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#6106 of 17968 by andyman73 Feb 14, 2005 (7:58 pm)
I served with 2 Marines that owned Tempos. They never had any complaints. The one, she had a 425 Rocket powered Olds, that I tried to buy from her, for 500clams. Car ran and drove, and was in overall decent shape, dummy me, didn't take it.
#6107 of 17968 I'm not sure... by andre1969 Feb 15, 2005 (5:06 am)
but I think the T-bird turbo actually used the little Brazilian Pinto/Mustang/Fairmont OHC 2.3 4-cyl. The 2.3 used in the Tempo/Topaz, and I think the Ranger pickup, was actually the old inline OHV 6-cyl with two cylinders removed, an engine that dated back to the old Falcon 144/170 6-cyl.   My stepdad bought a Tempo, brand-new, in 1984. It was an ugly looking thing. A 2-door GL, IIRC. It was white with a gray lower accent, and some hideous looking alloys. It had some issues over the years, but they ran it to around 160,000 miles, when they traded it for a '91 Stanza. It was still on the original engine and tranny, but I don't know what other work had been done on it. They got $600 in trade on it.   IIRC, the Diesel Tempo used a 2.0 Mazda unit? And in later years, they put the Ford Vulcan 3.0 in the Tempo, which had 140 hp. That must've been a gutsy little car for the time.
#6108 of 17968 by fintail Feb 15, 2005 (6:39 am)
I think you might be correct about those engines. I never kept track apart from displacement.   We're discussing Tempos...never thought I'd see the day
#6109 of 17968 Tempos by michaell Feb 15, 2005 (7:44 am)
I don't recall the Tempo/Topaz being available with the diesel, but I do remember the V6 option .. and yeah, I seem to remember that it was pretty quick for the time.   I do remember that the Escort/Lynx had the option of a diesel engine, as I almost bought one back in 1985. I was just a few months from graduating college, and my beloved '79 Sunbird had been totalled by my insurance company .. I had $2K to use as a down payment. The dealer offered me a 3-door Escort diesel for the $2K down and, I think, $150/month. They would even defer the payments until after I graduated.   My folks talked me out of it, telling me that I didn't have a job lined up post-graduation, and that it was silly to commit myself to car payments when I wasn't sure about future income. Reluctantly, I agreed and ended up buying a '76 or '77 Olds Omega with a 306 V8 for $1000.   When I met my wife 8 years ago, she was driving a Tempo that she had bought new in 1986 .. it had 96K on it and was starting to look pretty ratty. Gave it to her sister when we got the wife a new Escort.
#6110 of 17968 by lemmer Feb 15, 2005 (8:16 am)
I Googled Ford Tempo Diesel.   Apparently there was one, and someone loves them enough to devote a web page to them.   There is also a Tempo/Topaz car club. I can't fathom why.
#6111 of 17968 by Mr_Shiftright HOST Feb 15, 2005 (9:12 am)
We must have run out of everything else to talk about ?   Yes! The old Toyota Land Cruisers, the FJ40s I mean, not so much the wagons, are VERY collectible right now. They don't bring "big bucks" but they are worth more say than an early Mustang plain coupe and are in small block Camaro territory already. They can easily bust $10K and run up to $15K for nice nice ones.   Many have been molested with American V8s but with a utility vehicle this may not affect value, if a nice job was done.
#6112 of 17968 by jrosasmc Feb 15, 2005 (2:23 pm)
But what's so spectacular about an FJ40 Land Cruiser, other than being a truck? Replies to this message: andys120 (Feb 15, 2005 4:10 pm)
#6113 of 17968 how do we refer to... by ghulet Feb 15, 2005 (2:48 pm)
...the first of the four-door Land Cruisers (pre-91), other than 'ugly'? I saw TWO of them within three minutes early this morning on the way home from work.   Hopefully this will be among the last post(s) on these, but I can attest to the existence of both diesel Escorts (a friend in HS and my grandpa had one, AND a diesel Chevette) and diesel Tempos, I've seen plenty.
#6114 of 17968 Re: [jrosasmc] by andys120 Feb 15, 2005 (4:10 pm)
Replying to: jrosasmc (Feb 15, 2005 2:23 pm) FJ40s, unlike those oversize tanks they call Land Cruisers today, are simple rugged off-roaders that can and do go just about anywhere. Serious boulder buster off-roaders generally start with one of two vehicles a Jeep CJ or an FJ40 L/C because they are both compact and sturdy and there's no question that the Toyota is the better built of the two.   They're famous all over the world for their ruggedness and their offroad capability, they're the real deal.
#6115 of 17968 by andyman73 Feb 15, 2005 (5:34 pm)
Don't forget the AWD Tempos!!! LOL!   I saw one of those xA 1.0 today. Even tho it's new, they're only making 2K of them, or less, so is obscure. Looked better than the original model.

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