Well...Another Fox Followed Me Home!

[blueandsilver]

Beautiful Car! I´d hang on to it rather than sell it.

I love the aeros as much as the 4Eyes... I´m currently restoring one back to a 90% original condition...

[JACook]

Love the LX! And that's a great color, too. I had an SN-95 follow me home a little over a week ago.
Like you, I wasn't looking, but I just couldn't turn it away...

http://vb.foureyedpride.com/showthread.php?180614-One-more-Pony-in-the-corral​

[vintageracer]

Any survivors in that accident????

[sowaxeman]

Thought I'd give a little update on this one, since my plan was not to really work on it and unveil it until this winter. As of now I feel I am about a week or two away from taking this thing out for it first cruise in over 15 years! I spent about 8-10 hours on the paint, doing some compound where needed (all of the hood, roof and hatch from poor storage practices) and polishing out/waxing the entire car. I have to say I am rather impressed how it turned out....certainly looks like you would expect for a 10k mile car Sorry, no good pics at the moment.

Now here is where it got fun..and my hopes skyrocketed! I dissected the dealer installed alarm and found the starter disable button under the dash. I put a new battery in the car and checked all the accessories...the factory radio with lower EQ sounded great. So I held in the button and turned the key to test for crank...and not only did she crank but before I could let go of the key (I got a little over zealous) she fired right up!!! And I'm only talking about ~1.5-2 seconds on the key, not over cranking like a cold carb'd car. I was shocked and immediately shut her down...because I had yet to check the fuel system over or change the oil. Keep in mind....this is the first time this car has been touched since 2003!

After that I immediately changed the oil, and got out my transfer pump to siphon the tank. About 8 gallons came out, and to my surprise the fuel was very clean, and had ZERO hint of varnish...smelled like gas still! The pickup is apparently fine as it showed between 1/2 and 3/4 on the gauge and now shows about between 1/8 and E. This has me very hopeful that all will go well when I finally fire it up and let it run.

My plan by this weekend is to drop the tank for a visual inspection through the filler neck opening. I'll replace the filler neck grommet and the fuel filter as a precautionary. If everything is as clean inside as I now anticipate from looking at the fuel that I drained, I'm going to put in 5 gallons of 93 octane with a bottle of fuel injector cleaner and do the deed. If I see any corrosion I will probably replace the tank and pump as a precautionary.

[sowaxeman]

Well, I trailered the car down to Kannapolis for Foxtoberfest for the weekend. She was honored with Best Original for 87-93 which really surprised me. There were a lot of very nice cars, both originals and modified in the field of nearly 600. But literally just moments before the award was called, I shook hands on a deal with the new owner! Thats right, after just 7 months resurrecting it I came home with an empty trailer The timing and logistics were just too good to pass up...plus I was not in the market for the car to begin with, so it just made sense.

[NY5speed]

Wow, congrats on both accounts!

[erratic50]

So no pictures of her at the show? Congratulations on the win!

[sowaxeman]

They are out there on Facebook....I didn't take any pictures as I was having too much fun looking at the nearly 600 Foxes in the show field

[84StangSVT]

So no pictures of her at the show? Congratulations on the win!

Jason's car was amazing! I'm glad I got to see it. It was well deserving of the win and the sale also.

Off topic a bit:
I will have the 4 eye pics posted here tonight or tomorrow, just like I did for the MCA K.C. Show this year.
I have like 100 or so of them but I used my camera....not my phone, so uploading and transferring them takes a bit longer.

I promise I didn't forget about the non-facebook forum crowd here. I wouldn't intentionally do that to you guys.

[84StangSVT]

They are out there on Facebook....I didn't take any pictures as I was having too much fun looking at the nearly 600 Foxes in the show field

Ain't that the truth! It could have been a 2 day show and still wouldn't have been able to see and talk to everyone of interest. It was pure Foxbody heaven!
Usually I get a chance to talk to a lot of people about my car as I can hang around it fairly close. Just wasn't possible as I wanted to take in the sights as I have never seen something like this before. It was well worth it!

[84StangSVT]

Well, I trailered the car down to Kannapolis for Foxtoberfest for the weekend. She was honored with Best Original for 87-93 which really surprised me. There were a lot of very nice cars, both originals and modified in the field of nearly 600. But literally just moments before the award was called, I shook hands on a deal with the new owner! Thats right, after just 7 months resurrecting it I came home with an empty trailer The timing and logistics were just too good to pass up...plus I was not in the market for the car to begin with, so it just made sense.

Out of curiosity, did you keep the trophy or send it with the new owner?

[sowaxeman]

I kept it...that belongs to me with all the work I did to resurrect the car. All he did was show up and buy it...plus he said the trophy doesn't mean the price goes up, so he didn't want it

[84StangSVT]

I kept it...that belongs to me with all the work I did to resurrect the car. All he did was show up and buy it...plus he said the trophy doesn't mean the price goes up, so he didn't want it

Perfect! I was going to say that if you let the trophy go, then I would have jacked the price up. Sounds like a win win!

[rodster]

Wow, congrats on both accounts!

+1
I'm sure the new owner is smiling! Great car.