mr_tall___one
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- May 23, 2015
Hi Everyone!
I live in the Rockies of Colorado, In a place called Woodland Park. Pikes Peak is in plain view from my street. My driveway sits at 8,547 Feet above sea level..
I am a car guy, always have been, always will be. Have had over the years,an '85 Corvette, an '83 Park Avenue (307 Olds v-8), A '72 Continental big block 460 Lincoln, a '77 Olds Delta 88 with the Olds 350 'R' a 78 Pontiac LJ 301, 86, Mercury 5.0 EFI. '87 Crown Vic LX 5.o L, '92 Mercury Grand Marquis LS 4.6L (p71) yes, a p71 Merc. '92 Lincoln Continental The pattern here is the strongest engine I can find with the most room performance, comfort and handling I can find..
I do have a 1966 Thunderbird 428 "Q" code Town Landau unmolested survivor ( show winner) 43,000 original miles, (my late grandfathers car) and a '99 ford Windstar LX 3.8 L V6 Cammed and tuned. Coil overs, powerchair lift. Family Truckster daily driver with 180 K miles still strong.. My Dad's side is ford.... like forever ford... and My Mom's side is Buick/ GM Chevy.. have a cousin that is a Buick Dealer.... Owns the Dealership... has forever... Mom and Dad drove Buicks "still have a '67 Riv.. (dad used to tar and feather camaros and mustangs and even an E-type with that wildcat 430) and fords when I was growing up I learned to drive, with a hand control in my dads '82 G body four door Regal Limited with a 3.8 L v-6 normally aspirated.. I sold cars and ran the Special Needs Vehicles department for Perkins motors in colorado springs in the 90's and then my Computer Science/ Electrical Engineering degrees took me in a different direction.... I'm a consultant..
I sold My Corvette last summer... Miss it. terribly.Love the Jaguar F type.. wife says I can have
I love her so... would even if she wasn't from Detroit and love cars as much as I do.. Can't quite bring myself to "jump the fence" and buy a Jag... I can't buy an $80K- $1ooK car yet anyway... 'bet I can find a lil 'ol Buick that i can afford.. In High School (Class of 1985) I was really torn between the turbo buicks and the Corvette.. . The Corvette came first... now I think Its time for a Turbo Regal...
Can I find one here in Colorado to go look at an negotiate for.... nope not yet... they all seem to be east coast midwest Florida, Texas or California.... I am very hesitant to buy a car sight-unseen. Hoping to learn more from you all and get some guidance about the Turbo Buick's and one find to drive , love and fix and call my own..
Thought I'd jump in here and see how the water is... Thank you in advance for having me...
Jonathan
I live in the Rockies of Colorado, In a place called Woodland Park. Pikes Peak is in plain view from my street. My driveway sits at 8,547 Feet above sea level..
I am a car guy, always have been, always will be. Have had over the years,an '85 Corvette, an '83 Park Avenue (307 Olds v-8), A '72 Continental big block 460 Lincoln, a '77 Olds Delta 88 with the Olds 350 'R' a 78 Pontiac LJ 301, 86, Mercury 5.0 EFI. '87 Crown Vic LX 5.o L, '92 Mercury Grand Marquis LS 4.6L (p71) yes, a p71 Merc. '92 Lincoln Continental The pattern here is the strongest engine I can find with the most room performance, comfort and handling I can find..
I do have a 1966 Thunderbird 428 "Q" code Town Landau unmolested survivor ( show winner) 43,000 original miles, (my late grandfathers car) and a '99 ford Windstar LX 3.8 L V6 Cammed and tuned. Coil overs, powerchair lift. Family Truckster daily driver with 180 K miles still strong.. My Dad's side is ford.... like forever ford... and My Mom's side is Buick/ GM Chevy.. have a cousin that is a Buick Dealer.... Owns the Dealership... has forever... Mom and Dad drove Buicks "still have a '67 Riv.. (dad used to tar and feather camaros and mustangs and even an E-type with that wildcat 430) and fords when I was growing up I learned to drive, with a hand control in my dads '82 G body four door Regal Limited with a 3.8 L v-6 normally aspirated.. I sold cars and ran the Special Needs Vehicles department for Perkins motors in colorado springs in the 90's and then my Computer Science/ Electrical Engineering degrees took me in a different direction.... I'm a consultant..
I sold My Corvette last summer... Miss it. terribly.Love the Jaguar F type.. wife says I can have
I love her so... would even if she wasn't from Detroit and love cars as much as I do.. Can't quite bring myself to "jump the fence" and buy a Jag... I can't buy an $80K- $1ooK car yet anyway... 'bet I can find a lil 'ol Buick that i can afford.. In High School (Class of 1985) I was really torn between the turbo buicks and the Corvette.. . The Corvette came first... now I think Its time for a Turbo Regal...Can I find one here in Colorado to go look at an negotiate for.... nope not yet... they all seem to be east coast midwest Florida, Texas or California.... I am very hesitant to buy a car sight-unseen. Hoping to learn more from you all and get some guidance about the Turbo Buick's and one find to drive , love and fix and call my own..
Thought I'd jump in here and see how the water is... Thank you in advance for having me...
Jonathan
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