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The car was sold to a ~17 year old girl for ~$2000. A couple days later, her mother called me demanding
a refund saying a mechanic told her it was completely worthless. I refused to return her money. I'm still
waiting on the lawsuit she promised me.
a refund saying a mechanic told her it was completely worthless. I refused to return her money. I'm still
waiting on the lawsuit she promised me.
The only mechanical mods done to the car was swapping out the Carter AFB for a Holley, replacing the
worn out front struts, and trading the stock wheels for the turbines from TTR-004, then trading them for a
set of Pony wheels from Matt Smith's Factory Five Cobra donor Mustang. Visually, I replaced the "four
eyes" front end for the late model fox body GT front end, side skirts, and rear bumper cover from Matt
Smith's donor car. Then Phillip sprayed the car in Guards Red with a custom orange peel texture.
worn out front struts, and trading the stock wheels for the turbines from TTR-004, then trading them for a
set of Pony wheels from Matt Smith's Factory Five Cobra donor Mustang. Visually, I replaced the "four
eyes" front end for the late model fox body GT front end, side skirts, and rear bumper cover from Matt
Smith's donor car. Then Phillip sprayed the car in Guards Red with a custom orange peel texture.
I spotted this car for sale in front of some guys house on Kolb in April 2000. I paid around $1500 for it. It
was my first car with air conditioning and turned out to be a very good, reliable car. As a carbuerated, '83,
5.0, single exhaust car, it was not very fast, but it was torquey. At about 4800 rpms, you might as well shift
because it just pulled slower and slower above that. On the positive side, when you combine the low end
torque with the T-5 and the 8.8 posi, the car was extremely good at starting and controlling power slides. I
really learned car control with this car and routinely drifted through corners all over the place. The fact
that a cop never spotted me doing this in dumbfounding. I probably did more street racing in this car than
any other, and believe it or not, I can't remember ever loosing. Now keep in mind, I only sought out races
with ricers. I once spun this car 180 on Valencia trying to show off lane change speed to Bombardier
co-workers and hit the median with the right rear rim. I broke the cast Pony wheel and bent the axle but
drove it home anyway. I stole the axle from TTR-006 and bought a wheel from House of Hubcaps to repair
it. I also was ticketed for 93mph cruising down I-19. Yes, the speedometer WAS broken. Of course, if it
wasn't, it would have been pinned instead. An internal coolant leak caused this engine to seize. I replaced
it with another one from the junk yard.
was my first car with air conditioning and turned out to be a very good, reliable car. As a carbuerated, '83,
5.0, single exhaust car, it was not very fast, but it was torquey. At about 4800 rpms, you might as well shift
because it just pulled slower and slower above that. On the positive side, when you combine the low end
torque with the T-5 and the 8.8 posi, the car was extremely good at starting and controlling power slides. I
really learned car control with this car and routinely drifted through corners all over the place. The fact
that a cop never spotted me doing this in dumbfounding. I probably did more street racing in this car than
any other, and believe it or not, I can't remember ever loosing. Now keep in mind, I only sought out races
with ricers. I once spun this car 180 on Valencia trying to show off lane change speed to Bombardier
co-workers and hit the median with the right rear rim. I broke the cast Pony wheel and bent the axle but
drove it home anyway. I stole the axle from TTR-006 and bought a wheel from House of Hubcaps to repair
it. I also was ticketed for 93mph cruising down I-19. Yes, the speedometer WAS broken. Of course, if it
wasn't, it would have been pinned instead. An internal coolant leak caused this engine to seize. I replaced
it with another one from the junk yard.
Paul
Specs :
175hp @ 4200 rpms
245ft/lbs @ 2400 rpms
3.27 Axel ratio
3000 lbs curb weight
15.5 1/4 mile
245ft/lbs @ 2400 rpms
3.27 Axel ratio
3000 lbs curb weight
15.5 1/4 mile
NOT THE ACTUAL TTR VEHICLE
No photo evidence exists of TTR-005
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