Just bought a 1997 Esprit V8

[lc_09]

Originally Posted by pedm5

The dealership showed me paperwork that stated a 97 build date. The minor differences are definitely things that could've been changed over the years like the wheels and the front spoiler, especially since the car is so low the front lip rarely goes unabused. The car at the dealership was falling apart it seemed like. Made 30k miles look like atleast 70-80 but the odo showed just under 30k. Maybe it is maybe it isn't obviously if it is then something is surely fishy about it because of the mileage discrepency.

i see. If you can get the VIN number, think a CarFax report might be able to shed a bit of light on this.

[blkmnl]

yeah, if someone can get some information on that car it would be great. I'm going to go look at the car this weekend probably(just to do some tire kicking, decided to wait about a year until I buy) but who knows, maybe ill end up with a car sooner.

[s4s]

I know this car - it was serviced at Viking Motor Sports in Costa Mesa (call Harry at Viking for the details). The last owner was trying to sell her for sometime at about $35-40K if I recall. Car is scary fast, but needs a little tidying up, other than that it's a nice car. If anyone is serious, recommend you have Viking do an inspection (a lot can happen to car in a year).

[E5PR1T]

1. Not the same car, I've seen both personally.

2. The 98 has some serious power, it has forged pistons, race ecu, and many more