drool

OK, I have a Mark VIII and that Mercury, let me tell you, there is always something to work on on the old car. Electronics aside, keep in mind the thing is 40 years old.

The Mark VIII is pretty easy to get stuff fixed, for the most part you can find all the parts and you don't have too many weird problems. If you do, you can always just take it someplace and get it repaired. A lot of guys don't want to work on the old cars.

Like this summer, I drove 1100 miles and the ground for my gauges was faulty. It was indicating high oil pressure and high temperature and I had to stop driving because I thought I was overheating.

If you are really good at doing your own work it's less of an issue. I can only do small things and I'm no auto expert, so I do as much as I can and I found a good guy near me that's good with the old cars.

If I had $15,000 to spend on these cars and I was you, I'd buy that GT for $8000 and put $7,000 down on a new Fiesta or Cruze. This way you have a nice, reliable ride that looks good and you can take your time and enjoy your weekend car.




please explain. I'd like to hear pros and cons of modern vs classic.

Like i said a classic would be a fun project as the LS can be a b*tch when fidling with it

then again putting the 15k+ in the LS vs buying an old car means you might have the funds to do an engine swap in the LS....
 
OK, I have a Mark VIII and that Mercury, let me tell you, there is always something to work on on the old car. Electronics aside, keep in mind the thing is 40 years old.

The Mark VIII is pretty easy to get stuff fixed, for the most part you can find all the parts and you don't have too many weird problems. If you do, you can always just take it someplace and get it repaired. A lot of guys don't want to work on the old cars.

Like this summer, I drove 1100 miles and the ground for my gauges was faulty. It was indicating high oil pressure and high temperature and I had to stop driving because I thought I was overheating.

If you are really good at doing your own work it's less of an issue. I can only do small things and I'm no auto expert, so I do as much as I can and I found a good guy near me that's good with the old cars.

If I had $15,000 to spend on these cars and I was you, I'd buy that GT for $8000 and put $7,000 down on a new Fiesta or Cruze. This way you have a nice, reliable ride that looks good and you can take your time and enjoy your weekend car.

All is possible..... as said i'm not sure if I'll keep the LS or not but I'd enjoy an easier and less timid project than my DD to modify......and WASHINGTON is notorious for classic cars. We have plenty of classic car repair/parts shops, tons of classic car shows (another reason to choose old vs new, that or go to the Ricer shows), and all my friends work on and know old cars, just determines what make I get determines which friends can assist in knowledge. But I dont know of ALL the classic muscle cars out there.

that 351 is pretty slow, only 240hp...but a big block would sound tempting, how easy would an engine swap be?
 
You must have some bucks. Your top 3 are gonna run up to 70k or better for a good example. Not a lot of stage 1s out there. Whatever you narrow it down to, read up on that model and what to look for before you buy.

well I haven't looked at many prices yet, those are just all the ones I've liked thus far from reading American Muscle magazines :p
 
Engine swap is probably pretty easy everything should bolt right up, mounts and what not are available.


All is possible..... as said i'm not sure if I'll keep the LS or not but I'd enjoy an easier and less timid project than my DD to modify......and WASHINGTON is notorious for classic cars. We have plenty of classic car repair/parts shops, tons of classic car shows (another reason to choose old vs new, that or go to the Ricer shows), and all my friends work on and know old cars, just determines what make I get determines which friends can assist in knowledge. But I dont know of ALL the classic muscle cars out there.

that 351 is pretty slow, only 240hp...but a big block would sound tempting, how easy would an engine swap be?
 
lol my buddy "who got me into this" was putting out a suggestion that I should get a Camaro SS2 with him, his uncle ownes one of the chevy dealerships near me (jet chevy or lee johnson, I can't recall) and says he's likely to let us each have a fully loaded 2011 model SS2 for around 30k.

My design (that I built online) was the SS2 Manual Cyber Gray with black hood/hockey stripes with the RS package
 

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