Yeah, well.......... deal with it. February 15, 2009, 04:51:20 PM The old beast has 363,000km, has already been bashed several times, front suspension is shot, engine leaks like a sieve, valvetrain sounds like ball bearings in a tin can, driver's seat is boogered, windshield is cracked and "sandblasted" (a joy at night in the rain), water pump and heater core both leak if the RPMs come up, and rear brakes are down to metal and have started leaving puddles of brake fluid on the ground. I gathered all the part numbers to redo the brakes and was just about to order everything when the tranny started slipping badly in OD (more than it had been) and sometimes in 3rd. Driving to work (25 miles each way), the steering started binding, and not wanting to return to center without help. I whipped out my trusty pocket calculator, quickly added up the cost of all the parts needed to bring it back from the brink, and........If it's shaped like a brick, has the aerodynamics of a brick, and is even the color of a brick.................Auuugh! Too many doors!..GL? , not even a turbo.Still, it has 114 tire-shredding horsies (at 5400rpm)...Needs 8 fog lights and a BIG hood scoop. Quote Selected
Yeah, well.......... deal with it. Reply #1 – February 15, 2009, 05:02:50 PM It also needs a 5.0 transplant.Other than that,nice little car. Quote Selected
Yeah, well.......... deal with it. Reply #2 – February 15, 2009, 05:17:10 PM Looks like a nice car but im with vinnie it needs a 5.0 lolHere is a website for you http://www.telusplanet.net/public/gilesij/Volvord/ Quote Selected
Yeah, well.......... deal with it. Reply #3 – February 17, 2009, 03:12:30 PM Bricks are good.... Quote Selected
Yeah, well.......... deal with it. Reply #4 – February 17, 2009, 03:30:44 PM THAT is badass. Quote Selected
Yeah, well.......... deal with it. Reply #5 – February 17, 2009, 05:24:52 PM both hideous....but thats just my opinion... Quote Selected
Yeah, well.......... deal with it. Reply #6 – February 17, 2009, 07:22:04 PM Always liked the brick look, not all of them but some. I really like Chucks. Quote Selected
Yeah, well.......... deal with it. Reply #7 – February 17, 2009, 08:22:30 PM I had an '85 740 GLE that looked almost exactly like that, except mine was a four-eye. Same colour and everything. I loved it. It was slow as hell, but was a tank - I even used to drive it on the woods roads during deer season. Unfortunately it was the car I had my accident in back in '98 (was rear-ended by a Mazda 626, it ended my career in mechanics). I could easily see myself in another 7-series, though the next one would definitely be a turbo wagon.If you find it's got too many doors you could always find yourself a 780. I considered buying this one a few years ago: Quote Selected
Yeah, well.......... deal with it. Reply #8 – February 17, 2009, 08:30:03 PM Quote from: 1WLD BRD;257314both hideous....but thats just my opinion...Yeah well, a 5.0 shouldn't reside in an '84 GT Turbo...just my opinion...so there Quote Selected
Yeah, well.......... deal with it. Reply #9 – February 17, 2009, 08:54:39 PM Quote from: Chuck W;257370Yeah well, a 5.0 shouldn't reside in an '84 GT Turbo...just my opinion...so there Chuck took the words right out of my mouth!! and that silver Volvo is kickass!! ontopic---> is this your only car at the moment? Quote Selected
Yeah, well.......... deal with it. Reply #10 – February 17, 2009, 09:36:51 PM I liked the silver one with the newer stang wheels the most. Quote Selected
Yeah, well.......... deal with it. Reply #11 – February 17, 2009, 09:39:26 PM Quote from: Chuck W;257370Yeah well, a 5.0 shouldn't reside in an '84 GT Turbo...just my opinion...so there a four banger should have never even been an option for a stang to begin with.. (Turboed or not)... so THERE... LOL (lets see the comments when I put a '90 front end on the '84..... :hick: )Relax... Im kidding.....Maybe... :D Quote Selected
Yeah, well.......... deal with it. Reply #12 – February 17, 2009, 10:34:33 PM LOL I had a feeling you were going to convert it like the black (?) one you had. I love 86 GT fronts. Quote Selected
Yeah, well.......... deal with it. Reply #13 – February 18, 2009, 12:51:58 AM WHHHHHHAAAAAAAATTTT!!!! Why have that shiznitbox when you could get a Fairmont or LTD that is way cooler and would accept all the stuff you have in your garage when it gets to that point. The car is virtually clapped to the max...and if it was a Ford, you could justify bringing it back from the dead....that Swedish pen 15 pump is justifiably lame. No wonder the big three are dieing off, people think it is OK to own a car like this.........Am I crazy??? Quote Selected
Yeah, well.......... deal with it. Reply #14 – February 18, 2009, 04:52:35 AM Quote from: DVP;257407LOL I had a feeling you were going to convert it like the black (?) one you had. I love 86 GT fronts.lol, no I was just kidding, I am actually looking for an '82 GT front clips. but enough of the thread highjack... Quote Selected
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