How Much Have You Spent On Your Mark?

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OK, all Mark owners please respond. I was just tallying up the amount of money I've spent on my Mark since I bought it almost three years ago.

$1500 Price of Car
$1500 Transmission
$1000 Heater Core
$500 Misc sensors that needed to be changed
$500 Front Airbags, upper and lower control arms
$1000 Sound system
$500 Interior parts changing from Gray to Black
$700 Avic D1
$7200 AND STILL GROWING!:eek:

How much have you spent on yours?
 
2k for the car
900 for the trans
500 for air suspension
300 for exhaust

Total:3700. Wooty woo!
 
Round numbers:

8000: Purchase price last july.

150: Two 15,000 LB GVWR Stack Plate Transmission coolers
600: Griffin Radiator - Can't find anyone else who can custom build me one. suggestions are welcome.


1000: 94 Teksid Block
2400: 298 c.i.8.5:1 CR Forged Rotating Assembly
3100: Heads. Int/Exh Lift .450 - duration 215@50..? Exh 220@50thousands . Lobe 114 degrees. I'm sure the head guys know what this all means... if I even wrote it down properly that is.
200: New timing chains, tensioners and sprockets.
800: New accessories, like WP, AC compressor, Alternator, PS pump and pulleys.
600: 96-98 Cobra Intake
300?:SCT Mega Meter
31oo: Twin Turbonetics 60 Series Hair Dryers with a .61AR - this may change -
700: Kook's Headers - Long bung FORD O2 sensors
40?: Cobra High Volume Oil Pump
200?: ARP in all the right places
650: Aeromotive Fuel Rails
200: BEGi RRAFPR (Rising Rate, Adjustable Fuel Pressure Regulator)
850: 72lb/hr Matched High Impedance RC Engineering Injectors
345: Three Walbro 255 lph/HP Intank Pumps -
600?: Racer's Edge 3200 Stall Converter - this will have to be restalled once the package is done -
2500: Bauman Engineering tranny with lock-up
650: Denny's MMX Driveshaft
200: Carrier Brace
500: Ford Racing 3.73 Trak Loc Gears + labor
650: Raxles Halfshafts
200?:polyurethane Bushings
180: Cobra Bilstein Shocks
300?: Front struts from eddie
120: R&P Assembly
300: Addco Swaybars
???: 5x4.5 Mustang hub conversion on all 4 corners
1600: 13" Crossdrilled/vented PBR Dual Caliper Brakes on the front
Stock size cross drilled/vented brakes on rear.
1000: ASA AR1 18" wheels. Black with machined lip.
1000: Eagle F1's wrapped on the wheels

600: NGS Tester
299: X-Cal 2
900: Panasonic Toughbook for datalogging.
900: Avic D1+XM NavReaffix receiver.
600: Remote start/alarm with labor
500: ApeXi Turbo controller.
700: Brand new Driver's side Door Panel.
400: Valentine One Radar Detector.


I'm going to add another grand for various stuff like custome PS lines, nuts blots and the like.

Bitch of it is, It's still not done.
 
I got the car in November.
Paid $0 for it.
Spent about $1000 so far.
More to come.
 
$9500 for the car.
$200 for a headlight bulb.
$140 for new door handle and paint.
$2 for a taillight bulb.
$35 for a K&N filter.

I see my mechanic every morning in the mirror, so at least I don't have to pay for labor. :D

I have one heavily modded car, and that's plenty for me.

Paul.
 
purchase price...3k

money put into repairs....0

being a tech at a ford dealer.....priceless


edit: nice....twin turbos. how you gonna work that in with the kooks headers? chop the crap out of them?
 
$3000 for 1994 Mark
$93 for walbro 255 fuel pump Stock one shot craps under warenty still from dealership so i bought the pump they didn't charge for labor lucky me
$290 MAF LMS
$115 MSD wires
$10 spark plugs
$60 headlight bulbs
$2600 stereo
$130 tranny flush
$60 radiator flush
Total
$6358
And i haven't even really gotten into puttin any mods on yet
 
I lost count on the third one....but WELL over $50K between all three.....and as soon as god is nice to me again (jobwise) the tally will start again....and it looks good that I will be getting another Mark within the next few months....needs some work, but free+shipping. That will make 4 Mark VIII's that I have owned.

And that is not counting the price I paid for my first Mark.....was only a lil over a year old when I purchased it.......so you can say I payed a premium for it....and it only had 21K on the clock......:shifty:
 
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$4450 for the car
$2200 for trans 3 days later
$1000 for air suspension
$500 for brakes
$300 for tune up
$1650 for second trans
$300 for fixing coolant crossover tube
$5-700 for stuff i forgot, or things iv done myself.


soooo, like $11,000 (oh and that 700 worth of crap i did myself could easily cover the rest of the stuff, besides trans's, that i got ripped off for when i didnt know my a$$hole from a plug wire)
 
I'm at 14 K on the 95.


This is not including my labor, which would be ringing up at 45-50 per hour if I was having it done.


2300 on paint materials alone.


I am buying at 5th VIII in the next couple of weeks. (good deal type of thing)


All in all, with repairs, and general matienince between the 3 running VIII's dad and I have. 67-70 K on all 3
 
paid $8250 for the car
$300 for IMRC cleaning
$500 for tires
$200 for brakes
so 1,000 dollars in an year(59,000-75,000)
 
2000 for the car
400 for stereo-girlfriend bought for chirstmas though
200 for jmod and trans stuff
200 for upper and lower control arms
200 for cold air intake
120 for wiper motor
100 for tierods
100 for msd wires
80 for cobra waterpump
75 for alignment
50 for multifunction switch
50 for rear shock mounts
48 for throttle body
45 for misc stuff, filters and seafoam
40 for tensioner
30 for serpentine belt
15 for power intenna insert
12 upper radiator hose
10 for plugs
2 for rear shock mounting bolts
total is 3577 after 6 months
 
$1635 for a 94 with some oxidised clearcoat, broken grille, bad air suspension, 80k miles.
$315 to convert to springs
$0.01 (Autozone closeout bin) for some mesh grille that hopefully won't look like crap when I install it

Total $1950.01

I'll get deeper in the hole as time goes on I'm sure.
 
Lesonal Primer/Surfacer 156 Per gallon x2
Lesonal Primer/surfacer hardner 50 per quart x3
Lesonal Primer surfacer activator 55 per quart x3
Lesonal sealer reducer 85 per gallon x1

Lesonal Base code GW 2005 mazda 350 dollars per gallon x 2
1 gallon reducer 85 Per gallon x 1

Lesonal Clearcoat 170 Per gallon x 2
Lesonal Clear Hardner 65 Per quart x 2
Lesonal Clear activator, 75 per quart x 2



on top of all that, I have to pay for sandpaper, filler, and any other materials I need to use for the project. Body work IS NOT cheap.
 
$3,250 for 93 mark VIII
$30 for trans filter and fluid
$10? for new plugs
and im posotive much more for the unknown problame that im having.
total: $3,650

owning a lincoln mark VIII PRICELESS! for people who like luxury and power for others theres Cadillac. lol j/k :D
 
Not including oil changes
$7800 Purchase
$400 Trans/ABS/collant Flush
$350 Tires
$700 3 new 10 chrome 10 spokes
$120 Upper Control Arms
$30 Sunvisor replacement
$45 FloorMats
$10 Cargo net
$250 Rotors and brakepads
$100 Vapor hoses and carbon cannister bracket
_________________________
$9805 and counting
 
new 4 new air bags
2 compressors (Arnott one failed, twice)
2 air ride/ABS relay switches
1 lower ball joint
AC compressor
recharge system
2 upper balljoints/control arms
4 wheel bearings
lifetime alignment
1 passenger seat track
spidervalve
1 Diehard battery
o2 sensors
2 fuel filters
strut rod bushing
transmission cooler
1 set of driving lights mounted behind the grill
assorted bulbs
trailer hitch
fuel line quick connect
ceramic brake pads
accumulator pistons
flushed transmission
water pump
serpentine belt
thermostat
all radiator hoses
radiator
not to mention the tools.

And right now, I STILL need to replace my transmission/torque converter.

So, I think I'm at about $4500 for my 1993 Lincoln. Plus the $5500 purchase price. Not to mention fluids, stereo, tires, and other maintenance items.
 
All of the work I have done on my car has been just to keep it in good working condition, no custom work or anything.
Luckilly labor has cost me nothing so far.
 
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