the car?

I'm thinking:
Oil filters
Air filters
Fuel filter
Brake pads/shoes
Set of plugs
Possibly set of front rotors
Any electrical parts?

If rear yellow turn lights are available - that would be good too - to pass inspection. (Orange turn lights = mandatory)
Also, if it is loud, i'll need a temporary fix for inspection.

Any ideas?

For loudness, you can drop the system halfway through and stuff the mufflers with pink fiberglass insulation. I've also heard people take a piece of metal bent into a zig-zag that takes up most of the diameter of the pipe to cut droning.

Do they drive the thing for inspection or is just going to be idling?

[mzziaz]

They drive the car on a dyno thing to test the brakes, iirc.

[SVT666]

I don't think amber turn signals were available. Unless maybe from a Canadian spec car? I'm not sure what their laws are.

Canada has never required amber signals.

[Soup DeVille]

The '84 SVOs had Amber turn signals front and rear- I'm not 100% positive they would fit an '82 though. Also, the '99-'01 Cobras did too, but I'm 100% positive they will not.

[Secret Chimp]

This is kind of a hacky idea, but you could always move the turn signal socket over into the reverse lens and install it with an amber bulb. Then you'd just have to figure out a reverse light (dangle some $10 trailer light from under the bumper or something).

The tail lights for 84s extend much further inward, practically bordering a US-spec license plate, so I doubt that's a viable swap without cutting into the body.

[FlatBlackCaddy]

mzziaz, you should find something that is common here but valuable where you are and have the car stuffed full. My dad sold a car to some ausies and they stuffed them full of swap meet junk memorabilia because they get top dollar "down under". Anything you can imagine they sent there, and made good money doing it.

The only thing they didn't want was my men at work cd, go figure.

Seriously though, you have alot of open shipping space that won't cost you a penny over what the car itself will cost. Just a thought.

[mzziaz]

mzziaz, you should find something that is common here but valuable where you are and have the car stuffed full. My dad sold a car to some ausies and they stuffed them full of swap meet junk memorabilia because they get top dollar "down under". Anything you can imagine they sent there, and made good money doing it.

The only thing they didn't want was my men at work cd, go figure.

Seriously though, you have alot of open shipping space that won't cost you a penny over what the car itself will cost. Just a thought.

It's not allowesd to stuff the car full with junk when using ro-ro (cheapest).

[mzziaz]

Charlie is picking up the car right now!

That, or he've taken my money and gone on vacation.

[Secret Chimp]

Made it home about 45 minutes ago. This car is cooool (302 302 302 302) and the crappy parts of it are kind of amusing-industry-standard crappy (oh how quaint, this passed for acceptable HVAC controls in 1982).



There are only a couple of pressing mechanical issues - something's worn out in the front left corner (ball joint or strut bearing I'm guessing, not looking tiil tomorrow) and the handbrake is out of adjustment to the point of barely being there. The inside is practically brand-new as far as the dash and carpet/door coverings/seats go. The paint's half come off of the control stalks but it's an early 80s American car, what do you want. And you honk the horn with the turn signal stalk and it sounds like it's aimed at you.

Long story short I want to steal this car but it's already too well-documented as not belonging to me :P