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Haha headlight bright control im only 26 but ive driven many many old cars i just refuse to let them die 77 nova 72 cutlass supreme with a 455 71 brougham de elegance caddillac with the 425 86 cabriolet vw engine was so small i could lift it without a hoist 89 crown vic with 305 74 impala with a 383 stroker 78 regal like in training day lol list goes on sold some for profit loss money on others just the way she goes
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Haha I knew it would be too easy!
My ex wife asked me where she could get 710 0E-m01 fluid one time, I had to leave the room so I didnāt laugh lol
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Hahaha 710 fluid should have squished her a dab hahaha
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Tell her next to the falooka valve
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G-bodies are just something else. Meanwhile mines on the back burner till I get this farking house built lol
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Shit wishing i had the means for a vehicle girl crashed our car two months been tough this last year but things are already looking brighter so no reason to start complaining
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My wife asked me once if I could oil her brakes because they were starting to screech.
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Never thought of that, lol.
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You mean all this time Iāve been replacing pads when I was supposed to just lube up the brakes!
Never taught me that in tech ed classesā¦
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Havenāt posted in here, but iām a definite auto junkie. Was raised up in a car family that restored cars for fun didnāt mater the brand or where they came from, still vehicles to have fun with, even if there was a lot of heckling and bugging.
Considering a trip to Bonneville with the father in the next year or so. Currently i have nothing on the go, just due to where i live and the cost of owning a place with garage. But i have a few projects tucked away for when the time comes.
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Congratulations!
Now there are two official members of the OG BMW owners club!
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Yo @Jellypowered. I donāt think this one has a speed limiter, lol.
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It only has like 100k on it, slight hail damage and an oil leak but only have 4400 in it so far. Iāll have her lookin like new in no time. Solid car, my first BMW ever. Not boosted but I donāt care much about that In a family car.
Drives like new though, all wheel drive, sunroof, power everything, heated seats, etc lol
Edit:
Pretty sure the oil leak is just the valve cover. Iāve got the N52 3.0SI straight six. It has a sunroof and fancy leather so Iām pretty sure I have the āMā or possibly even the Sport package.
Second edit: Didnāt think to mention it, but my father and I are business partners, we decided in light of the other van always needing some work for some reason or another, that we needed a backup. Bought a Second Sprinter today as well. 2006 158" wheelbase (LONG). Itās only got 200k on it, which my current work van has just hit 621k. Gonna have to convert the rear to my prefered loadout (E-track welded in, wood panels, carpet on the wall, build a new ramp for loading, and insulation) But iām pretty happy about having a backup van now.
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Something I havenāt seen in a car in decades: a dimmer switch! 
Whatād I win? 
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Bragging rights and a bit o respect lol. They donāt make em like they used to!
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Hereās a classic for you:
Since rarity is one determiner of a classic car. This is a 2004 Focus SVT. 14,001 made between 2002 and 2004. By now at least half of them have been wrecked or loved off the road. I havenāt seen another Focus SVT since maybe 2014. You can be honest: you never heard of an SVT Focus, but you may have seen the ass end of an unnaturally fast Focus a few times. If you have, you met an SVT. It just didnāt stick around long enough to introduce itself. 
170 HP from the factory in a naturally aspirated 2.0L. The engine is so clean burning, it doesnāt employ an EGR system.
5 speed manual trans only
Cosworth tuned header
Ricaro all leather seating (not a speed feature, but really rockinā seats nonetheless)
2.25" diameter exhaust (huge for a 2.0 liter)
Variable intake timing
Intake manifold switches from long runners (for torque) to short runners (horsepower) when the RPM is appropriate
4 wheel disc brakes
Many features not related to power output.
I added:
- a 65mm throttle body
- K&N air filter
- removed the silencer tube in the air box
- high power coil
- 10mm ignition cables
- replaced the cat with an 2.5" off road pipe
- Clutch Master stage 2 clutch with a 9 lb. aluminum flywheel
- poly urethane motor mounts
- Posi-traction
- upgraded the brakes
- front and rear shock tower braces
- Koni adjustable shocks front and rear
- brand new springs on all wheels
- complete Dominant Engineering fully adjustable suspension
Iām probably forgetting something.
This was my daily driver when all the modifications were made. Since I bought my 2011 Fiesta, the Focus SVT is a weekend warrior.
In the late '90s and early '00s I had a '95 5.0L Mustang Cobra. The previous favorite car to that one was my '69 Mach1 Mustang. I bought that one in '72.
Iāve also had about a dozen motorcycles in my life as well. The last 2 were impressive in their time, an '80 Suzuki GS110E (looked like a road bike but was as fast as my next bike) and an '83 Yamaha FJ1100. It wasnāt any faster than the Suzuki, but it was made to corner like a racer.
That was just a rundown on all my favorites.
Cheers
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Youāve. Got. To. Be. Kidding.
You are one lucky, lucky dog.
I did not expect that at allā¦
Please tell me you compete in club trials or scca or something.
That car would be such a blast to drive.
Definitely in my top 20 list.
Thank you for sharing with us @Cobra50!!
Stay hazed
Jake
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The love of my life a canary yellow 1968 Lincoln continental mark III burned to the ground 7 years ago from an electrical fire.
I saved and scrimped those 7 years for her replacement
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@Cobra50 Contemplated the motor of the SVT for one of my project cars āLotus Europaā as i can get a bell housing adapter for it if need, that or i was gonna do a honda k20-k24 transverse swap, or throw a toyota 4age in it, which are fun engines, weak link in my stock reanult transaxle, so kinda the reason im leaning the honda route using the stock tranny.
But thats if i donāt sell the car first, as i prefer old compact cars and small wagons.
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