Progress Thread New to Me - Red Vert

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New guy here from western PA. Looking at buying a nice convertible for summer fun. Will mainly be my wifes car. Will have a have a few questions

 

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Just got home with it. 50 mile drive home. Seems everything works. All gauges working, heat, power windows, wipers and washers, etc. Gas gauge was reading 1/4 tank when I got back home. Filled it up but it only took 8 gallons?

 

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Nice looking ride you got there.
First thing I'd do is get that air filter out of the hot engine bay.

 

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Thanks!
Look like factory color? You can see a scratch on the right front on the corner of the bumper. Want to touch that up. Gonna get a nice set of tires and wheels for it and thats about it. Not planning any performance upgrades or anything. Want to get a nice set of floormats too

 

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Is that the one with the front end noise.

 

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yeah but i haven't had a chance to check it out. been raining since the day we bought it so haven't driven it

 

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Looking at the under hood shot the left strut has barely a thread showing above the nut. I'd bet lunch that's your noise.

 

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Mr.Kelley said:

Looking at the under hood shot the left strut has barely a thread showing above the nut. I'd bet lunch that's your noise.

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I'll check that out. Thanks!

 

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She's purdy by the way

 

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Mr.Kelley said:

She's purdy by the way

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Thanks. Ordered tires and wheels the other day. Will add more pics once they are on

 

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Cool! As soon as you do that, we'll move this thread over to SN95 and slap a Progress Thread tag on it.


Welcome Aboard

 

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Took it out for a nice cruise today. Put about 160 miles on it today. Ran great

 

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How many total miles? That is probably the absolute cleanest 94/95 GT that Ive ever seen!

EXCELLENT wheel choice! Just needs some springs to get that 4x4 look eliminated.

Pics of the interior?

 

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Nightfire said:

How many total miles? That is probably the absolute cleanest 94/95 GT that Ive ever seen!

EXCELLENT wheel choice! Just needs some springs to get that 4x4 look eliminated.

Pics of the interior?

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Thanks! 65,000 miles. well 65,400 now.
Not gonna lower it. Already too hard getting in and out...lol. But the struts are brand new so should settle a little.
The best I have for the interior is pics of the cupholder mod I did last week and a few others.
Car is pretty clean but has a few blems. There is a scrape in the cormer of the front bumper where the seller scraped his garage door. Seats have a few small cracks. Clear coat is peeling a little by the drivers mirror. There is a touched up scratch near the gas cap door. All little things that I plan to fix by next summer. Air bag light is on too.

 

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So today my wife pulled out the owners manual booklet and there was a receipt in there foe a trans rebuild. It was rebuilt in 2018 with 53,000 miles on it. Cost was just over $2000. Car has 65,000 miles on it now.
In one sense it's good to know it has a fresh trans with only 12,000 miles on it but on the other hand, why did it need rebuilt at 53,000 miles...lol.
Think I'm gonna do a shift kit this winter

 

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That's a good lookin car. Love the wheel choice! Red and bronze go really great together

 

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MineralMan said:

That's a good lookin car. Love the wheel choice! Red and bronze go really great together

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Thanks