My biggest yard sale find ever!!!

[frankendime]

So, I'm out yard saling and come across this. 90 Mercury Grand Marquis LS Colony Park Station Wagon. Fully loaded, power everything, leather seats that are near perfect. Very clean, straight body, no dents or rust. Interior very nice. 5.0 litre, 3 spd with OverDrive and positrac. Drives and runs great. Like riding on a cloud. 117,000 miles $1200. I think I got a lotta car for the money. My new yard sale car. I think I'll name it Aunt Edna...

HH All!

 

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[palidin20603]

Soder some 40%ers to the rims and lets roll! HH

 

[Ballaholyk84]

Haha thats the car I used to do my Paper Route in when I was a kid. A neighbor down the street had one. Definitely a street floater. Nice pickup!

 

[Nickleanddime]

I'm jealous I love boats.

 

[omga747]

Oh man, I used to drive around in a 1988 Oldsmobile Custom Cruiser (until it got stolen and totaled ) But man, that thing was a great ride. Awesome score there!

 

[mojjax]

I love those old station wagons - about 20 years ago I had a 1972 Chevy Kingswood .

 

[Diggin-N-Dumps]

Dude!!...That thing is a Beast!..I love it!

 

[centfladigger]

call those red light rushers pot hole crushers, good deal

 

[Rdunzl]

Great score on The Family Truckster!

 

[RustyGold]

Beautiful SW!

 

[Tallone]

Looks like a pretty good score, frankendime. About a year and half ago, I bought a 1994 Toyota Corolla wagon at an estate auction for about $4,500. It only had 40,000 miles on it and had been sitting unused in a garage for many years. I'm a little concerned about the mileage on your Mercury. 117,000 miles divided by 23 years old works out to just over 5,000 miles per year which is less than half the average annual vehicle miles driven in the US. This suggests the car may have been sitting idle for many years. Without use, rubber parts (such as belts and hoses) tend to dry out and get brittle. You wouldn't want to be driving down the road, hit the brakes, and blow a brake line. If you haven't looked into this possibility already, you might want to take it to your mechanic and have him take a look. On our Toyota, we replaced all the rubber parts and the fluids so we have confidence we won't have a problem at the worst possible time.

 

[frankendime]

Looks like a pretty good score, frankendime. About a year and half ago, I bought a 1994 Toyota Corrola wagon at an estate auction for about $4,500. It only had 40,000 miles on it and had been sitting unused in a garage for many years. I'm a little concerned about the mileage on your Mercury. 117,000 miles divided by 23 years old works out to just of 5,000 miles per year which is less than half the average annual vehicle miles driven in the US. This suggests the car may have been sitting idle for many years. Without use, rubber parts (such as belts and hoses) tend to dry out and get brittle. You wouldn't want to be driving down the road, hit the brakes, and blow a brake line. If you haven't looked into this possibility already, you might want to take it to your mechanic and have him take a look. On our Toyota, we replaced all the rubber parts and the fluids so we have confidence we won't have a problem at the worst possible time.

Thanks Tallone! Hope your Toyota worked out for ya and got many years of service. I owned a Celica GT I'm thinking a 74, could be wrong. To fast a car for the age I was, surprised I did not kill myself. Ran like a spotted ape.
Yes I am aware of age and mileage on this and am not in any hurry to take it out for a long trip. Having worked on my own cars for many years, I am currently going over it with a fine tooth comb. It'll be ready.
Thanks to all who commented on this and remember "Beauty is in the eye of the beerholder"~ Snakespear
HH All!

 

[Tallone]

So far the Toyota is doing great. It isn't much of a touring car but my wife drives it around town and it does great. My brother is a total gear-head. He told me (before we bought it) that Toyota engines of this vintage are renowned for their durability. He said we should expect to get well over 200,000 miles out of the engine if we keep with the oil changes. The really good news is that we sold our Ford Explorer immediately after buying the Toyota. We got $5,000 for the Explorer which is only a little less than we invested in the Toyota. However, the Explorer had 129,000 miles on it and was costing us a small fortune in gas and insurance. So, we got a vehicle that is WAY cheaper to operate and should last a lot longer for almost nothing. We did lose the comfort of the Explorer but, all things considered, I think we did well.

Good luck with the Merc. Being able to do your own work on it is a big plus.

 

[tamrock]

Road trip for sure! Good score, Way to nice for the crusher. Now go find a small camp trailer for it to pull. Wonder how many of these are still on the road and not in the junk yard?