RandomNerd2000
Explorer Addict
- Joined
- March 26, 2015
- Messages
- 1,474
- Reaction score
- 197
- City, State
- South Carolina
- Year, Model & Trim Level
- 00 5.0, 01 4.0.
So I suppose I should go ahead and start the thread. I had no intentions of buying any more second gens since my 01 Eddie Bauer is finished and my 2000 is still going at 310K miles. I also have a 96 4.0 that I plan on selling with 100K or so miles. Apparently I'm back though and eventually will go Elite.
Anyhow, me and a best buddy started scrapping cars, and we do alright on the side, lots of parts for my stuff so I've been happy. We ran across this car a few weeks ago and I ended up keeping it. $250 for a running and driving V8 Explorer. It's a 96, 5.0 V8 2WD, 143K ACTUAL miles, Eddie Bauer car, it's dark green and *most* of a GREEN interior. It's a basket case, no cats on it, and one heck of a trans fluid leak I believe is front seal but I plan on fixing both. It's a beat and battered old car, but I like seeing the V8s live and ride down the road again.
The good is it's RUST FREE, clean as a pin and runs strong as the day it was new. it's got newer ball joints, it rides good and the power locks even work in all but one door, and all the power windows work.
The bad is the interior used to be leather and the guy had dogs so it's ragged inside, gotta take most all of that out, the alignment is visibly toe out, not sure there, most of the lights are broke (no big deal), grille is busted, it's loud, and it's probably got hidden problems galore besides the obvious. I ponder why I did this to myself but I like the old car somehow so yeah.
Anyhow, me and a best buddy started scrapping cars, and we do alright on the side, lots of parts for my stuff so I've been happy. We ran across this car a few weeks ago and I ended up keeping it. $250 for a running and driving V8 Explorer. It's a 96, 5.0 V8 2WD, 143K ACTUAL miles, Eddie Bauer car, it's dark green and *most* of a GREEN interior. It's a basket case, no cats on it, and one heck of a trans fluid leak I believe is front seal but I plan on fixing both. It's a beat and battered old car, but I like seeing the V8s live and ride down the road again.
The good is it's RUST FREE, clean as a pin and runs strong as the day it was new. it's got newer ball joints, it rides good and the power locks even work in all but one door, and all the power windows work.
The bad is the interior used to be leather and the guy had dogs so it's ragged inside, gotta take most all of that out, the alignment is visibly toe out, not sure there, most of the lights are broke (no big deal), grille is busted, it's loud, and it's probably got hidden problems galore besides the obvious. I ponder why I did this to myself but I like the old car somehow so yeah.