1988 Turbo II, 69k original miles.
11-21-20, 12:48 PM
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1988 Turbo II, 69k original miles.
Picked up this arctic silver one-family owned turbo back in September. It had popped up on Craigslist and my brother sent me the link, called right away and offered full price and booked a flight to North Carolina.
car had remained stock outside of a reaching beat cat-back and some rear shocks for the most part.
the mans father had purchased the car from a dealership in Arizona when he got out of the Army, it spent its life between Arizona, Florida, Vermont, and North Carolina on trading hands from father to Son. He was moving back to Vermont and no longer wanted the vehicle, h offered it to other family members but none were interested.
plans for the car are to sort out the issues with the broken radio/antenna, replace missing parts like the battery cover, update the suspension as it’s gotten a bit soft over time. OEM parts are not totally available so some aftermarket will be used. The car drives great and just want to enjoy it.
I’ll update here with pics as I go along.
car had remained stock outside of a reaching beat cat-back and some rear shocks for the most part.
the mans father had purchased the car from a dealership in Arizona when he got out of the Army, it spent its life between Arizona, Florida, Vermont, and North Carolina on trading hands from father to Son. He was moving back to Vermont and no longer wanted the vehicle, h offered it to other family members but none were interested.
plans for the car are to sort out the issues with the broken radio/antenna, replace missing parts like the battery cover, update the suspension as it’s gotten a bit soft over time. OEM parts are not totally available so some aftermarket will be used. The car drives great and just want to enjoy it.
I’ll update here with pics as I go along.
11-21-20, 12:57 PM
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Cleaning up the loose ends, replaced battery box lid that was missing, swapped out the rotary shaped oil cap for a stock one. Replaced the broken hood prop latch.
Just need to replace the one side of sound deadening that mice got into. Bastards.
11-22-20, 11:38 AM
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After the third attempt at finding a stock stereo replacement I located one that works well. The unit I had was shot and was unable to find anyone to attempt to repair it.
Had a minor crack in the surround, I knew it was coming. New oem replacement is on the way, will probably swap out the faded ash tray for new as well
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11-22-20, 07:04 PM
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Picked up a really cheap set of vert wheels on eBay, and a set of center caps from a member on here. Going to clean them up, polish the lip and I MIGHT paint the mesh Arctic silver.
Started cleaning off the horrid paint. Wheels have no rash at all. The stock wheels are solid but the clear needs to be refinished. I plan on having them refinished and the vert wheels will be a good cheap option in the meantime.
11-27-20, 01:17 AM
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I'd go for body color personally. Do you still have the radio? I'd be interested in taking a look at it
11-28-20, 11:23 AM
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As I said in your into thread, what an incredible car!! You're absolutely doing all of the right things and the car is definitely in great hands! Did the original owner provide any purchase paperwork, window sticker or receipts when you picked the car up?
11-28-20, 05:26 PM
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11-28-20, 05:31 PM
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New goodies from Mazdatrix.
The little crack around the radio bothered me and didn’t want everything to look out of place. So new OEM surround, lighter, ash tray, shift surround, and shift boot. Honestly wasn’t THAT expensive so figured it was worth it on this car.
Previous owner let me keep his plates. His dad is now passed away and felt like that should stick with the car.
I still stare at it all the times, it’s amazing how many compliments I get, almost daily in traffic. I love downtown Chicago off Michigan ave so it really does stand out.
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11-30-20, 08:25 PM
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The most minor of updates but important to me. When I bought my first 88 turbo 2 back in 2003 for 1500 bucks it came with that gold TURBO license plate frame, managed to keep it all these years and finally popped it on. Troubleshooting the stereo, one of my rear speaker amps is broken so have a replacement unit on the way, drivers front speaker is a bit touchy so have to check out the connection a bit more and then also purchased a working antenna motor to swap out.
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12-01-20, 05:40 AM
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Very cool plate frame!! I'm not allowed to keep car parts in the house anymore haha. I'm restoring my Porsche and all of the parts that have been coming for it are in the garage with the car. My wife got tired of tripping over the boxes and the kids were getting into them.
The car does look fantastic and I'm amazed at how clean it is.. you just don't see them like that much anymore.
The car does look fantastic and I'm amazed at how clean it is.. you just don't see them like that much anymore.
12-01-20, 08:24 AM
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Very cool plate frame!! I'm not allowed to keep car parts in the house anymore haha. I'm restoring my Porsche and all of the parts that have been coming for it are in the garage with the car. My wife got tired of tripping over the boxes and the kids were getting into them.
The car does look fantastic and I'm amazed at how clean it is.. you just don't see them like that much anymore.
The car does look fantastic and I'm amazed at how clean it is.. you just don't see them like that much anymore.
The crappy part about Chicago is I pay 550 per month for 2 parking spots and they both do not allow to store or work on anything, drives me nuts.
we’re looking at moving to Arizona and She’s already laying down some ground rules with it, I’ll never complain, ha.
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