Should I sell my project car?
Posted by StoicAtol21445@reddit | projectcar | View on Reddit | 20 comments
About a year ago, I picked up a '79 Continental Mark V. I really only bought it because it was cheap (2grand) and I needed something fun to drive while I finished some work on my daily driver. I finished that work in July, 9 months ago now. The Mark V has kind of become a little project, but I've had it up for sale since August (admittedly for way too high, but I wanted to test the waters). I want to sell it to get the money to work on my new actual project that I bought in November (1936 Dodge 1.5ton, it's awesome), but my gut is telling me not to sell it. My coworkers kind of agree that it would be a fun toy (it has a 3 inch body lift and is sitting on 33s, great for large trails), but I don't know when I would ever drive it. I do love the idea of doing a ridiculous off-roader out of a full-size ultra-luxury car (Similar to SuperfastMatt's viper if you know him). My gf hates the car (for good reason, the radiator blew up the first time they got in it), but they're the only one really telling me to sell it. I genuinely have no idea when I'll have the time, and I already have a long list of projects I want to do! Should I finish prep for sale, or keep it?
TLDR: bought this car as a temp. kinda fell in love w/ it
Ornery_Army2586@reddit
If your gonna ruin a perfectly fine land yacht by some retard mad max shittification, then yes sell it. Ever notice NO automakers make large luxury cars anymore? Go find a shit box mercedes or shit box tesla to lift, hack and beat offroad.
DocWilly84@reddit
Jesus, how’s the weather up there in your high horse?! I’m going to go find a nice Olds cutlass to Mad Max just to piss you off.
Beardo88@reddit
My dream is a Mad Max GM A body wagon. Could be a Cutlass or any of the other 3 makes.
Lift it atleast six inches, throw some 30"+ tires under it, cannibalize a front axle and transfer case from an old pickup, a stroked big block; just rip up those trails. Probably badge it like an SS, GSX, Hurst, or GTO just to really trigger some people. Maybe go full psycho and put a chevy orange painted buick 455 in a Pontiac, or a Pontiac blue painted Buick 455 in a Chevy. Definitely paint it some sort of purple or lime green just to be extra obnoxious.
That would just be the troll car/fun beater. The nice one would be an Olds Cutlass sport coupe. Saturn Gold with white vinyl top. Maybe some rally style wheels painted with black and matching gold accents?
StoicAtol21445@reddit (OP)
they made hundreds of thousands of these things. I can pull up 5 different facebook listings for the same year/make/model w/i 100 miles of me, probably more if I actually looked. And the entire point would be to have it be a land yacht. I'm sorry that you're a sourpuss who cares so much about how others spend their own money. I was asking for opinions, and man does yours make me want to keep the thing even more.
shupack@reddit
I had a 2 door MkV, awesome old boat.
StoicAtol21445@reddit (OP)
I'd be surprised if you had a 4 door, considering they never made any.
shupack@reddit
Really? I've seen similar 4 doors, did they have different names?
Not familiar with them...
StoicAtol21445@reddit (OP)
In the 60s and 70s, Continental and Lincoln were technically two different brands, with Continental as a higher luxery than Lincoln or Mercury. Lincoln continued to make the "Lincoln Continental" which is a 4 door land yacht. Continental made the Mark series (Mk 2-8 I think?) which I belive were all 2 doors until the Mark VI in 1980. When Continental went defunct in the '90s, Ford rebranded all of the Continental cars as Lincolns, making it the "Lincoln Continental Mark V" which had a very similar look to the "Lincoln Continental" from the same year range.
shupack@reddit
Wow, that's confusing as fuck.
Beardo88@reddit
Your head would explode with some of the GM A body stuff. You had Chevy, Buick, Olds, and Pontiac all making essentially the same vehicle with just slightly different body panels and trim. You had the 2 door coupe, 2 door hardtop, 2 door convertable, plus 4 door sedan, 4 door hardtop, and 4 door wagon.
Pontiac alone in the same generation you had the 6 body styles sold as Tempest or LeMans depending on the trim level and year, plus the Vista Cruiser that was an extended wheelbase raised roof wagon considered a seperate model; but the Safari was the standard 4 door chassis and flat roof line and considered just a LeMans variant. You also had the GTO which was just a sport verson of the LeMans which was available as all 3 different 2 door styles. You also had the Grand Prix, which was a skightly larger 2 door built on the same chassis but different body work. This was all just Pontiac, 1 of 4 brands to make essentially the same car.
You even had the El Camino/GMC Spirit, which shared the same chassis and some sheet metal with the other A bodies.
When you get into drivelines its a mess too. Each brand designed and produced their own unique engines. They all sold a 350 and 400 CI V8, plus after 1970 GM changed their policy and started putting 455/454 versions in everything. For transmissions Buick, Olds, and Pontiac all shared a bolt pattern, but Chevy used a completely different pattern to the other 3 even though they were sharing transmissions.
StoicAtol21445@reddit (OP)
yeah... it fucking sucks
welcome to detroit?
gankindustries@reddit
Ok but we NEED pics of this monster.
StoicAtol21445@reddit (OP)
added an imgur link to the post for you!!
gankindustries@reddit
This is amazing
AbhishMuk@reddit
Simple question: if you had neither and a genie offered either, would you rather have the car or take the money? It sounds like both of us know you're getting the car ;)
I'm assuming your financials aren't too poor. If you need to sell the car for funds that's a different story of course.
StoicAtol21445@reddit (OP)
Damn, you're good. I hate that this convinced me, but I'm pretty sure I had already convinced myself in the first place. I've gotta keep that damned car.
AbhishMuk@reddit
Thanks haha, you're too kind.
If it helps ease your mind, you can try to think of fun activities with the car once it's built. You could do fun coffee runs/dates on weekends with the missus and show her how many heads it turns for example.
Btw I just googled the car name (I'm not from that the US and unfamiliar with Lincoln) and holy hell is it a nice car. If I had the garage space for it I'd never get rid of it!
StoicAtol21445@reddit (OP)
yeah, bessy doesn't fit in the garage, she's 230in (5.84m) bumper to bumper
AbhishMuk@reddit
Lol that tracks. I see a really nice Maybach (580) at work, and that things 5.47m apparently and it's long (and looks real nice due to its dimensions). I can't imagine being even longer (and wider too I suspect) than that!
Fun fact, the Maybach also has a V8! (Google told me your bessy also features one!)
StoicAtol21445@reddit (OP)
Holy, that is long, especially for a modern car! And yes, I can lie down on the hood of my car sideways and not stick over the edges.