Hello everyone,
My name is Scott and I've been lurking around the forums for about a year and a half. Finally worked up the motivation to post.
I have a 1986 Mercury Grand Marquis I bought in February of 2021. Paid all of $1800 for it. I was a weird kid in high school and wanted a car like this back then, but could never seem to find a good one for sale. Now, a decade and a half later, I've got one, and I'm quite fond of it.
It has about 139k miles on it, had about 134k when I bought it. In the time I've owned it I've done a full tune up, had the transmission rebuilt, had a catback dual exhaust system built, and replaced the most obviously leaking vacuum hoses. Still needs some things, like new rear window motors. Well, one at least, I replaced the bushings in it last year, but the motor has just fully died now.
I don't have any current pictures, because for some reason I just never seem to take any. But I will share some from the listing I found it on, and a couple from when I brought it home. She looks much the same now, just with new tires and a set of full hubcaps off of a late 70's Mercury Marquis. Been on the lookout for some Mercury dog dishes, but I've not found a set yet.
I'm currently in the middle of re-seam sealing the trunk edges, along with taking care of some surface rust in the trunk. I have the whole back end of the car off at the moment, and the tail lights are apart and sitting next to me as I type this, waiting for me to finish masking them up to repaint the silver/chrome details on them.
I look forward to sharing more of what I'm doing to the car in the future. I do plan on creating a reader's rides thread as soon as I have some more up to date pictures to share.
My name is Scott and I've been lurking around the forums for about a year and a half. Finally worked up the motivation to post.
I have a 1986 Mercury Grand Marquis I bought in February of 2021. Paid all of $1800 for it. I was a weird kid in high school and wanted a car like this back then, but could never seem to find a good one for sale. Now, a decade and a half later, I've got one, and I'm quite fond of it.
It has about 139k miles on it, had about 134k when I bought it. In the time I've owned it I've done a full tune up, had the transmission rebuilt, had a catback dual exhaust system built, and replaced the most obviously leaking vacuum hoses. Still needs some things, like new rear window motors. Well, one at least, I replaced the bushings in it last year, but the motor has just fully died now.
I don't have any current pictures, because for some reason I just never seem to take any. But I will share some from the listing I found it on, and a couple from when I brought it home. She looks much the same now, just with new tires and a set of full hubcaps off of a late 70's Mercury Marquis. Been on the lookout for some Mercury dog dishes, but I've not found a set yet.
I'm currently in the middle of re-seam sealing the trunk edges, along with taking care of some surface rust in the trunk. I have the whole back end of the car off at the moment, and the tail lights are apart and sitting next to me as I type this, waiting for me to finish masking them up to repaint the silver/chrome details on them.
I look forward to sharing more of what I'm doing to the car in the future. I do plan on creating a reader's rides thread as soon as I have some more up to date pictures to share.
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