[V8] The end of The Black Mariah

Sun Jun 3 11:33:00 EDT 2007

heres a couple pics from motorstat on this thread, I will get some more up today.

http://www.motorgeek.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=16259&highlight=

http://motorcityaudi.com/forums/index.php?topic=1250.60

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

> Well, the truth is that I am ALWAYS interested.  But the truth is also that
> I am thinking that a V8...any V8...is really not what I really NEED to be
> thinking about at this point.  There are really very, very few nice ones,
> and looking forward for the next two to three years, what I need is
> dependable transportation, and maybe my brain instead of my heart will have
> to be engaged when I buy the next car.
> 
> I'd love to see some pics, however.  If you have them spooled up and can
> just send 'em, I'd love to see them...especially of the interior.  Hell, I'd
> love to see the whole damn car!
> 
> Roger  
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Tim Hollister [mailto:grey_wolf_x at yahoo.com] 
> Sent: Sunday, June 03, 2007 10:03 AM
> To: Roger M. Woodbury; v8 at audifans.com; 200q20v at audifans.com
> Subject: Re: [V8] The end of The Black Mariah
> 
> 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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