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yup

my friend called me up and it looks like i'll probably have an interivew set up with Trane working on design work for them. it way better pay and everything than up here. but they might want me to start as early as friday!

i work today till 9:30, then it looks like ill be haulin a$$ to the twin cities for an interview tommorrow AM, then back up here to work at 2 thursday!!
 
MNstuckinMI said:
my friend called me up and it looks like i'll probably have an interivew set up with Trane working on design work for them. it way better pay and everything than up here. but they might want me to start as early as friday!

i work today till 9:30, then it looks like ill be haulin a$$ to the twin cities for an interview tommorrow AM, then back up here to work at 2 thursday!!
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That is too much adventure for me. :laugh:
 
MNstuckinMI said:
probably, i was headed to work. the car is parked at office max ALL THE TIME!

what were you doing down here? and where you in the svt?
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Nope, it was too warm out to bring the SVT with no working AC in it. :laugh: Wife had a doc appointment. I posted some pics in the common int. section.
 
cnewton44 said:
Good thing I ahve friends that know what they are doing...lol

I have come to the conclusion to never work on a ford unless you have a BFH.
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Now, now. That's no way to talk. The distributor cap should have the number 1 cylinder marked. The Motorcraft ones do. In the future, don't take the wires off all at once. Do them one at a time, using the old parts as a template for the installation of the new ones.
 
elraido said:
Minor detail. :crazy:
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The transmissions in the 1993s were weaker than in '94 and '95. The spline counts on the torque converters differ between the two. If only I could remember the improved count. No less, if you get your hands on the revised tranny and corresponding torque converter, you're all good. When I last looked into it about two years ago, Ford was still selling professionally remanufactured units. That would be the way I'd go, but you could always have a tranny shop do a rebuild for you. Just make sure they do the valve body as well as everything else. Tranny shop won't be cheap -- expect to be in the neighborhood of $2500-$3000. If the car is super otherwise, you'll have a great sports sedan. :cool:
 
LauraSVT said:
The transmissions in the 1993s were weaker than in '94 and '95. The spline counts on the torque converters differ between the two. If only I could remember the improved count. No less, if you get your hands on the revised tranny and corresponding torque converter, you're all good. When I last looked into it about two years ago, Ford was still selling professionally remanufactured units. That would be the way I'd go, but you could always have a tranny shop do a rebuild for you. Just make sure they do the valve body as well as everything else. Tranny shop won't be cheap -- expect to be in the neighborhood of $2500-$3000. If the car is super otherwise, you'll have a great sports sedan. :cool:
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yeah, I have a feeling that it isn't is super.....at all. :laugh:
 
elraido said:
Hey Mr. 80's. WTF is this?
http://duluth.craigslist.org/car/690585832.html
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An Eldorado.

Like it's platform counterpart from Buick -- the Riviera -- the Eldo was available in a convertible, though the top chop wasn't performed by the General. Rather, the famed American Sunroof Corporation, ASC, did the cutting and welding with GM's blessing. Around the same time, you'll recall, ASC was also converting 5.0 powered Mercury Capris into ASC McLarens.

As for the E-body cars, conventional wisdom doesn't have too many great things to say about GM's aluminum-headed 4.1 -- it's not a bad motor, just not a great one. Both cars, especially the Riv, were priced dearly for their classes, largely accounting for droopy sales of each. The Riv is rarer because buyers were less prepared for a Buick priced in the low to mid twenty thousand dollar range. Only some 2650 Riv convertibles rolled out of Flint, so if you can scare one up, you'll have a collectible.

Check out this guy's ad for a low mileage example. Even though it's sold, there are some great pictures here.

http://www.johnbertram.com/riviera.html
 
elraido said:
I think I will stick with my Reatta for being my niche car.
http://minneapolis.craigslist.org/car/674780407.html
I simply love the 90's dash in it
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Well, it's certainly off the beaten path -- Reatta convertibles sold slightly less well than the choptop Riviera -- a low number indeed. Even with coupes factored in, total Reatta production didn't reach 25,000 over all four model years -- 1988-1991.

That dash is more of a 1980s affair, though it was redesigned somewhat for model year '90. Slighly more organic, circular digital gauges appeared that year, and ECC -- Electronic Control Center -- disappeared. This was similar to VIC -- Vehicle Information Center -- that we've talked about on the Olds Toronado during the about the same time, but incorporated fewer functions -- though it did control radio and HVAC inputs.

I do like your occasionally unconventional tastes. :cool:
 
MNstuckinMI said:
:nonono: ive lost hope in you man

i'll stick with my nitch car. looks and performance, and the engine is in the right place :)
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It isn't the best performing, or looking, or handling car but I like them. When you see them in person though, they are a sharp looking little car.
 
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