Awesome Challenge potential, or just a great engine trans for your project.
Bought this actually as a Lemons car on E-Bay, untitleable 1993 Lincoln Mark VIII. It was built on a bet by a circle track guy in Iowa. He replaced the airbags with coilovers, and it has some custom sway bars that need some fab work to finish. The interior is mostly gone. The back seat is there but he pulled the front seats. It had a Kirkey in it, but that has been liberated for our other Lemons car.
It runs and runs well. The track tires that are on it are pretty old and hard, but can hold air until you trailer it home. Nice snarly abbreviated duals under it, she snarls very nicely. Of course it is an auto, but it still scoots pretty quick. The builder did track it in Pacific Junction Iowa when it was still open, and embarrased a lot of high end cars. We did autocross it once;
It has more than enough power to be entertaining
...comes with this totally awesome sticker
The car is stored at my shop at our shop in Moore Oklahoma, about 45 minutes south of Oklahoma City. I can help load it, but can't deliver.
The power steering is out of it, so it is a bear at low speed. The body is a bit rough, and like I mentioned the interior is gone. It is not completely transformed into a track car. The plastic covers are gone from the engine and the tires are bad. But it gets started on a regular basis.
We were going to Lemons the car until we did a rough estimate of the gas consumption. Then I had very grand plans for this drivetrain for a challenge car, but again, Uncle Sam has made other plans and I will be unable to build anything, much less attend the challenge.
You could Lemons it very easy, just budget a lot for the gas. If you live in a liberal enough state, you could BABE the car. Or just gut the inside, lighten it up, come up with a theme and you have a real Challenge contender.
But this 280 hp beast could be yours. Or it could power your eVil creation for the low low price of just $600, which is actually less than we have into it after you figure the gas we spent to go get it.
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- Glad this is FAR away from me . . . or I would be in trouble
