Newbie on Vancouver Island, BC Canada

[marko]

hi all,
new guy in Victoria BC here;
2 days ago I picked up a loaded Canadian spec 81 Mirada, t-tops, M code 318 factory 4 barrel, 10 spoke alloys, leather, buckets, console shift, pw, p trunk, locks, driver's seat, cruise, tilt, intermittent wipers, rear amp etc.
Supposedly it has a sure grip rear end but I haven't had a chance to check the #s yets.
The car is all stock except for a repaint in its original white, it now has an Edelbrock carb ( still have original TQ), and the original radio is gone.
I do have a variety of correct mopar radios to put in once i decide if i want cassette, 8 rack or Infinity cd system.
I can't find any broadcast sheets, Ive looked but found none under the seats, or in seat backs.
The car has the over the top roof band that I thought was part of the CMX package, however at this point i don't know if it is a CMX since there are no name badges on the front fenders.
Looking forward to learning more about this car with help from you guys.
I get to Vancouver and the lower mainland, and Washington state a fair bit.

I also have a loaded 77 triple black leather buckets console shift 400 4v t-top Cordoba, a 69 Dodge Monaco 500 convertible with a 72 Monaco hidden headlight nose blended in, a 72 Monaco coupe, a 77 Town & Country wagon that has an Imperial/New Yorker hidden headlight nose, some Rivieras and some Rovers........
Mark

 

[Superpac Ninja]

damn you got quite the fleet of mopars there ,,welcome ,,i got a 77 aspen rt,super-pac 4 speed with sure grip ,fold down back seat ,black leather buckets etc etc,,shes called blue ,for obvious reasons my first mopar

 

[Jack Meoff]

Welcome aboard marko.
Post up some pics of your rides.

Otherwise ninja will post pics of his car yet again. :eusa_whistle:

 

[efriedrich]

nice aspen ninja, looks like a runner

 

[Superpac Ninja]

lol thanks ,,just hopin to pry some pics out of our new member ide love to see the fleet of monacos

 

[mirada80]

Hey there welcome aboard..... My Mirada came from BC in 1995, they stay solid out there.

 

[marko]

thanks for the welcome guys
pretty impressive looking aspen ninja !
here's some pics from tuesday in the ferry lineup back to Victoria.
i found this card in the glove compartment that someone else had written the body tag codes on.
and at home with my 77 doba ( which badly needs washing).
some of you canadian guys might know of the person i bought the cordoba from........
if you've seen "Canada"s Worst Driver - Ever !"

hopefully i can figure how to ad some pics......

 

[dodger roger]

cool mirada sounds like a twin sister to mine ! if you get over to the mainland swing by the tim hortons in langley a bunch of car lovers go on friday night did you buy that mirada in aldergrove ?

 

[dodger roger]

oh code n92 another non catalitic converter car

 

[marko]

yep it was the aldergrove car.
i never made it out to aldergrove, they met me at the ferry with it and we did the deal there.
which tim"s ? 200th st ?
im originally from vancouver but moved to victoria in 2001, seems like its different every time i get to langley.......

 

[Bruceynz]

Cool car! My Cordoba from memory was a Canadian car that some how made it to California and sold new at a dealership there.

How do I delete this post somehow I have posted twice

 

[kkritsilas]

I think most of the J body cars were made in Canada, and distributed throughout North America. I could be wrong, though.

Kostas

 

[Jack Meoff]

Nice rides!

 

[80mirada]

Sweet Mirada

 

[dodger roger]

cool so you bought steves mirada when i saw that mirada for sale on line 3 yrs ago that was the inspiration (kick in the butt ) to get my mirada going again tims in langley on logan ave that mirada was in merrit then chilliwack aldergrove and now victoria

 

[dodger roger]

i believe all the j bodies were built at the windsor plant ( ontario ) on the fender tag the first one the letter c is for canadian order

 

[Jack Meoff]

I'm pretty sure they were built in Windsor, Canada.
Seventh vin digit should be an R.

 

[dodger roger]

2 canada b dodge 3 passenger car 4 manual seat belts j mirada / cordoba 6 special 2 2 dr special m 318 4bbl x check digit b 1981 r windsor

 

[marko]

cool so you bought steves mirada when i saw that mirada for sale on line 3 yrs ago that was the inspiration (kick in the butt ) to get my mirada going again tims in langley on logan ave that mirada was in merrit then chilliwack aldergrove and now victoria

i actually found an old ad for it for sale back in merritt - scary price on it then even with the reduction !
doesn't say how many years ago the ad was

http://merritt.canadianlisted.com/cars/1981-dodge-mirada_1093340.html

and then theres the tease of the other old ad listed under it......

 

[marko]

lol thanks ,,just hopin to pry some pics out of our new member ide love to see the fleet of monacos

i will post some pics of the monacos when i get the pic files transferred from my old laptop, could be today.....