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Thanks, I've heard the same from a couple of other folks! It's just that when the car ran it was strong and not worth scrapping and then crushing. I still want a 97 Thunderbird Limited Edition and if I can't find another one I can locate a decent-shaped regular 97 and turn it into an L.E. There's one not too far south of Toledo at a dealership with 87,000 miles on it, very clean, but they want $6000 for it! I contacted them via e-mail and told them it wasn't worth more than $4000 and they never responded! That was 2 months ago and it's still listed for their original asking price.
I still want another car to drive for the winter when the Mark is sleeping. The wife wants me in a small economical car. OK, I would go with a Focus but it would NEED to be a manual trans WITH 2 doors and A/C. They're out there but go for around $8500 to $15,000! On top of that I'm 6 foot 2 and don't fit comfortably in them but I can make it in. For around $5000 to just under $10K I can get into a 2000 to 2002 Lincoln Continental. But it has a V8 (wife doesn't want me in another V8), and it's front wheel drive, plus it's 4-doors. I'm not much of a fan of 4 doors. Opening the hood you can see the engine and it's sideways! But there's something about it that attracts me, perhaps it takes some design cues from the Mark? Dunno. In any case I'd need to wait to build up some cash to get something. But then, for about $3000 to $5000 I can fix up the Tbird to like-new.
Here are pics of a 2000 Continental in Toreador Red, the last year that color was used. The model ran to 2002. This clean example was sold last year but it shows what I'm thinking about.
I still want another car to drive for the winter when the Mark is sleeping. The wife wants me in a small economical car. OK, I would go with a Focus but it would NEED to be a manual trans WITH 2 doors and A/C. They're out there but go for around $8500 to $15,000! On top of that I'm 6 foot 2 and don't fit comfortably in them but I can make it in. For around $5000 to just under $10K I can get into a 2000 to 2002 Lincoln Continental. But it has a V8 (wife doesn't want me in another V8), and it's front wheel drive, plus it's 4-doors. I'm not much of a fan of 4 doors. Opening the hood you can see the engine and it's sideways! But there's something about it that attracts me, perhaps it takes some design cues from the Mark? Dunno. In any case I'd need to wait to build up some cash to get something. But then, for about $3000 to $5000 I can fix up the Tbird to like-new.
Here are pics of a 2000 Continental in Toreador Red, the last year that color was used. The model ran to 2002. This clean example was sold last year but it shows what I'm thinking about.
