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Broadstruck
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Would this be consider Dreck?
1989 Mercury Grand Marquis
42,500 original miles (odometer has not rolled over)
Great running Ford 5.0 EFI motor
2 brand new front tires. Comes with 5 extra wheels and 8 extra tires.
Good title
Unique Features: roof cut off, mule deer skull & antlers, Mustang GT spoiler, flame hood scoop, Dixie air horn, General Lee 01 painted doors, toilet seat gas cap, dead arm hanging out the trunk, Christmas lights, misc stickers and badging.
Things that don’t work: Transmission will not go forward (reverse works). No rear brakes. Heater core is broken.
Delivery is available within Cedar Rapids / Iowa City & surrounding areas. $1 per mile delivery charge round trip from Lisbon.
Release of Liability: Buyer releases Seller of all safety and legal liability. This car is currently licensed & insured but there is no guarantee that you will be able to do the same.
Serious buyers only please. $750 cash.
https://cedarrapids.craigslist.org/cto/d/lisbon-1989-mercury-grand-marquis/6967067129.html
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Mustang GT spoiler!! @Mustangbob missed this beauty?
I like the toning around that wheel well.
Betcha his neighbors would pay the $750 just to get it out of the neighborhood.
Altered color and environmental damage
At least it's not cleaned.
My father had one just like it (minus the modifications). Same color too.
It burned to an empty shell right in front of his house.
But unlike a coin, that can be fixed.
The toilet seat makes it.
One of my Army Buddies welded a toilet seat on the back of his tank during the Gulf War, camouflaged. There was even a piece of rebar to hold the paper. It was a bit of a joke, until the actual combat operations commenced, and there were no "facilities" downrange. It was quite nice to have a sit down spot, according to him, and it got a lot of use from the other tankers.
However, it did him pause one morning (much of the fighting was at night as the US can see and fight at night, whereas the bad guys do not have the equipment) when he jumped off the tank to relive himself, leaning against the side, and realized he was "watering" a mine. Thankfully, it was an anti-tank, so he, as a person, was not at risk, but the check around carefully before heading out to make sure that mine did not have friends. .
That thing is a chick magnet! Put on some music pumpkin.
"A dog breaks your heart only one time and that is when they pass on". Unknown
...if they are representing “The General” then those doors better be welded shut
You can be underwater on a coin, but it is hard to imagine a coin that is not some form of "asset".
The real estate equivalent of the vehicle shown would be called a "money pit".
A vehicle that you can drive out on a 2,000 mile round trip excursion with a 95% likelihood of getting back home with no breakdown(s) is still a desirable vehicle. Less margin than that, it starts to become a liability.
It's only fun when there are no real worries. I realize I am a spoil-sport.
Source: Presently I own three older autos (no payments) and two are liabilities. My kid is driving the only asset.
This is one of those things you can't unsee.
LIBERTY SEATED DIMES WITH MAJOR VARIETIES CIRCULATION STRIKES (1837-1891) digital album
It depends on if you're racing it in the 24 hours of lemons. It looks like it could be in a 24 hours of lemons. (Which might be one of the greatest racing series of all time. And yes, it's a real race series.)
Your example is $250 too expensive though. Maybe he can be talked down to $500.
Here's a synopsis of the latest race.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dwWZgvin-Pk
You can polish a turd...
But it's still a turd. Or in this case : a ford..... I mean... a mercury.
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nice rim toning on the front wheels !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Interesting screen name
Maybe related to old bag.
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I know someone who lives in Lisbon, IA.
I knew it would happen.
Definitely post mint damage
Paper money eventually returns to its intrinsic value. Zero. Voltaire. Ebay coinbowlllc
On another note, I had a thermostat on a '64 Rambler replaced there once.
I knew it would happen.
was it a rambler american ?