[V8] The end of The Black Mariah

Tim Hollister grey_wolf_x at yahoo.com
Sun Jun 3 11:26:59 EDT 2007 

yes and no... mariah needs a good home and I don't have the cash to buy outright and he was
considering an auto car. if it wasn't for that I wouldn't even consider it. This V8 is too nice to
just "get rid of". 


--- Ron Wainwright <ron_01056 at yahoo.com> wrote:

> <SURPRISED> thinking about getting rid of her Tim?
> 
>  Ron
> 
> --- Tim Hollister <grey_wolf_x at yahoo.com> wrote:
> 
> > 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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