Contour Enthusiasts Group Archives Forums Branches Northeast 1995 Mystique V-6 5-speed in Binghamton $850!

This is not my car, or the car of anyone I know. I found it in the paper and went to look at it, hoping for a steal. It's close.

The good:

Minor rust, but the car is solid. Better than mine!
Well-maintained, has new precats/manifolds.
Comes with paper copy of Ford manual
Engine sounds like the internals are still very solid.
$850 asking price!!!
Guy has owned it since 1996.

The bad:
Different colored front bumper, ding in hood, some rust over rear wheel.
Probably needs control arms to drive well.
Some sort of spark/air/fuel stumbling when going to WOT at idle. Feels great other than that. I'd bet an induction cleaning/rebuild and new plugs/wires will clean it right up. One bank of plugs in new, one is original. Wires are originial.
150k miles

If anyone is interested, I can get you the contact info. It's not quite cheap enough to be a parts car, and it's not worth building into an autocross car. It is, however, a great DD possibility. I'd love to see someone on Contour.org grab this and fix it up.

Seriously, I have no interest in selling it other than seeing someone buy it who won't put spinner hubcaps on it.

Where about was it?

Endwell, near JC. I can PM you the phone number if you want.

Any idea if that car has sold yet? I have checked the Binghamton Press and cannot find it listed.

I'd be a little leary of anything coming out of that area of NY right now. Especially anything from Binghamton strait through th Deleware county area. You might be looking at a flood car.

I looked at it pre-flood, so it's not a flood car. It was high enough I'm sure it didn't get wet. The guy was going to keep it as a winter beater if it didn't sell, in any case.

"It is Contour City around here. All grandmothers' cars too."

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Hey I'm not a grandma. I drive like one though. Mostly grandma drivers around here though.