Sometime toward late August or early September, my daughter will be starting school in Indiana. It looks like I'll be pulling a small trailer (~2,000 lbs or so) up there from Florida using one of my 245s. I have a potential source for the hitch, and was planning on installing a set of the heavy duty "cargo" coil springs and maybe some new shocks (KYB? Boge? Bilstein touring?). Question is, which car to set up - the 1985 245 DL with M46 and nearly 220K on it (but a nearly new clutch), or the 1987 245 DL with AW70 and only 145K on it? Both are in decent mechanical condition and have similar "creature comfort" levels (working A/C and CD players), so I guess it comes down to which tranny is best suited? My gut feeling is to use the '85 with M46, but if anyone has a good reason to use the AW70 equipped car, please let me know.
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Mike W., '79 242GT (my project car), '85 245DL (son's project car), '87 245 DL (my daily driver), '90 244DL (son-in-law's daily driver), '91 744T (wife's daily driver), '94 944T (daughter's daily driver), Largo, FL