2003 10 second Lightning

[03LightningRocks]

I decided to put her up for sale. There is 22,600 on odometer. The motor is a built JDM motor with less than 400 miles on it and about 10-15 passes. It has every mod known for these trucks and then some. Complete upgraded fuel system, front drag springs for better launches...even a nitrous system that is installed and ready to go but has not been used yet or tuned for it. This truck is set up to run tens safely. I am including all Lightning accessories I have with the deal...including four Bogart racing wheels with rubber. Slicks on rears...runners on front. This truck has a brand new silver bullet exhaust. JDM doesn't jerk around when they work on one of these trucks. Everything is done top notch. It also has a custom built NHRA legal roll bar....making ten second passes legal.


I am asking 27K or best offer. I will post pics and a list of all mods later.

[s|ck]

Sounds like a beast! Good luck

[Sandman]

:O Say it aint so rocks! well gl with the sale. it will be an awesome truck to whoever gets it.

are you going to get anything to replace it?

[dboat]

Its a sad sad day... :crying:

Dana

[Silver_2000]

How much is shipping ? To 75007 ? :evil:evil:evil

[03LightningRocks]

I can't tell you how many times I have gone back and forth on this. I work so much I never get to take her out racing. It makes no sense to have a truck like this just sitting in the garage.

I am selling the custom built 30 foot race trailer also. that thing is decked out with everything and anything one needs to go racing. i had the ramps built special and side door set up to match the Lightning. I will be posting pics of that later also.

[03LightningRocks]

How much is shipping ? To 75007 ? :evil:evil:evil

Free!!! What time should I deliver it?

[my2002lightning]

Best of luck with the sale, Uncle Rocks! Hate to see you sell, though.

[PUMP]

Let's see. Mine does 12.5 seconds so if I sold it for $17K it will only cost me $10K more to get to 10-seconds. That works out to $4,000 per second. Thats about what I spent getting from 13.5 to 12.5. As is often said, "Cheap at twice the price." If I were still racing, that would be a steal.:nana2 Good luck on the sale.

[03LightningRocks]

LOL....yeah it only cost me about 8 thousand to get her into the elevens. That last second cost me another 20-30 thousand ...:twitch:

[PUMP]

John (Ohmsby) was lusting to get back into a Lightning on steroids, so he might be a buyer. You'll have to post pictures though since he doesn't seem to read words very well:icon_mrgreen:

[Beaudee]

I think you should keep it.

[03LightningRocks]

Subconsciously I think I should keep it. That may be why I am jerking around so long with posting pics. I had planned on doing it this week but I have had one issue right after another. The plan is to get some pics posted and get it on Ebay and Craigs list early next week.

If I can't get a fair price for it, I will keep it. this truck is like buying a brand new lightning in 2003 only bullet proof and capable of running 10's. It is set up for bracking racing. I have a tune for it that will run the exact same times...pass after pass after pass. None of the dropping a tenth here and there because it gets hot. In Illinois I won the TT race and placed second in the quick ford class at the same time. it ran 12 passes in a row...11.15 every single pass. The truck is well worth the price I am asking for it.

[Shiner1]

Wish I had the $$ for this truck. I'd love to have a G1 and G2. Especialy one like that. I'll trade you a 90' F-250, 09' Taurus, 2 kids (one needs braces), a basset hound and a honda lawnmower that won't start. I hate to part with it but I'll also throw in a slightly used bowling ball. :icon_mrgreen: Best of luck whatever you decide Ron.

[dboat]

Wish I had the $$ for this truck. I'd love to have a G1 and G2. Especialy one like that. I'll trade you a 90' F-250, 09' Taurus, 2 kids (one needs braces), a basset hound and a honda lawnmower that won't start. I hate to part with it but I'll also throw in a slightly used bowling ball. :icon_mrgreen: Best of luck whatever you decide Ron.

noticed you didnt offer up the SO... whats with that? :evil

Dana

[Mika]

I think you should keep it.


Subconsciously I think I should keep it. That may be why I am jerking around so long with posting pics. I had planned on doing it this week but I have had one issue right after another. The plan is to get some pics posted and get it on Ebay and Craigs list early next week.


Listen to Beaudee. If there's any way you can keep it, do it. If it means driving it once or twice a week and gettin' on it, do it. I had an essentially stock L and I miss it.



Mika

[Shiner1]

noticed you didnt offer up the SO... whats with that? :evil

Dana

Got Dam-nit!! Knew I forgot something..:evil

[03LightningRocks]

I finally forced myself to list it on Ebay.:icon_frown: If anyone here is interested or if you know anyone that is interested, pics and descriptions are there. PM me here with any questions or offers.


http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/FORD-LIGHTNING-650-HP-10-Second-Daily-Driver_W0QQitemZ230367609094QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUS_ Cars_Trucks?hash=item35a2fac106&_trksid=p4506.c0.m245

[PUMP]

The add reads great. Heck of a deal, made me wish that I was still racing. Good luck on the sale.

[03LightningRocks]

The add reads great. Heck of a deal, made me wish that I was still racing. Good luck on the sale.


Thank You sir. I spent the last couple weeks procrastinating this but I need to go ahead and see what happens. It is a little silly to have a truck like that sitting in a garage for two years gathering dust. I just listed it and am already regretting it...urrghhhh...:confused:.

[dboat]

Thank You sir. I spent the last couple weeks procrastinating this but I need to go ahead and see what happens. It is a little silly to have a truck like that sitting in a garage for two years gathering dust. I just listed it and am already regretting it...urrghhhh...:confused:.

ok, just give it to me.. and I will let it get some dust but will also drive it a lot too.. but at least it will be out of your garage and out of mind..

Dana

[03LightningRocks]

ok, just give it to me.. and I will let it get some dust but will also drive it a lot too.. but at least it will be out of your garage and out of mind..

Dana

You should sell yours and upgrade to mine. :twitch:

[dboat]

You should sell yours and upgrade to mine. :twitch:

nawww.. just give me yours, think of all the anxiety you wont suffer with trying to sell it.. you know where I live, you can come by and say hello to it from time to time..

Dana

[my2002lightning]

Do what you think is best for you, Ron. Good luck.

[BlackLight]

I think that might have done it. I've been looking to get back into a Lightning...what better excuse than to buy Ron's truck for a great price and still keep it in the TALON family. Ill be in contact, Ron. I'll be back in town at the middle-end of this month, I would love to talk numbers.

[ThunderBolt]

Ron,

What did you ever do with the 17" Centerlines?

[03LightningRocks]

Hey fellers,

Blacklight, give me a PM when you are ready to talk. I really have not been trying to sell it very hard. I would rather just keep it than to give it away. It is paid off so it costs me nothing for it to sit in the garage. I still have it on Ebay if you want to see some pictures of it.

Thunderbolt, I don't remember having any centerline wheels. I have a set of Bogarts (fronts and rears) i use for the track. Maybe I did have some centerlines...LOL...I forgot the brand name of the wheels I had before the bogarts. I sold them to someone and can't remember who...I think Jason.

[ThunderBolt]

I thought is was your truck that had the M/H 390/40-17's. I could be wrong.

[L8 APEX]

Dennis had some huge MH's

[ThunderBolt]

Dennis had some huge MH's

That's probably the truck I was thinking of. If I recall correctly he was running those tires on 17X9.5" wheels. I'm having a set of Matrix done in 17X11's. I already have the 17X7's.

[Sixpipes]

That's probably the truck I was thinking of. If I recall correctly he was running those tires on 17X9.5" wheels. I'm having a set of Matrix done in 17X11's. I already have the 17X7's.

Prolly this one....

http://www.svtgalleries.net/gallery/data/500/medium/mh4.JPG

But if you want a race truck, you can't beat Ron's truck for the money invested. :tu:

[ThunderBolt]

Prolly this one....

http://www.svtgalleries.net/gallery/data/500/medium/mh4.JPG

But if you want a race truck, you can't beat Ron's truck for the money invested. :tu:

That be the one! My 17X11's will have 6.5" BS. It should work-out well.

Ron's truck is a steal! There's a guy in Conroe Texas looking to sell his 10 sec L. to buy Ron's.

http://houston.craigslist.org/cto/1346610226.html

[03LightningRocks]

Well.....she has been sold. The guy is arranging pick up and payment. A feller up on the East coast bought her. A fellow drag racer so I am glad she is going to a fellow racer. This really does suck....even though I don't get to take her to the track these days...I feel like I just lost a girl friend. She sold for 23,500.00 which is a lot less than I should have sold her for but about as much as one can hope to get for a modded hot rod truck.

[PUMP]

A real bargain for someone. Sorry you didn't get close to what the perceived value was.

[03LightningRocks]

A real bargain for someone. Sorry you didn't get close to what the perceived value was.

The motor alone was 15 K installed and only had about a 100 miles and maybe 20 passes on it. No kidding....the truck has more than 40K in mods. Oh well....I knew while I was dropping all that money in it I would never get it back. It was a bracket racing machine. I could make it run the same time within a couple thousandths, run after run all day long, no matter how the temps outside changed. The factory seats never even had an ass on it. I put wet okale seat covers on it right out of the hat. Heck...it still smells like a new truck inside.:vomit:

Crap....oh well...it just sat in the garage and looked purty.

[Silver_2000]

so is it too early to ask for a loan .... since you have some extra cash ? :evil:evil

[03LightningRocks]

so is it too early to ask for a loan .... since you have some extra cash ? :evil:evil

Sure...no problem. How much you need...5...10 bucks? :evil

[03LightningRocks]

Did I mention that I am bummed out? It is really going to suck when his delivery truck gets here and hauls her off.:(

[Silver_2000]

Did I mention that I am bummed out? It is really going to suck when his delivery truck gets here and hauls her off.:(
What can I do to cheer you up ?
I understand bummed about a truck...

I went from this to this ...

[03LightningRocks]

Those guys needed to die for that. I have to run and get a new laptop. I want a cheap ass one. Sony or Dell???

[dboat]

Rocks, I am so sorry to hear that she sold.. she was one of the very bright spots at Talon due to what she could do.. Even though I dont run mine very much, I think if I were to sell it, I would have to have something really special to replace it.. so go buy yourself a Ferrari.. ;)

Dana

[ThunderBolt]

Sorry to see her go. On the other hand it's never too late. :tu:

[Ohmsby]

Sorry to see it go. You should buy a CTS

[my2002lightning]

Yep, sorry to see the L go, Uncle Rocks! Any plans for a replacement hot-rod?

[03LightningRocks]

Sorry to see her go. On the other hand it's never too late. :tu:

The guy who bought it is one of them north eastern coast mobsters. If I try to back out he might have my legs broke.:cool:

[03LightningRocks]

What can I do to cheer you up ?
I understand bummed about a truck...

I went from this to this ...

Thanks for letting me buy you dinner. I feel much better now.:tex

[Silver_2000]

Thanks for letting me buy you dinner. I feel much better now.:tex
Glad I could help

Really enjoyed listening to you bitch about the great weather ...
LOL.... COLD or HOT nothing in between

By the way the "health food" has sent my BG through the roof... BUt it was good

[ThunderBolt]

The guy who bought it is one of them north eastern coast mobsters. If I try to back out he might have my legs broke.:cool:

lol

[Shiner1]

Sorry to see it go Ron. You should prolly go get yourself a hooker with some of that cash. That might make you feel better.... Or your pecker might burn so much afterwards that you'd forget the truck was gone.

:eek:

[03LightningRocks]

Sorry to see it go Ron. You should prolly go get yourself a hooker with some of that cash. That might make you feel better.... Or your pecker might burn so much afterwards that you'd forget the truck was gone.

:eek:


That will burn up around 10 dollars.:D

[jcblack]

Sorry to see her go Rocks:icon_cry:

[In2deep]

What can I do to cheer you up ?
I understand bummed about a truck...

I went from this to this ...

Doug was that really your truck on the right?

[Silver_2000]

Doug was that really your truck on the right?
Yes - it was my truck, by then the Ins company owned it