Recent content by Detroit Iron

What an absolute nightmare. Having your truck for weeks on end is totally unacceptable, I would have raised hell after two days. I hope they at least gave you an equal loaner vehicle. Some of these dealers are absolutely terrible, like mentioned above find a good independent shop. If it's...

A stock fox sure is slow compared to the new stuff. My new 2023 Camaro LT1 is a completely different beast. These foxes are still fun to drive due to rawness and lightweight. As we all know, they really shine when the modifications start. I would have never dreamed these cars getting the...

Those look great! I like wearing my SVT Performance t-shirt at my local cars and coffee. Despite being mostly Porsche and other high end stuff, the fox gets plenty of respect. If you know, you know.

The electronics in these new cars are insane. I was reading on the Camaro6 forum that guys were having their insurance rates skyrocket because of unknowingly being enrolled in these "good driver" programs where data is transmitted to a third party via Onstar. Insurance companies then pay the...

Here is my little story regarding the SR-71. My dad served 30 years in the Air Force, he got stationed at Beale AFB in northern CA in the mid 80s. Being a 12 year old kid and really into airplanes made this super cool. At the time, Beale had the SR-71, U2/TR-1, T38 and KC-135Q models...

It doesn’t fit their narrative. End of story and you’ll never see a mug shot, kind of like Super Bowl parade shitheads. Now if this were a right wing MAGA hillbillly, you can bet your ass things would be different.

Looks great. Not a fan of the automatic, but this should do well. Another perfect candidate for dry ice blasting to get that nasty undercoating off...they really slathered it on. I would change out the alternator and radiator back to OEM, that would drive me crazy on a car like this.

I totally get what you guys are saying about getting older and working on cars. I recently pulled my T5 to replace the original bearing retainer that was leading to a really stiff clutch pedal. Working on a car when you are 50 is definitely different compared to being 25. There are obviously...

I still have my trusty 90s made in the USA Craftsman set. Only broken one piece in nearly 30 years. If I need anything, I like buying made in USA stuff on ebay. I think the plans are for Craftsman tools to be made in a factory in Texas sometime in the near future, which is awesome.

I finally had some time today to clean up the old T5 and installed my new Ford Racing steel bearing retainer. Before and After photos, 209K miles of grease, dirt and grunge. Simple green, a brush, rags and elbow grease did the trick. Certainly not perfect, but much better. Hope to get this...

I've been battling a really stiff clutch pedal lately in my 92 coupe. I've pretty much checked off everything other than the bearing retainer. I pulled the T5 yesterday and I think I found the issue. I'm pretty sure the retainer is OEM and galled up pretty bad, not sure what material it is...

That was an impressive auction for that 93R. We all took these foxes for granted, now 30-40 years later there aren't that many left. The desirable mint ones will fetch top dollar. People have made a killing in stocks, RE, crypto...buying that object of desire from your younger years isn't...

@Black Gold 380R. That car looks great, you are putting in some serious work. There is something therapeutic about buying an old fox and slowly going through it. Keep us updated.

That's a very cool piece of fox body history. Unfortunately this car will likely never be driven again, every mile would hurt the value. Unless you are a fox body mega collector with ultra deep pockets, I just don't see it. For the 200K range you can actually buy modern cars that you can...

Those old Toyotas run forever. I have a coworker who daily drives a 99 Corolla with well over 250K on it, that thing runs like a top. I always tease him that he is now eligible to get collector car license plates and should get them just to piss people off.