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    unbelievable

    we got this today they said it wouldnt run ???? we put gas in it fired it up??? people are crazy $375 before anyone asks unbelievable




    with title ???? we get this stuff all the time but its our first jaguar



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    Maybe it doesn't run when it warms up, that is an awesome score tho. Definitely a quick turnaround, I'm guessing.
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    Its funny how God blesses people sometimes. Looks like a great score.
    God is great, scrap is good, and people are crazy

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    im jelous

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    Its funny how God blesses people sometimes. Looks like a great score.
    I call that falling in it and coming out smelling like a rose.

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    Drive it you'll be impressed, power and handling are superb. Never owned one, would like to.

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    yank the jag engine and install a small block chevy, the trans bolts right up, i think they used a th400 in those, great score

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    !. the cats are very hi dollar.

    why put a chevy engine in a ford ?

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    ford only owned jag for a few years, they are now owned by tata, an auto manufacturer in india, before ford purchased jag they used gm transmissions with a chevy bellhousing bolt pattern

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    we drove it all day so we didnt get alot done it has 4 cats on it but there is no way we can scrap it, i was hoping for the quick turnaround but my partner is keeping it at cost plus he said he would by the transfer case for my durango you guys seen a couple weeks ago. your right it handles great and is super fast i dont know anything about them but this one has a straight six cylnder in it, the interior is pretty rough considering the outside id rate the inside a 4 or 5 outa 10. evidently Gods been blessing us alot lately and we definitly are grateful, we have also been falling in it alot also we already got a ford explorer to pick up in the morning. thanks guys for all the comments

    edit i forgot to add that the gas guage is stuck on a 1/4 of a tank and you could hear the fuel pump running
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    Quote Originally Posted by corycouch View Post

    edit i forgot to add that the gas guage is stuck on a 1/4 of a tank and you could hear the fuel pump running
    I was wondering if that might be the case when I saw the post earlier. "Why won't it start? We still have a 1/4 tank. Screw it, I'm selling it" is what I am guessing happened.

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    lol i gotta list but i think we are on car 45 or 46, i have only kept the durango, my partner has kept a cavalier convertible, the ford f250 you guys seen, and now this. the others mostly we have scrapped but we have a guy now that will take all s10s and blazers we get no matter condition and sold a couple nice vehicles on cl for more than scrap but we dont keep em long and they goto the shredder after a couple days. i know your kidding w me but we are very fortunate as we both have very good jobs and are able to skip the cash every now and then, we only pay ourselves depending on the week 100 to 200 a week never over 200 tho and the rest we either invest in tools or advertising and we always keep enough to pick up a couple cars.

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    idaho, the funniest one we had was a battery cable had come off an old toyota corolla(people dont even open the hood to look) before i joined the forum, it wasnt worth anything anyway but we drove it around till it ran outa gas then scrapped it, we drove it about a week

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    You come across another f250 like the one you showed us before please send me a PM before you scrap it. Ill make the 1000 mile trip for a nice truck like that one.

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    Nice score Cory...You said it was going to be a good day this am and then you end up sport'n a Yaguwar.
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    parttime i sure will i remember you saying you would like it for one of your kids, we had another last week or the week b4 but it was really rough and didnt run had some kinda nest under the hood. we have had 3 f250s but the one we kept was by far the best, any old truck or do you want a ford250 only?

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    Old ford or chevy prefer a 250 or 350 cheap and clean is best If its a dodge just send it straight to the shredder

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    kz i sure did but i had no idea i had to google Yaguwar lol shows what i know, all days are good though its just what we make of them

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    ah partime that hurts, i love my dodges but you got it

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    Quote Originally Posted by corycouch View Post
    ah partime that hurts, i love my dodges but you got it
    Thats cause they aint no Mtns in ARRRRKansas. Nothing wrong with dodge. To each his own its like a pentium and AMD its all in what you like I guess. I jist think the old dodges are ugly is all.

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