Fixer Upper '86 coupe

Tom S. · Post by **Tom S.** » Mon Feb 06, 2006 8:58 am

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayI ... Track=true

n20capri · Post by **n20capri** » Mon Feb 06, 2006 3:07 pm

DAMN...that car is worth less than $500...tops...such a shame...

Sandy · Post by **Sandy** » Mon Feb 06, 2006 5:13 pm

Henry can't wait for a collector to buy & restore it

n20capri · Post by **n20capri** » Mon Feb 06, 2006 5:28 pm

Sandy wrote:Henry can't wait for a collector to buy & restore it

Yeah I bet...lol. I was excited when I saw it was a 5-speed but boy she's in need of some major TLC...plus it's too expensive IMO...

Plus only having 1 picture can't be a good thing...Statements like this are never a good thing either...lol
"THE INTERIOR IS IN FAIR CONDITION FOR A 20 yr OLD CAR"

Post by **negusm** » Mon Feb 06, 2006 7:08 pm

Sandy wrote:Henry can't wait for a collector to buy & restore it

No kidding. It looks just about like my car used to....and I had to dump mad money into asc parts from Hank.

-Mike

n20capri · Post by **n20capri** » Mon Feb 06, 2006 7:58 pm

negusm wrote:
Sandy wrote:Henry can't wait for a collector to buy & restore it
No kidding. It looks just about like my car used to....and I had to dump mad money into asc parts from Hank.

-Mike

Mike what's the latest on your car? Post up some new pics if you have any...

Post by **negusm** » Mon Feb 06, 2006 8:25 pm

n20capri wrote:
negusm wrote:
Sandy wrote:Henry can't wait for a collector to buy & restore it
No kidding. It looks just about like my car used to....and I had to dump mad money into asc parts from Hank.

-Mike
Mike what's the latest on your car? Post up some new pics if you have any...

Latest? My interior is about all back together and has gone through it's first "phase" of restoration. I need to button up the dash...put in the glove box and screw in the gauge bezel.

I need to find and fix the coolant leak I have. Looks like it may be somewhere around the timing cover. UGH!

After that I think I can register it and DRIVE it!

There is SOOOOOO much still broken on the car. The low oil sensor harness appears missing. I can't figure out where to hook all the foglights up to. I need new carpetting, I should dye the dash pad to match the dash. The T5 tranny hump needs to be welded in so I can get a console in the car. (the console HAS been fully restored though).

Then there is simply the nasty undercarriage up front and the rear in the back. Maybe I'll drive it for 2-4 years before tackling all that stuff. By then my son will be 6-8 and ready to help me out!

-Mike

n20capri · Post by **n20capri** » Mon Feb 06, 2006 9:04 pm

negusm wrote:
n20capri wrote:
negusm wrote: No kidding. It looks just about like my car used to....and I had to dump mad money into asc parts from Hank.

-Mike
Mike what's the latest on your car? Post up some new pics if you have any...
Latest? My interior is about all back together and has gone through it's first "phase" of restoration. I need to button up the dash...put in the glove box and screw in the gauge bezel.

I need to find and fix the coolant leak I have. Looks like it may be somewhere around the timing cover. UGH!

After that I think I can register it and DRIVE it!

There is SOOOOOO much still broken on the car. The low oil sensor harness appears missing. I can't figure out where to hook all the foglights up to. I need new carpetting, I should dye the dash pad to match the dash. The T5 tranny hump needs to be welded in so I can get a console in the car. (the console HAS been fully restored though).

Then there is simply the nasty undercarriage up front and the rear in the back. Maybe I'll drive it for 2-4 years before tackling all that stuff. By then my son will be 6-8 and ready to help me out!

-Mike

Cool sounds like your making some progress...if you need pictures of the low pressure harness let me know...I'll try to snag some for ya...

My fog lights used to work but they don't now and I can't figure that out either...I think they stopped working after I got it back from the paint shop...maybe they crossed a wire or something...I have to get under there and investigate...just been lazy though...

plumkrazy · Post by **plumkrazy** » Tue Feb 07, 2006 12:34 am

Boy, you guys make me feel good about my Mclaren. " that i'm not the only nut case to buy a fixer upper" I bought it just because I LOVE capris. And Mclaren's were always cool but rarely seen. I also wanted a project car.
Mine is in the welding stage. Alittle here and alittle there.
I know mine will never be a perfect SHOW car but it WILL LOOK GOOD and be driven Daily. 70 miles plus a day and dirt road duty. The way it should be.

Post by **negusm** » Mon Mar 06, 2006 3:12 pm

It's back yet again.

I wonder what will finally happen to the car. I don't have a great feeling it will survive in one piece for much longer.

http://cgi.ebay.com/Mercury-Capri-ASC-M ... dZViewItem

-Mike

n20capri · Post by **n20capri** » Mon Mar 06, 2006 3:48 pm

negusm wrote:It's back yet again.

I wonder what will finally happen to the car. I don't have a great feeling it will survive in one piece for much longer.

http://cgi.ebay.com/Mercury-Capri-ASC-M ... dZViewItem

-Mike

Damn it's actually the 3rd time now...Maybe he'll get lucky and someone will accidentally hit the bid now button, then enter an amount, then hit the confirm bid button...

Sandy · Post by **Sandy** » Mon Mar 06, 2006 5:27 pm

Okay, in discust to its condition, I have finally pulled the shipper tag and McLaren built order on the car....WHOAAA

Is's the 9th Full Packaged Coupe made for 1986. It's Dash Plaque is (was) # 009. Now, get this, it was RAVEN BLACK when it left ascMcLaren and was ordered to be made without the striping kit/decals/logos. So.....It was a totally black car, looking much like a Capri RS with ( I assume ) a rear spolier, side ground effects and a front air dam. The rims were the anthracite silver ones.

EDIT: It was shipped to Jacksonville, Florida.....

Post by **negusm** » Mon Mar 06, 2006 6:12 pm

Weird. I wonder how it got blue with stripes then? I wonder what the door tag reads.

-Mike

n20capri · Post by **n20capri** » Mon Mar 06, 2006 7:07 pm

Sandy wrote:Okay, in discust to its condition, I have finally pulled the shipper tag and McLaren built order on the car....WHOAAA

Is's the 9th Full Packaged Coupe made for 1986. It's Dash Plaque is (was) # 009. Now, get this, it was RAVEN BLACK when it left ascMcLaren and was ordered to be made without the striping kit/decals/logos. So.....It was a totally black car, looking much like a Capri RS with ( I assume ) a rear spolier, side ground effects and a front air dam. The rims were the anthracite silver ones.

EDIT: It was shipped to Jacksonville, Florida.....

Sandy why the rolling eyes???

Sandy · Post by **Sandy** » Mon Mar 06, 2006 10:40 pm

Because in the picture no "color" can be seen, as it's all in prime. The little piece of air dam in the front left looks to be my car's color, the Smoke Charcoal Grey, but under the questions ON the actual web site, some guy asks if it was originally the blue with orange, and the seller reples "Yes" ~ Upon looking it up, Sandy finds factory forms indicating that it was originally a "Sold" car & made in Raven Black, with a request to NOT install the decal package. So..... What the heck is it really supposed to be? Thusly the

The only thing that I could actually verify is/was that it WAS initially REALLY a McLaren !! (and a F.P. one at that.....