Crazy high milage/mileage cars

[Guest F14CRAZY]

Who holds the high mileage Reatta record? I know some have been around 300k

[Duke]

Mine is a wimpy 124k, but my fathers truck never rebuilt original engine, four 700r4 transmissions, an odometer thats stopped twice now the first time for about a year then magiclly started again and the second has been for about 6 months reads 290k, and he puts about 30k a year on it. So I'm guessing actual mileage is 335k. He plans on having funneral services when its dead and not repairable.

[Guest inthespot]

My '98 Ford Van has 308,000 on it ( oil pump took engine out at 207,000 got another from a junk yard with 98,000) but it does have the original transmission. I pull my trailer with it every week, it has a few noises but seems to keep going. Also have an '86 Mazda B2000 with 215,000 on it and its all original. Previous van was a '93 Ford Aerostar that had 245,000 when it cought on fire. Also had a '91 GMC Sonoma with 246,000 before it got ran off the road by an 18 wheeler (again all original 2.8 with 5 speed and ran ever so smooooth) I think that one would have gone another 246,000 as I never replaced anything on it but the breather, oil, filter, brakes, shocks and the tires two times.

[Guest Greg Ross]

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I would be the one around 300k. I recall a convertible from Toronto that was at Flint in 2003 with it's new Owner. I think there was something like 470k on the clock?

[manikmekanik]

I'll never catch up to you in my 281,000 mile white/maroon '89 coupe! It's just under-went major teardown, due to need of parts to repair Panikmekanik's identical '88 coupe. It still runs/drives, but is now missing:

RF fender,

both headlamp assy.s

passenger vent window

passenger mirror

battery

bumper

rub strip

lower front valance

grille

foglamps

passenger turn signal/marking lamps

It'll still move-around on the farm, but won't be hitting the road for any serious miles anymore.

[Guest EDBSO]

Why stop there. It would be an interesting experiment to get the sawsall out and convert it into a removable hard top roadster? Just a thought.

[tinknocker88]

geez, i guess we'll be rookies. our 'new' 88 is showing 77,760.!!! tinknocker88

[bwarren]

tinknocker, check your p/m.

Brian

[manikmekanik]

Granted the majority of the front panels are missing, it would make a better trailer, with the nose sawz-all(ed) off!

Remaining white front panels are:

hood

LF fender

(2) LF turn/marker lamp assy.

perfect lower valance w/perfect grille

very good bumper w/foglamps

upper bumper valance

inner fenders

L&R headlamp assy.s w/o motors-1 white, 1-claret.

I used the worst parts from both cars to repair "Bambi killer" and set the pristine parts aside for a worthy resto car, or to sell to offset expenses.

Still have plenty of 88-89 crop parts to "harvest" out behind the barn, due to a "bumper crop" raised-up over the last couple seasons.

Bambi killer needs only to get a brake service to be done, probably this week. Next will be either the '89 claret(s), or the '88 black/tan suede coupe.

Unless any of them sell first, or winter ends abruptly.

[Guest F14CRAZY]

Would be a sweet trailer. Remind me to do that someday

[manikmekanik]

Lemme know when you're ready, F14! It'll sell cheap!

It'll probably still be sitting here! Bring a tongue and a welder, haul it home!