Ahh, yes great and wise sensei.

I have been to Ojibwe several times, I helped rebuild my friend's MGMidget from scratch, i am a certified amateur radio operator (I know electronics very well) and I have worked on my own vehicles since I was 15. (First car was a 1984 oldsmobile delta 88 royale Brougham LS with the 307 V8. Whopping 10mpg.)

It is just... this all kinda popped up out of nowhere and it took me removing body panels to find these issues. The starting i knew about, but I just have never experienced turning a key and the engine not going a single thing. Haha. But after my delta, i knew cars inside and out. Trust me on that one! I replaced everything from the alternator to the rear main seal on the block. By far, I DO NOT know everything about cars. I am still learning and this is why I want to invest in a stock vehicle and learn from scratch. I have daddymonk who used to rally his rx7, and his friend Alex who also rallies. All three of us dun fucked up on this investment, but like I said, I am happy to get almost half my money back from the previous owner, and the fact i can at least make the best of this and part it out then sell the shell to a junk yard. I could still come out even in the long run, but that is just stupid day dreaming now. ;p

I am looking at georgia, florida, texas, arizona and out of state cars for a new hatchback rustang. Like you said magic, it was a few hundred dollars i could have spent on something else, but life tends to like to give me these shitty situations no matter what I do. I could find a rustless mustang from CA and I would somehow break the frame.

Like i said before, it is just money. At least i got a lesson and some parts out of this experience. Next time i am bringing my flood light and a jack.... OH WELL. You cant tell an ambitious 21 year old to slow down in his rally endevor! At least I learn, right?

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and this is why you should always buy a LOGBOOKED car if you buy a built car:

http://seattle.craigslist.org/see/cto/2440287785.html

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hey, i have a 1987 ford escort gt, it has a 1.9 efi high output engine, also the ecu is out of a turbo murkur allowing higher rpm shifting, stock boddy kit, plastic windshield and side windows, no interior and at the moment no seats,, full roll cage ideal for a practiceing rally driver, car starts rite up and sounds like a monster needs suspension work, a new engine mount,, does need to be towed away...

click the link to see the "cage".

I see what you mean. There's no way that seat is legal.

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and this is why you should always buy a LOGBOOKED car if you buy a built car:

http://seattle.craigslist.org/see/cto/2440287785.html

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hey, i have a 1987 ford escort gt, it has a 1.9 efi high output engine, also the ecu is out of a turbo murkur allowing higher rpm shifting, stock boddy kit, plastic windshield and side windows, no interior and at the moment no seats,, full roll cage ideal for a practiceing rally driver, car starts rite up and sounds like a monster needs suspension work, a new engine mount,, does need to be towed away...

click the link to see the "cage".

I see what you mean. There's no way that seat is legal.

Yeah, everybody knows that a milk crate is much safer.

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and this is why you should always buy a LOGBOOKED car if you buy a built car:

http://seattle.craigslist.org/see/cto/2440287785.html

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hey, i have a 1987 ford escort gt, it has a 1.9 efi high output engine, also the ecu is out of a turbo murkur allowing higher rpm shifting, stock boddy kit, plastic windshield and side windows, no interior and at the moment no seats,, full roll cage ideal for a practiceing rally driver, car starts rite up and sounds like a monster needs suspension work, a new engine mount,, does need to be towed away...

click the link to see the "cage".

I see what you mean. There's no way that seat is legal.

Whaddya mean, it says "rally-ready"!!!!

You nay sayers.

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Sleezattle, WA, USA

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Amateur Radio operator? Oh, no, not some ARES whacker!!!!

www.hamsexy.com

Don't say that you're a ham too loudly, or rally organizers will kidnap you and strap you to a 2m mobile in the back of some Free Candy van so they can have communications at their event.

Which reminds me, I need to fix the antenna wiring in my Subaru...

What was this thread about again? Audis?

73 de KB1PJY

Heres one in Deer Park, WI 1hr from the cities.
http://minneapolis.craigslist.org/wsh/cto/2416148888.html
Roller for $750, '89, stored indoors for the last 9 years. Interior is already out of it, so tell him to keep that and offer $600.

"very minimal rust" for $900 in Little Falls 2 hours from the cities.
http://stcloud.craigslist.org/cto/2429558303.html

a 92 in Pine city, about 1 hr away, for $500.
http://minneapolis.craigslist.org/ank/cto/2445140344.html

Or see if this works, a search tempest link for mustangs for sale by owner within 100 miles of new brighton and under $1500: http://www.searchtempest.com/results.php?location=55112&maxDist=100&region_us=1&search_string=mustang&keytype=adv&Region=na&cityselect=zip&page=0&category=8&srchType=T&subcat=cto&minAsk=0&maxAsk=1500

what exactly does rallied mean as applied to your friends experience?

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Which reminds me, I need to fix the antenna wiring in my Subaru...

Consider yourself strapped!

Anders

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what exactly does rallied mean as applied to your friends experience?

Logbooked, caged, stage II weight reduction, etc. He knows his stuff. His svt was rallied to hell and back and his rx7 was rallied on the side. This rustang project also got interesting. Pulled the seats to find.... no floor pan. "I CAN SEE DAYLIGHT PATRICK!" Quote of the day... but the engine bay is good. Nothing is frozen up in the front end (thank god).

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Amateur Radio operator? Oh, no, not some ARES whacker!!!!

www.hamsexy.com

Don't say that you're a ham too loudly, or rally organizers will kidnap you and strap you to a 2m mobile in the back of some Free Candy van so they can have communications at their event.

Which reminds me, I need to fix the antenna wiring in my Subaru...

What was this thread about again? Audis?

73 de KB1PJY

Haha, I will keep my antennas off my vehicles when i roll up then. I dont wanna end up doing that all day at an event!

Good luck on the rewiring!

73, KD0IQU

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what exactly does rallied mean as applied to your friends experience?

Logbooked, caged, stage II weight reduction, etc. He knows his stuff. His svt was rallied to hell and back and his rx7 was rallied on the side. This rustang project also got interesting. Pulled the seats to find.... no floor pan. "I CAN SEE DAYLIGHT PATRICK!" Quote of the day... but the engine bay is good. Nothing is frozen up in the front end (thank god).

so they have entered stage events? not trying to be difficult or confrontational i just want to know what your knowledge (or access to knowledge) baseline is.

when did they compete? i have met (in person and/or online) most of the Midwest based competitors over the last 10-11 years and i may have bumped into them or seen them on stage. i also used to run a lot of rallycrosses in MN. always nice to reconnect with old competitors.

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Logbooked, caged, stage II weight reduction, etc. He knows his stuff. ...

What on God's green earth does "stage II weight reduction" cover? Outside of some very generic way of naming levels of weight reduction in the PS3 game GT3?
Is that an "industry standard"?

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Brian

Stage II sounds eeriely like the engine mods levels in the Ford Performance handbook from 1970: stage 1, stage 2 and stage 3. I guess it's a new Ford performance sequence......

Mark B.



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Logbooked, caged, stage II weight reduction, etc. He knows his stuff. ...

What on God's green earth does "stage II weight reduction" cover? Outside of some very generic way of naming levels of weight reduction in the PS3 game GT3?
Is that an "industry standard"?

Kanske det är kod för ''bilen är lättare på grund av alla metal som nu bifinner sig ute i omvärlden i form av järn oxid''

Stage1 is maybe back seats and the naormal junkl removed.

Stage 2 is maybe LARGE PORTIONS of bearing members of the unibody has ''gone back to nature''
like the first car bought above.

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John Vanlandingham
Sleezattle, WA, USA

Vive le Prole-le-ralliat

www.rallyrace.net/jvab
CALL +1 206 431-9696
Remember! Pacific Standard Time
is 3 hours behind Eastern Standard Time.

What a bunch of ignoraymouses.....Stage II weight reduction is when you roll on stage 2 and lose the windshield, one tire, the hood scoop, rear wing and the co-driver walks out on you.