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CAR IS SOLD

Not original owner...

Ok, the car:

1988 Ford TX-3 Turbo (ex-race/rally car).

4WD (with tailshaft removed but included).

Motor has 40k on it since rebuild.

Car has 80k on it total.

Aftermarket suspension, race seats w/harnesses, strut braces, partial cage, simmons wheels, (many other mods that I can't remember).

Unregisted.

SOLD

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TTT Grand Master

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well well well..

looky what we have here..

I owned this car in a former life..

My mate bought this off the guy who was rallying it.

Took it to MRT and they removed the restrictor and roll cage and tuned the haltech properly.

Came out with 120fwkw.

Then I bought it off him.

Back then it had a switch to put it to 4wd..

Actually it still does.

In the pic where you can see the pedals, in the centre console where the radio would be, there is a little toggle switch with a blue light under it.

When flicked, once the blue light came on it would be 4wd.

Back then it had a locked rear diff and “very” limited slip front diff.

Had a purpose built gearbox and was tough as nails.

Had a hydrolic handbrake and the rear was stripped.

engine was completely rebuilt with forged goodies and heavy duty valve springs for constant rev limiting..

it seems that engine is gone in those pics..

I had that carpet in there laid.

Once in 4wd, you could launch the thing on the limiter and it would just absolutely fly off the mark.

Good times, good time..

Anyway, I’ve sent an email to my mate who bought it off the original rally guy.

See what he thinks.

Here is what it used to look like back in the day of ownership by me and my mate before me.

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Its sold !

To me !

Damn - I will have to look at the engine number - I was told it was the rebuilt engine !

*SOLD* Well I guess it was the engine that was rebuilt that was in the car at the time..??

I'm only going by what I was told, either way, when running it was meant to be real quick. From what was done to it in a former life, it sounds like u may have got a good buy... Especially if those goodies are still in that block...!!! :(

B-Man Grand Master

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Need to pick up that other gear from you (or Ray).

Cheers,

PS - got it running, no probs. Needs a tune. Rear suspension about to fall off - but all good ! It has lots of potential !

Brendan

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Need to pick up that other gear from you (or Ray).

Cheers,

PS - got it running, no probs. Needs a tune. Rear suspension about to fall off - but all good ! It has lots of potential !

Brendan

Yeah, that's fine, Ray lives in Manly, so I'll give u his address when I get it off him (prob go round Saturday).

I'll let him know that ur coming round... :)

He said it still has the worked motor in it to his knowledge, they may have changed the manifold and rockercover back to stock. Who knows, crack it open and let us know.... Good luck. When ur done it should be alot of fun.

B-Man Grand Master

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Cool - I think I have his addy from the old rego papers. Give him my number and get him to give me a call - I am in Harbord - so just round the corner - can pick up or take delivery any time

Cheers Tim,

TTT Grand Master

TTT

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The guy who bought it off me blew the engine up a month later (THAT engine was the one that was raced and had been rebuilt every 10,000kms before I got it. (which was at 37,000kms)

And yes the meter would have been wound back to before first rebuild..

Anyway, the guy who bought it and blew it up then went and got a stock motor for it and exchanged the one he broke as part of the deal..

Clown

All those quality rods, valves, pistons, etc all gone to the wreckers.

Unless the next owner after him rebuilt the engine now in it with goodies, I’d say you have a stocker there.

B-Man Grand Master

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Oh well - guess I will have to punish it - so I can rebuild it back to the former glory !

Bugger - I was looking forward to revving the tits of it ! :)

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