20+years later..Keeps going&going&going..get the picture

[nzwinrz]

After I tossed out some junk and gave it a quick bath..



Already popped out the rear dent..

[nzwinrz]

Now its rests under the patio drying out(spare tire well was a pond)
Took the silver spoiler of the MerCos and installed

[nzwinrz]

Plans are still on for my Vacation trip(end of April) to Hershey, Pa. This one's going to cost me some dinero...2600 mile round trip, using a Ford F250 Super Duty. Gave up on the idea of paying to haul, to much of the car will be in boxes or tossed in car/truck. So I'm taking a week to make the trip(by myself), stop off in Huntsville Al to visit my older brother and my sister is 1hr off Interstate 81 in West Virginia.

Now for pics of this RED beauty... Price $2500+gas, food and lodging

Paint work in these pics is 3yrs old, new windshield after....project forgotten but not dead yet...




New front Glass




Picture this with my RED top Cosworth YB








Cosworth Grill and oem arches w/jacking covers


Extra engine, trans, hood, doors, hatch from a '88

Not pictured are new Sachs, Sierra Headlamps, Cosworth sway bars f/r , urethane bushing for car, grey leather interior, new windshield installed after paint...
Forgot to mention, get Cosworth rear quarter glass and interior pieces with the deal!

....some assembly required...to say the least. I think the paint alone is worth the $2.5k

The only down side.....its Arrest Me RED

[In XS 7]

Man. this car is so beautiful!!!

[merkurdriver]

You're right, red top YB is gong to look great in that engine bay

[nzwinrz]

Thanks, its a whole lot of red, plan on throwing in some Euro Black accents. I want to play around with photoshop and go retro, blacken out Cosworth- bumpers, arches, follow down side of doors as well as rear bumper. The '85-86 looked longer/leaner with the black skirts, once you color match the car looks taller.

[Ray]

I agree - XR's tend to look best in white, but that red isn't bad at all. Body looks in great shape.

[nzwinrz]

Got things backwards, bought a RED car to go with my coffee cup

[Esteban]

They did a great job with that paint job.

[nzwinrz]

I used two car covers from Huntsville, Al to Texas to better protect the paint. The trip from Pa to Al only hade one and the wind buffing caused some paint damage, but its going to be covered by the lower door cladding.

No cover from Hershey Pa to my sisters cabin/home in West Virgina, 3.5hr drive after a 6hr loading.



Then from her house to my brothers in Alabama, 10hrs



Then threw on another cover to protect the first from buffing..11hrs to home

[nzwinrz]

Filled the car as much as possible, then the truck, stuff that wouldn't or couldn't fit in the car, extra from his parts car


after a point I started a garbage pile of stuff leaving behind, look to the right of garage...seats, headliners, radiators, the worst of the 2 cars, oem fender, and door sills, bumpers(one that I needed for parts..dummie). I needed another truck.


Also left behind the extra hood, doors, hatch

[nzwinrz]

Now here's the good stuff that came with the deal...New wheel cylinders, shoes, spring kit, complete rear end bushings,(beam aren't in pic) yellow, solid rear diff mount, e-brake cable, center support, quibo, wheel bearing kits, grill seal, t-stat housing


Cosworth rear glass....not one set as told..but 2. Along with interior panels and trim for them.

[nzwinrz]

Never had wheel liners that didn't fall apart, new Spax for rear, engine and trans extra



Red Koni struts+F&R lowering springs from the '88 parts car, Cosworth front sway bar


Lots of bits in the boxes, 2 sets of nice/not cracked or bulging tail lights, takes my total set count to 6sets, 4 used, 1new from Argintina, 1 1/5 new Ford sets from England/Germany

[nzwinrz]

Went and bolted on my 18" Comps to see how they'd look, will do same with white 17" Comps later after the Sapphire suspension set up on the old car goes on.

Notice the car has Sierra sills and fenders, no XR cladding bump...


Popped in the headlights that came with it, nice Cibie set, RHD but I've got several LHD sets

[nzwinrz]

Part of the 6hr to load was deciding what to take, how to take it, install sunroof, door glass, wing, the front bumper(parts for red one), lower sound dampening, carper, consoles, seats, RS arches and the painted bumpers had to be protected from all other items.
This is what I started with..




Also left behind a fairly nice Borla exhaust...look just behind the trailer...wanted to take it but after 6hrs I was thinking with a short fuse..so sue me...