looking at an 87 cougar for my son's 16 B-day What would you do?

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Re: looking at an 87 cougar for my son's 16 B-day What would you do?

Reply #15 – November 23, 2004, 09:31:33 PM

BIG UPDATE
Got my kid a car this past satuday

http://teamnir.net/forum/index.php?act=Attach&type=post&id=5685

1985 Ford T-bird
3.8 v6
3 speed auto
power locks,seats,windows,mirrors
am/fm cassette ( will be replaced with a CD player)
AC

$2000.00

ONLY 57,130 miles on her

Got it off of a little old lady who only drove it to church and the store
NO REALLY a little old lady ,well was her granddaughter.
Grandma was going into a nursinghome and would not need it anymore,had to sell it.
They owned it since 87 kept it cleaned up and in a garage.

Only two small rust spots on rear deck lid and maybe 2 or 3 scratches on the whole car. the front bumper trim is faded.

Even with the bad rep of the 3.8 v6 head gaskets I could not pass this car up.
Just needs some chrome rims and BFG tires.

Now I can teach him to drive and park my 86 5.0 Bird and get some mush needed work done to her.

I to wrecked my mom's car 8 weeks after getting my license and beat the heck out of my first car(77 nova RS)

He will see it for the first time on 12/18/04(B-day party)
I have it hid now in my dad's back yard.
The next day he will be changing oil and lubeing the chassie.

Praying that if I get him to take care of it and do his own repairs right from day one he will not have to learn the hard as many of us did.

Re: looking at an 87 cougar for my son's 16 B-day What would you do?

Reply #16 – November 23, 2004, 10:56:20 PM

Dammit! that bird looks clean :eek: Gotta love the old lady cars, definately a good find.

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The next day he will be changing oil and lubeing the chassie.

Dont for get the three coats of carnuba wax :rollin: he will make sure it doesnt get dirty after that!

Re: looking at an 87 cougar for my son's 16 B-day What would you do?

Reply #17 – November 24, 2004, 02:47:11 AM

Very nice car! With that low of miles, you should have nothing to worry about.

Re: looking at an 87 cougar for my son's 16 B-day What would you do?

Reply #18 – November 24, 2004, 09:54:22 AM

Get some 15" stock mustang style rims. They'll help the handling and firm up the wishy-washy ride. Plus they won't rust or anything. Looks just like my car did after I bought it.