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My mom has needed a car for a while now, the last one she destroyed (4 years, no oil change) so she has not had wheels in like 2 years. Its been a mess. So Because I pay a lot of her bills already, I told her if she wanted a car to save her money. She did and had $1000 for a "new" car.

a $1000 doesnt buy much these days. I looked and looked at cars the last few weeks. Nothing out there but ugly clunkers with no chance of being drivable in 6 months. Was not holding my breath.

Saw an add on the Wichita CraigsList for a 78 T-bird DJE, with 82k mileage yada yada. I called the guy, and last night went over to look at it. For a car almost as old as my brother....its in great shape. Needs a new gasket at the Y-collector on the right side exhaust manifold and a new heater core. It is pure late 70's cheese with crushed blue velor interior, a not kidding here...functional 8-track player, power everything and that 70's power steering that takes all the feel out of the road. Anyway he took $800 cash and I took the car home last night.

So sorry for missing IL2 last night

No problems Buff. I'm glad to see that you were able to help your mom out.

82K on a 30 year old car, nice find. Hopefully that $800 doesn't blossom into $8000 with repairs. Looks like a safe car to be in, in the event of an accident.

Paint it red leaving a white stripe down the sides, get her a flashing red beacon light, and she could pretend to be Starsky and Hutch. I know, that's not the car that they had, but it would still be cool.

I love that 70s power steering. Makes you feel like you're floating on the road.

well the heater core i can do myself, and thankfully I dont have to take the fender off to get to it. It will be a mess, but it is doable. The exhaust leak is an easy fix, and I just need to throw a rebuild kit on the carb and re-tune it and set the floats. Still cheaper than havign a new motor put in the old 86 Olds.