Another one bites the dust.

At the beginning of this year I had 5 cars.  My daily driver Wrangler and 4 old collector Fords.  Back in April I sold the rusted out, but well running, ‘72 LTD 2-door hardtop for about $500.

Today I sold the ‘70 Convertible LTD for a lot less than I wanted.  But alas, as they say, something is only worth as much as someone is willing to pay and you’re willing to sell it for.

I’ve had it on KSL for over 3 months and had about 4 people come to look at it.  I knew it needed a lot of restoration to bring it back to beautiful, but I learned of some new problems along the way.  The floor pans where the back seat passengers put their feet were rusted out, and the front ones were getting there.

Thursday a guy came by and looked at it and made me an offer I felt comfortable with.  Mainly because I realized there aren’t that many people out there that want an old LTD that needs a lot of restoring.  And I’m pretty sure it went to a good home.  He and his lady-friend were here for a while looking at it and we had some great conversation during that time.  About cars.  They are car people too, and he had even found this blog and commented about my 59 cars.

Anyhow, it’s gone.  I can pay off one of my credit cards and even get the canvas doors for the Jeep, and it went to a good home.

So, I’m left with the new Wrangler, Old Blue (‘69 LTD 4-door hardtop) and Alphonse, the ‘78 Mercury Marquis 4-door.

No, since I have room to garage all 3, I’m not planning on getting rid of any of them.

It's official

I'm hoping to make it to a couple car shows in the near future, and I've decided that the car I'm going to bring is the Battlecruiser. I have gotten tons of comments on it, and even when put with the convertible, people notice the wagon. My mechanic, who has inspected all 3 cars this month, had more praise for the wagon than for the other 2 LTDs combined. He said, and I quote, "You stole that car for $2,000." So, unless I have a way of getting more than one down there, I bringing the wagon to the car shows.

Here are a few more picturs of my LTDs 3.

http://www.srossi.net/prevamp/2008/07/3LTDs/pages/07%2003%2008_0003_jpg.htm

Convertible Time of Year.

I can't imagine not having a convertible. They're great and you might think there's nothing better for the summer. Au contraire, mon frere! The best time for a convertible is right now. Slightly cloudy so you don't have the sun beating down on you or in your eyes. Cooler days, because no matter how fast you're going, 110 is hot even with the top down. Now, summer evenings are kinda nice, but for daytime it's got to be spring or fall. And early fall and late spring afford the greatest comfort zone for the convertible - nights are not too cold and days are not too hot. So give me a call one of these weekends and we'll go cruising in the beast, she's got 5 working seatbelts now.