[Shotimes] ATX parts car? & some other misc Q's

[Ron Nottingham]

You make it sound like I have had 36 new cars :-)  This total includes 5
beater pickups, 3 people movers (2 minivans and current full size), and 1
SUV.  Most of my cars started out as projects, and most cost me less than
$750, a couple were even FREE!  I have only had 7 cars that cost more than
$2k (not including 3 new).  I find I don't like to have payments on new
cars, since I like to tinker so much, and car payments take away from the
tinkering budget :-)  I currently have only 4 vehicles, current beater
pickup, Ford Club Wagon, SHO, and wife's BMW.

Ron N. - Dalton, GA
90 SHO

----- Original Message -----
From: "Tony Fratzke" <tfratzke@southviewdesign.com>


> You're only 34 and you had 36 cars?!  Holy nutsacs, I'm 28 and I've only
> had 4 cars my whole life of which two I still own!
>
> Tony 93 ATX
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: shotimes-admin@autox.team.net
>
> First the ATX parts car Q's:
>
> How much should I expect to pay for one?  I'm only looking for an
> engine,
> harness, electronics, engine acc. and IP, so the rest of the car can be
> toast.
>
> Where can I get such a parts car?  None of my local J/Y's want to help.
> I
> talked with my ins co, and the info I found out is that to go to an ins
> co
> auction, one must have a license to operate a scrap yard or have a sales
> tax
> id and fed tax id for a scrap yard.  Plus, most of the scrap yards have
> "deals" already cut with ins cos, and those cars don't even make it to
> auction.
>
> Now, some of the other Q's:
>
> Having sent my spare block, heads, and crank to the machine shop to have
> them checked out, I was told I needed to have the crankshaft (rod
> journals
> only) ground and polished.  Are oversize bearings available for the SHO
> engine?  Is this even possible with the SHO crank?  Or would this be a
> good
> time to stroke the engine? (j/k)
>
> Also, anyone know of any nice (straight body, decent interior, good
> 5-speed)
> 84 to 88 T-Bird Turbocoupes around for cheap?  Engine need not run.
> Prefer
> 84 to 86 models, since the 87-88 models are higher, and I'll be changing
> out
> most of the stuff anyway.  Color doesn't matter, since I will be
> repainting
> Porsche Gaurd's Red, and the interior color doesn't matter, since it
> will be
> replaced with all black (hard parts need to be in fine shape, carpet,
> headliner, and seat fabric can be in shreds, but seats should not be
> broken).
>
> I'm hitting my first mid-life crisis...  Geez, I'm only 34(!)...  And
> I'm
> trying to build my "ultimate" car from all the cars I have had in the
> past.
> The red/black from my first car, 79 Mercury Capri RS Turbo (in the
> retiree
> set before I knew it :-), favorite body style from my 3rd car, 84
> Thunderbird Turbocoupe, and favorite engine from my 31st(!) car, my SHO
> :-)
> (I've had 36 cars so far :-)
>
> Anyway, here is my project in a nutshell: Turbocoupe with SHO engine,
> twin
> turbocharged, about 400hp, 5-lug conversion, Torq-Thrust wheels (SVT
> Bullet
> may be substituted), 8.8 rear with 3.73 rear gear and Traction-Loc.
>
> Thanks All!!!
>
> Ron N. - Dalton, GA
> 90 SHO
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