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txgixxer · 10-15-2004, 01:17 PM

1984 Ford Thunder

This was my college beater from 1991-1994.
- 2 Automatic Transmission failures
- Heater Core leaked (over $1k repair)
- AC quit (over $1k repair)
- Every part of the charging system failed
- Lost the U-Joints on the HWY
- Broke the cam shaft clean in half
- Bent some valves when the cam broke
- 13-16 MPG at any time, guzzled gas
- Gear indicator dial was off a step
- Front strut mount bolts seized and had to be torched out
- That is all I can recall at the moment but I am sure I left out something

This on a vehicle that never saw 100k miles. So when I traded the car on a 1995 Honda Civic EX, I thought I had just won the lottery. When traded, the car had no working heat or AC. What a POS that car was, but as crippled as it was, it sort of got me through college for transportation.

10-15-2004, 01:17 PM	#3 (permalink)
txgixxer Upright	1984 Ford Thunder This was my college beater from 1991-1994. - 2 Automatic Transmission failures - Heater Core leaked (over $1k repair) - AC quit (over $1k repair) - Every part of the charging system failed - Lost the U-Joints on the HWY - Broke the cam shaft clean in half - Bent some valves when the cam broke - 13-16 MPG at any time, guzzled gas - Gear indicator dial was off a step - Front strut mount bolts seized and had to be torched out - That is all I can recall at the moment but I am sure I left out something This on a vehicle that never saw 100k miles. So when I traded the car on a 1995 Honda Civic EX, I thought I had just won the lottery. When traded, the car had no working heat or AC. What a POS that car was, but as crippled as it was, it sort of got me through college for transportation.