It's not an American car!

[eaton53]

https://www.facebook.com/80s90sCars/pho ... &ref=notif

Someone decided to post my car on this FB group...

[john keefe]

Boy, that really looks gorgeous with all the lights reflecting off a perfect exterior.

[eaton53]

Boy, that really looks gorgeous with all the lights reflecting off a perfect exterior.

Yeah, that dealer took good pictures.
I use a $50 cellphone!

[john keefe]

Mine needs a good paint job. Chestnut Metallic. But, I'm wondering if the "almost matching body cladding" color wouldn't look better with a dark cladding color, a la your photo. Not a fan of brown on a car, but this is OK in the right light. Haven't seen pics of this particular color with dark cladding.

[eaton53]

Mine needs a good paint job. Chestnut Metallic. But, I'm wondering if the "almost matching body cladding" color wouldn't look better with a dark cladding color, a la your photo. Not a fan of brown on a car, but this is OK in the right light. Haven't seen pics of this particular color with dark cladding.

IMO darker cladding looks better on a non-black car.

[john keefe]

Eaton, you see this? viewtopic.php?f=27&t=39799 1988 XR for $10.5K. Looks like someone is trying to set it up to break your world's record.

[john keefe]

Funny, I've been trying to find pics on-line of a Chestnut Metallic Scorpio to compare cladding tones, but there almost none. Not a popular color, or did they just not make that many?

[andyofcolumbusmerkur]

Funny, I've been trying to find pics on-line of a Chestnut Metallic Scorpio to compare cladding tones, but there almost none. Not a popular color, or did they just not make that many?

Here's an XR

[andyofcolumbusmerkur]

And a Scorpio in that color
http://forums.merkurclub.net/forum/view ... hp?t=29160

[john keefe]

Here's an XR

Ahh... that looks really nice on the XR. And, the paint looks OK too.

That Scorpio is the first one I've seen with dark side cladding.

[eaton53]

Eaton, you see this? viewtopic.php?f=27&t=39799 1988 XR for $10.5K. Looks like someone is trying to set it up to break your world's record.

Can't get the pics to open. Is it an automatic? Manuals have gone for much more.
I want the record to be broken because that means values are on the up!!

First words are "Don’t have to sell". If it's an automatic and it's $12.5K, it may be a "Don't want to sell" price...

[andyofcolumbusmerkur]

It's listed in the for sale section. Pics load just fine for me.

[john keefe]

Wait... so what's the (current) record in each category (auto vs. manual, XR and Scorpio)?

[andyofcolumbusmerkur]

I think Eaton's cars and the "rally tribute" 5 speed XR that almost went for 27k.

[eaton53]

Wait... so what's the (current) record in each category (auto vs. manual, XR and Scorpio)?

Stock XR Manual went for just under $14K in (I believe) 2017.
IIRC, absolute mint condition with something like 14K miles.

I gotta wonder what that Roush XR pace car went for. It bid up pretty good but didn't meet reserve.
There was probably a behind the scenes deal made for an unknown sum, then it went into hiding.

https://bringatrailer.com/2016/01/03/6k ... -pace-car/