For Sale: '88 Merkur XR4Ti

[Rex Jr]

Pictures available upon request.

For Sale:
1988 Merkur XR4Ti
5-speed, blue, gray leather
166k miles.
$1500 O.B.O.
E-mail: rexspeed@peoplepc.com

The Good:
Euro headlights
New exhaust (3” Downpipe, 2.5” Flowmaster muffler, Monza tips)
K&N cone filter
New timing belt
New O2 sensor (Bosch)
New knock sensor (Motorcraft)
New cap/rotor/wires (Motorcraft)
New front control arms/ball joints (BAT)
Both CV axles done 3 years ago.
New injector O-rings
All dash bulbs work
Pioneer CD player
Ford Sierra badges
Sparco suede shift knob
Comes with a spare, known-to-be-good, transmission.

The Bad:
2nd & 3rd-gear synchros are a little “iffy”.
The suspension is rather soft; new dampers would be a good idea.
Small spots of rust on each door, peeking out from under the cladding.
Vent tube on diff case is broken
Comes with early-model 14" alloy wheels.
Rust speckling along driver's side A-pillar from stone chips.
Minor oil leak at rear main seal (only when it’s cold out).

[Bill Owen]

What ya gonna buy next Rex?

just wondering..

Bill

[Chad]

I'll buy the euro lights from you. You can have my very white looking stock ones to put back in.
Let me know, i doubt you would get the light cost out of the entire car,
-Chad

[Rex Jr]

The car has to be sold as is, I'm not interested in parting it. Besides, once Euro lights are installed, you can't go back to US DOT. To much sheetmetal gets "modified" during the installation process. If you're interested in a pair of your own, I can ask around. They usually don't cost any more than a couple c-notes.

The car is being sold to make room for the black '86 I had MOWOG 3. For some reason there's a one-Merkur-at-a-time law in my household that got passed without me knowing it.

[TonyS]

I am not interested in the car, but coincidently I was digging through my office for something a couple of weeks ago and found two original XR4Ti sales brochures. An '87 and an '88 I believe. Must be left over from when I owned my '86 (which I owned from '88 to '91 and put 135.000 miles on not including the 15,000 I bought it with)
Great car.

Since you seem to be a true enthusiast and I am now firmly ensconced in the BMW camp, they are your's if you want them. I also have a set of those phone dial 14" wheels laying around someplace too. I tried to put them on an old '83 Mustang belonging to my niece, but the center holes are too small.

If you want either or both email me at tonys@mailersofmn.com