Asking $6k OBO.
Full disclosure- this car doesn't run perfectly right now, starts and idles a little rough. That said, it just finished SOFR in this condition so even if you don't want to do any work you could run it as-is. I also don't really get along with it, although I've never DNF'd with it. If you want an ownership log of everything I've done to it since purchasing it in 2016, see this thread: https://grassrootsmotorsports.com/…/85-merkur…/120244/page1/
With that out of the way, let me try to sell it to you.
This is an SCCA Logbooked, updated to current safety specs Open 2WD car that is ready to run- just passed tech at SOFR, and I'm not removing anything so belts and extinguishers are current. If you want that turbo laggin' scandinavian flickin' 80s rally car experience this is it.
Car comes with an absolutely massive spares package, at least one of every stock part, a shortblock, several cylinder heads, freshly rebuilt JVAB front struts (uninstalled), and a parts shell with title (complete windshield!). Modifications are as follows:
Chassis/Body:
Seam welded as shown in Ford Motorsport prep manual
Double skinned rocker panels and strut towers
Logbooked cage tied to all upper suspension pickups
1/8" plate reinforcements in critical areas
1x1" tubing radiator guard/skid plate mount
3/16" aluminum skid plate
Lexan windows
Roof scoop
All cladding removed
Wheel wells clearanced
Gutted hood/hatch bracing
Suspension:
Custom front struts (RIX housings, Bilstein 40mm inserts, machined stubs, 350lb/in springs, 300/100 damping, Escort forest bump stops)
JVAB rear shocks (unknown damping Bilsteins, 175lb/in springs, junkyard Ford bumpstops)
Seam welded front subframe
Upgraded bushings all around
Custom reinforced rear subframe
Custom reinforced trailing arms
Bigass 14mm lug studs
Spare stock struts included
Spare rebuilt JVAB front struts included
Wheels/tires:
15x5.5" Ronal Saab front with 175/75R15 gravel tires
15x6" Ronal Saab rear with 195/65R15 gravel tires
HUGE amount of spares including lots of gravel tires, some snows, some tarmac
Brakes:
Stock front discs w/ Hawk pads
Thunderbird conversion rear w/ Hawk pads
Hydraulic handbrake
Adjustable proportioning valve
Engine:
Ford 2.3 SOHC
Stinger center mount header
Stock Garrett T3 compressor housing, oil cooled Chinese CHRA, Cosworth turbine housing
3" side exit exhaust
Cosworth intercooler, steel intercooler piping
DO88 Aluminum Saab 900 radiator, Volvo 740 coolant tank, cooling lines rerouted
Mustang throttle body, fabricated upper intake manifold, ported lower manifold
Thunderbird ECU/injectors/VAM
Ranger (possibly other?) roller cam, Esslinger cam pulley, advanced 6 degrees
Esslinger billet auxiliary shaft and bronze drive gear
Custom dual redundant remote TFI
Inner head light gutted and converted to air intake
AEM dryflow filter
FC RX7 oil cooler
Big steel fabricated motor mounts
Drivetrain:
Thunderbird T5 transmission, Chinese short shifter, tall shift lever.
Custom transmission mount
Mustang steel driveshaft
4.3 LSD mk3 Supra differential with custom adapters and mountings (spares included), shimmed to ~250ft-lbs breakaway using Tractor Supply parts
Interior/Nav:
Old-ass Garmin GPS
Terraphone Pro Intercom
Codriver accessible fuse panel w/ smartglow fuses
Momo seats and steering wheel, heavy duty 1x1" tube seat bases/anti "up the ass of Timo" bars
Lighting:
LED headlight bulbs
Red interior LED lighting for navigator
Bolt-on light bar w/ MICTuning curved spot/flood combo bar and 4x Auxbeam LED pencil/spot driving lights
All tail lights/signals converted to LED
Again, the spares package is MASSIVE- look at the picture with the shelves, that's still missing the parts car and a shortblock. If you have questions fire away!
