[V8] The end of The Black Mariah

[Tim Hollister]

This is a sad day... I am interested, but funds are tight. I do have a very clean one owner 90 v8
that just won first place at Motorstat in detroit. 135k miles all records, chipped, runs
excellent, drives very smooth, black/grey/black (custom 2 tone interior - got lots of compliments
at the show). I don't however think your interested in an old v8 after having the 4.2, but it's
out there. pics avail too.


--- "Roger M. Woodbury" <rmwoodbury at adelphia.net> wrote:

> Is upon us.  It is a shame really, but the end of the road for this fine old
> girl is upon us...or at least upon me.  The final blow will be struck by the
> State of Maine, and although the inspection rules are pretty easy here The
> Black Mariah won't pass this summer so I am prepared for the inevitable.
> 
> I suppose the car is worth more in pieces than intact, but I thought I'd put
> it out here to see what might happen.  It is a project and a good one who
> has the time, tools and ambition to resurrect her, and I have no doubt but
> what she will run another hundred thousand miles...just not under me.  The
> final stroke among all final strokes is that my wife and I are moving into
> another phase of living...a sort of easing into an active retirement, and
> since she cannot drive anything with a clutch, Mariah must give way to a new
> car which will be the principal travel vehicle, and that must be an
> automatic.
> 
> Much has been done to the car already, especially noteworthy is a complete
> new air conditioning system and new Stebro exhaust (this past winter).  Here
> is what it needs for sure right now, if I were to take it through inspection
> and drive another year.
> 
> 1.  Rear abs sensors.
> 2.  Rear suspension bushings.
> 3.  Rear shocks and shock mounts
> 4.  The airbag broken wire syndrome hunted down and fixed.
> 5.  Four new tires.
> 6.  Possibly new front pads for the UFO's, but the UFOs themselves have NO
> pulsing:  they just stop the car RIGHT NOW.
> 
> The inside is OK.  No rips or tears in the upholstery, and the headliner is
> up and instact.  The rear corner pieces near the gate are warped some
> though.  The trim piece that fits on the vent flap of the sunroof is gone
> which is not uncommon.  Sunroof works perfectly.  
> 
> The rear window motors do not work.  Never have worked since I have owned
> the car, but since I always use the A/C or have the roof open, it has never
> mattered to me.
> 
> Coolant temp gauge is inop.  I assume this is a sensor, as everything else
> works. New alternator two months ago.  
> 
> Radio.  Well, this is difficult.  There is an excellent Nakamichi cd unit in
> place that sort of works.  The issue is that the speakers were frigged with
> by the  previous owner, and I have never taken the time or made the effort
> to make the system work properly.  The head unit is perfect, but the
> speakers need to be replaced (I think) and the entire system rewired.  This
> is the second car that I have owned as a daily driver that has had no
> functional radio, and I really enjoy the sound of silence...and that is
> quite a thing for this classical music aficionado to admit:  I just don't
> bother to turn the thing on even when I am in the truck.
> 
> Then there is the ECU.  It is seriously punched out.  I don't know what was
> done or by whom, but the Mariah will pull 2.4 bar in any gear, and 2.5 bar
> in lower gears anytime.  The car is faster than 4.2 V8 ever was going
> downhill, and the engine runs so smooth, and pulls so strong that every time
> I get into it I question whether I should be forgetting all of this and just
> doing a full restoration. I know that I can't replace what I have got with
> another one at what it would cost to rebuild this one.
> 
> I could go on and on.  Anybody want it?  It is living not far from Bar
> Harbor, Maine. Plans right now are to see if there is any interest and if
> there isn't, I will donate it to a charity and take whatever they can get
> for it as a deduction.  Oh, yes:  185,000 miles.  Exterior is only
> fair...that's the best that I can say about it.  The left front fender met a
> deer sometime around 30,000 miles, and that fender isn't great:  the body
> work was done by an idiot in Boston I think, long before Mariah and I met.
> 
> If anyone has any thoughts, let me know.  
> 
> Roger
> 
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