not first explorer, but i like this one!!

[chickenviii]

hello, as the title says, this isnt my first, but i actually like this one, my wife and i HAD a 01 sport that was crap, it was wrecked at sometime in its life and was covered in a nice coat of bondo, that began to fall apart. we stored it at my father-in-laws house till he flooded a couple months ago, and needless to say they DONT float. so the shopping began and we found a decent condition 00 xlt 5.0, blue with gray moldings, leather (gray not nasty ford brown) moonroof, cd changer all the options, like someone wanted a Eddie Bauer, but didnt want it to have the tan interior. best of all theres NO chrome (which is good cuz i hate chrome)
anyway, i have 2 other vehicles, a 98 Lincoln markviii lsc, and a 88 Toyota MR2 supercharged. im a member on www.lincolnvscadillac.com, www.mr2oc.com, www.chicagovelocity.com and a couple other sited here and there. im a ford tech (here we go LOL) and have been for 10 years.
as soon as i can find some batteries ill get some pics (and as soon as i figure out how to post them) ill put some up

 

[gluvsave35]

sounds like u got a nice lil ride there

the 5.0s are great
ull be addicted to this site

well welcome!!

 

[chickenviii]

yup just another site i gotta runthrough daily

 

[gluvsave35]

lol yea i hear u this site will have u moddin your truck out in no time
whether its lowering:thumbdwn: or lifting or what ever else

it has for me and most others who joined on this site

 

[chickenviii]

well "officially" its the wifes, but i play with everything, i usually modify everything to the way it should of been factory, kinda like how foose does his cars, to where you cant tell whats different but something is, i did a DOHC 4.6 swap into a thunderbird (for my friend) and it looks OEM, heres a link to the "never ending project" 56K GO HOME!!!!
http://www.lincolnvscadillac.com/showthread.php?t=25280

 

[chriswells78]

Welcome Chicken. I've seen you for a long time over on LVC. Nice work on That T-bird by the way.

 

[chickenviii]

its funny, i was looking through the for sale thread and saw "chriswells78" from ohio, and was just about to message you, and here you are. didnt you have a mark or did you allways have a LS?

 

[chickenviii]

ok i found batteries!!!! hope this works and they arnt HUGE!!!!!!
so i figured id start with a pic of why i needed a new explorer

and now the new one

and so what if i got the mark in the pic

unmolested 5.0

130k on the clock

nice GRAY leather

i dont know how they put 130 on it and the driverseat looks this good

and a shameless linc pic (NOT my rims, just borrowed them)

and the go-cart, factory supercharged 4 cyl, mid eng

 

[ghoster]

nice set of wheels bro!
But ignore what gluvsave35 saids...drop it! lol

 

[chickenviii]

aint rasing or lowering, ride height is good where it is. if i wanna fly around 2" off the groung i got the MR2, and for a low rider i got the linc, the explorer is just gonna have some slight mods (till the eng lets go then i got some ideas/experance for the 5.0).
gonna try and fit a mtx 10" in the stock box (i got a couple spair explorer boxes ) some new door speakers, mountaneer headlamps, dunno what else

 

[chriswells78]

its funny, i was looking through the for sale thread and saw "chriswells78" from ohio, and was just about to message you, and here you are. didnt you have a mark or did you allways have a LS?

Always had the LS. Pondered for a couple years selling the Mustang and buying an 8. Haven't pulled the trigger. I may just buy one some day. I don't make it over there much anymore because I got tired of all the Can I fit24" wheels on an LS" threads. Very few users over there are doing anything innovative on the LS side.

 

[chickenviii]

Always had the LS. Pondered for a couple years selling the Mustang and buying an 8. Haven't pulled the trigger. I may just buy one some day. I don't make it over there much anymore because I got tired of all the Can I fit24" wheels on an LS" threads. Very few users over there are doing anything innovative on the LS side.

yup the "whoopdie whoop" posts do get old. ILLS is making a rear turbo set up, and him and 02LSE96LSC................ are putting markviii 8.8" rear ends into their LS's and looks to be fairly easy, not to mention having posi and endless gear ratios for the LS

 

[chriswells78]

ILLS is on here too. He's his old user name from LVC on here, Rocket??79 or something like that. He's got a Kenne Bell supercharged 02? 4.6

 

[chickenviii]

Damn!!

 

[BrooklynBay]

Welcome to this forum!

 

[SkanlaxJMO]

nice looking explorer...and mark. Welcome to the site