Tariq - from NYC 15 years ago - black 242? If so, we spoke a few times by phone/email back then. My brother bought your old car from a fellow down in FL that ended up with it. The body had incredible corrosion issues - but the motor only had a few thousand miles on it. He towed it to Augusta GA and pulled the Ford crate motor out. Modded/freshened - and put it into an 86 Mustang he was building. I think he paid $600 for the whole car as it wouldn't start when he got down to FL with the trailer. Turned out to just be that the fuel pump had died.

I parted out the rest of that black 242 -- many of the black interior pieces are on my car including the Volvo/R-sport/Momo steering wheel. And the shell went to the crusher -- far too much rust to salvage.

So, in a small way it lives on!