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Are These Cars Getting Rare Yet?

Reply #15 –
I see a few around here, driving, but they are beat to hell daily drivers. There are a few nice Marks (mine not included LOL ) around though. I hardly ever see them on Craigslist anymore, and I check every day.
FOXLESS!!

1994 Lincoln Mark VIII

Are These Cars Getting Rare Yet?

Reply #16 –
I still see them around occasionally, but most of the ones still on the road are rough.  10 years ago when I was in High School there were several still around.  And our junkyards are also getting pretty thin on fox bodies of any kind.

The white trash/meth head people are the death of them around here...
'88 'bird, 10.9:1 306 w/TFS top end, forged rods/pistons, T-5 swap & bunch of other stuff, 1-family owned, had it since ‘98, 5.0tbrd88 on Instagram and YouTube

Are These Cars Getting Rare Yet?

Reply #17 –
Missouri Sucks for trying to get historic plates.

To qualify for historic license plates, a vehicle (passenger vehicle, truck, or motorcycle) must be 25 years old or older, owned solely as a collector’s item, and used for exhibition and educational purposes.

Vehicles displaying historic or antique license plates may be driven:

1.To and from exhibitions and educational events without any mileage limitation;
2.To repair facilities within a 100 mile limit; and
3.Up to 1,000 miles per year for personal use.
87 TC
HO Swap, T5 Swap, Mach Springs, CHE Upper and Lower control arms, Mach Chin spoiler, soon to be Procharged.

:evilgrin: Nitrous is like a hot chick with an STD you want to hit it but are scared of the consequences. :evilgrin:

Are These Cars Getting Rare Yet?

Reply #18 –
its worse here. there is no time limit restriction to make a car a classic. You still have to pass saftey and emissions every year. All it is is a tax decrease. The cougar after 25 years will be considered discontinued, now that mercury is no longer around, and the bird will be after 30 years, because they will have not made the model anymore, and the bird will be 30 years old.

I almost forgot, also 5,000 miles a year total.
Quote from: jcassity
I honestly dont think you could exceed the cost of a new car buy installing new *stock* parts everywhere in your coug our tbird. Its just plain impossible. You could revamp the entire drivetrain/engine/suspenstion and still come out ahead.
Hooligans! 
1988 Crown Vic wagon. 120K California car. Wifes grocery getter. (junked)
1987 Ford Thunderbird LX. 5.0. s.o., sn-95 t-5 and an f-150 clutch. Driven daily and going strong.
1986 cougar.
lilsammywasapunkrocker@yahoo.com
 

Are These Cars Getting Rare Yet?

Reply #19 –
Quote from: bigbada1;344344
Missouri Sucks for trying to get historic plates.

To qualify for historic license plates, a vehicle (passenger vehicle, truck, or motorcycle) must be 25 years old or older, owned solely as a collector’s item, and used for exhibition and educational purposes.

Vehicles displaying historic or antique license plates may be driven:

1.To and from exhibitions and educational events without any mileage limitation;
2.To repair facilities within a 100 mile limit; and
3.Up to 1,000 miles per year for personal use.

The limitations are partly what makes insurance for collector vehicles cheaper, no state is going to say OK drive it wherever you want with no limitation on mileage... Virginia requires the vehicle look stock, supposedly highly modified, race cars, etc aren't eligible(tho some are plated as antiques[the only plate we can get])