[{"id": 1148481, "authorName": "All_Things_Italian", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/all_things_italian/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "All the pics are upside down, Seller must be from down under... :-)", "likes": 3, "timestamp": 1469759621, "type": "comment", "endDate": "2016-07-28 19:33:41+00"}, {"id": 1148493, "authorName": "SeattleCurmudgeon", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/seattlecurmudgeon/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "The Konig shocks and Kumho Ecstas provide amazing grip...", "likes": 4, "timestamp": 1469760649, "type": "comment", "endDate": "2016-07-28 19:50:49+00"}, {"id": 1148517, "authorName": "KeyserGuitar (The Seller)", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/keyserguitar/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "I've talked to the people at BAT about the upside down pictures. Hopefully my car will be rightside up soon.", "likes": 7, "timestamp": 1469762148, "type": "comment", "endDate": "2016-07-28 20:15:48+00"}, {"id": 1148535, "authorName": "johnny_turbo", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/johnny_turbo/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Why no mention of the rare Australian market offering?", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1469763402, "type": "comment", "endDate": "2016-07-28 20:36:42+00"}, {"id": 1148541, "authorName": "Spridget_A_Series_Power", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/spridget_a_series_power/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@KeyserGuitar, GLWTS. Oppo and Jalopnik mourn the loss of a legend. You need to do a conclusion piece once it sells!", "likes": 3, "timestamp": 1469764022, "type": "comment", "endDate": "2016-07-28 20:47:02+00"}, {"id": 1148560, "authorName": "DougDeMuro", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/dougdemuro/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@KeyserGuitar Best of luck with the sale!!", "likes": 11, "timestamp": 1469765643, "type": "comment", "endDate": "2016-07-28 21:14:03+00"}, {"id": 1148561, "authorName": "Keith_T", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/keith_t/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "I'm not seeing any upside down photos. Is it an OS thing? I'm on a Mac.", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1469765678, "type": "comment", "endDate": "2016-07-28 21:14:38+00"}, {"id": 1148574, "authorName": "Ed_L", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/ed_l/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "\"The car is described as a fun, reasonably reliable project\"\n\n'Fun but only reasonably reliable' describes the one I bought new. There are cars I once owned that I want back; the XR4Ti isn't among them. \n\nThat said, this car's condition makes it clear that its owners have cared a whole lot more than my Lincoln dealer's service guys, who had no clue what to do with one of these.", "likes": 3, "timestamp": 1469767166, "type": "comment", "endDate": "2016-07-28 21:39:26+00"}, {"id": 1148616, "authorName": "bringatrailer", "authorUrl": "", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Sorry about the flipped photos. It was an IOS issue on iphone and ipad, but not desktop. We have it resolved. Sorry for the trouble. \r\n-BaT", "likes": 3, "timestamp": 1469774453, "type": "comment", "endDate": "2016-07-28 23:40:53+00"}, {"id": 1148624, "authorName": "KeyserGuitar (The Seller)", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/keyserguitar/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "It should be noted: the \"Build Race Party\" stickers were installed by Bill Caswell under Matt Hardigree'a ownership. I left them because I like the story.", "likes": 7, "timestamp": 1469777002, "type": "comment", "endDate": "2016-07-29 00:23:22+00"}, {"id": 1148627, "authorName": "All_Things_Italian", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/all_things_italian/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Bringatrailer said: \"Sorry about the flipped photos. It was an IOS issue on iphone and ipad, but not desktop. We have it resolved. Sorry for the trouble.\"\n\nThat will be ten lashes with a broken Corvair Fan Belt...lol", "likes": 3, "timestamp": 1469778893, "type": "comment", "endDate": "2016-07-29 00:54:53+00"}, {"id": 1148681, "authorName": "Laszlo70", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/laszlo70/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "having had 2 Xr4ti in my past, the overheating is most likely Turbo bearings. I also cut holes on the hood, grille area and did a host of other mods and it still remained under boost. Changed the turbo bearing and changed the seals, gaskets around it and at the exhaust downpipe, new exh man gasket and no more overheating. I could push full throttle and idle at the traffic, no more spiking. \r\nI'm Just saying...", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1469794958, "type": "comment", "endDate": "2016-07-29 05:22:38+00"}, {"id": 1148697, "authorName": "farrst", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/farrst/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "So how did these compare to cosworth saphires?", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1469795899, "type": "comment", "endDate": "2016-07-29 05:38:19+00"}, {"id": 1148700, "authorName": "lee_anzola", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/lee_anzola/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "A car with a good story but a bit neglected , lets see what the story is coin wise . GLWS.", "likes": 2, "timestamp": 1469796120, "type": "comment", "endDate": "2016-07-29 05:42:00+00"}, {"id": 1148721, "authorName": "Garnet3.2", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/garnet3.2/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "woof...Tanner Foust and Rut routinely trash every car they touched on that show AND it was a 16 year-old's \"learning experience\"? Pass......", "likes": 9, "timestamp": 1469796866, "type": "comment", "endDate": "2016-07-29 05:54:26+00"}, {"id": 1148723, "authorName": "Scot_Douglas", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/scot_douglas/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Are the \"Kong shocks\" big?", "likes": 4, "timestamp": 1469796934, "type": "comment", "endDate": "2016-07-29 05:55:34+00"}, {"id": 1148728, "authorName": "AndyN", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/andyn/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Ridden hard and put away wet?", "likes": 3, "timestamp": 1469797292, "type": "comment", "endDate": "2016-07-29 06:01:32+00"}, {"id": 1148745, "authorName": "MattGraf", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/mattgraf/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "I have a strange urge to bid on this. I've always had a liking for the XR4Ti, although I'd prefer a more original and better conditioned example this would be a blast to flog on without worrying about losing what little value it has plus it has an awesome story.", "likes": 2, "timestamp": 1469798231, "type": "comment", "endDate": "2016-07-29 06:17:11+00"}, {"id": 1148756, "authorName": "Lawnjockey", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/lawnjockey/", "bidAmount": 500, "content": "$500 bid placed by Lawnjockey", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1469798605, "type": "bid", "endDate": "2016-07-29 06:23:25+00"}, {"id": 1148764, "authorName": "Mike_Breinin", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/mike_breinin/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Great cars and a blast to drive. I have had several of them. Love the Sierra lights, those are a pricey upgrade. \r\n\r\nOh, and BAT...we call it a Shifter here in the US of A. I have no idea what a \"switchgear\" is. LOL.", "likes": 3, "timestamp": 1469798781, "type": "comment", "endDate": "2016-07-29 06:26:21+00"}, {"id": 1148822, "authorName": "Chicanery", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/chicanery/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Great to see a love of cars influence a younger man's career path. Reading Road & Track as a teen lead me to pursue a mechanical engineering degree.\n\nThis car does show some battle scars, but appears to have been well taken care of and enjoyed during the current ownership. GLWS!", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1469802079, "type": "comment", "endDate": "2016-07-29 07:21:19+00"}, {"id": 1148839, "authorName": "Ishabaka", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/ishabaka/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Here's a tip regarding fire extinguishers: I once had to use one when I foolishly started an engine compartment fire using carburetor cleaner to find a vacuum leak - and I SURE was glad I had it - but dry powder extinguishers, the kind you can get for $10 at Home Depot are corrosive to aluminum - I spent the next day cleaning out all the residue from the engine compartment. Halon extinguishers are over $100 - but leave no residue. I bought a Halon extinguisher after that experience, and thankfully have never had to use it.", "likes": 4, "timestamp": 1469802678, "type": "comment", "endDate": "2016-07-29 07:31:18+00"}, {"id": 1148844, "authorName": "bratfink", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/bratfink/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@farrst. These don't really compare to the Sapphire. The Sapphire was the Mk2 Sierra 4 door saloon. The XR4Ti compares better to the Mk1 Sierra 3 door Hatchback. The model was a derivation of the XR4 in Europe. The question you are really asking is how does it compare to the Sierra Cosworth. The basic difference is the engine and gearbox. XR4Ti got the Lima engine with a turbo, no intercooler and a T9. The Cosworth got a YBB engine, an intercooler and a T5.", "likes": 2, "timestamp": 1469802979, "type": "comment", "endDate": "2016-07-29 07:36:19+00"}, {"id": 1148871, "authorName": "Tiberius1701", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/tiberius1701/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "The 58th picture (14 rows down and second from the left) illustrates what occurs on these cars when you install the wrong battery in these cars. (I didn't do it...LOL)", "likes": 2, "timestamp": 1469804778, "type": "comment", "endDate": "2016-07-29 08:06:18+00"}, {"id": 1148884, "authorName": "danman", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/danman/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Love the car....VERY worried by the ownership chain.\nWould have loved to own this a few sellers ago.", "likes": 2, "timestamp": 1469804981, "type": "comment", "endDate": "2016-07-29 08:09:41+00"}, {"id": 1148926, "authorName": "Yddraigoch", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/yddraigoch/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@ Ed L, I was a tech at a Lincoln dealer back then and I loved working on these. Once you learn them, they're Duck Soup. At one point, both my son's and I had one. Kind of like buying used Mustang though, they've usually been flogged pretty hard.", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1469807371, "type": "comment", "endDate": "2016-07-29 08:49:31+00"}, {"id": 1148927, "authorName": "Defender405", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/defender405/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@danman With a car like this, it seems the ownership chain is sort of the point. While these are interesting cars in their own right, without the Top Gear and Jalopnic owners it is just an old and kind of beat Merkur. This at least has had some very unusual exposure and was owned by minor automobile celebrities. IMO the story kind of makes the car.", "likes": 4, "timestamp": 1469807501, "type": "comment", "endDate": "2016-07-29 08:51:41+00"}, {"id": 1148930, "authorName": "Defender405", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/defender405/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Unless you were being sarcastic in that comment. Then nevermind.", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1469807561, "type": "comment", "endDate": "2016-07-29 08:52:41+00"}, {"id": 1148959, "authorName": "Kevin_Triplett", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/kevin_triplett/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "The ownership history adds perhaps 25 cents to the value of this car", "likes": 2, "timestamp": 1469809098, "type": "comment", "endDate": "2016-07-29 09:18:18+00"}, {"id": 1149027, "authorName": "IamNoExpertBut", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/iamnoexpertbut/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@Yddraigoch\r\nTrue, there's really not all that much to them. My exhaust manifold cracked, in pre-Interweb assistance days, and I tried multiple used replacements (from T-Birds, I think). There was a time I could R&R the turbo and exhaust manifold on one of these faster than I could make a peanut butter sandwich.", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1469812534, "type": "comment", "endDate": "2016-07-29 10:15:34+00"}, {"id": 1149046, "authorName": "ltursick", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/ltursick/", "bidAmount": 600, "content": "$600 bid placed by ltursick", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1469813170, "type": "bid", "endDate": "2016-07-29 10:26:10+00"}, {"id": 1149101, "authorName": "danman", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/danman/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Defender405:\n\nNope, I wasn't being sarcastic.\n\nI really do appreciate this car's history....up until, maybe, the final owner. But I suppose any teenager that buys a car like this and doesn't wind up wrapping it around a tree isn't run-of-the-mill.\n\nSaw one of these for sale locally a few months ago, same year and color but with an automatic transmission and looking like it had been sitting for more than a year.\n\nWould like to find one with an excellent body, in and out, and would pull the \"dead\" engine for a Zetec or Duratec....or maybe a SBF.", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1469816079, "type": "comment", "endDate": "2016-07-29 11:14:39+00"}, {"id": 1149385, "authorName": "KeyserGuitar (The Seller)", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/keyserguitar/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "If you have any questions whatsoever please do not hesitate to ask.", "likes": 2, "timestamp": 1469823677, "type": "comment", "endDate": "2016-07-29 13:21:17+00"}, {"id": 1149612, "authorName": "RobertAngelo", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/robertangelo/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Can you please upload blacklight photos of the interior?", "likes": 3, "timestamp": 1469827170, "type": "comment", "endDate": "2016-07-29 14:19:30+00"}, {"id": 1149700, "authorName": "samophlange", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/samophlange/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Is the A/C functional?", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1469828974, "type": "comment", "endDate": "2016-07-29 14:49:34+00"}, {"id": 1149710, "authorName": "KeyserGuitar (The Seller)", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/keyserguitar/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@samophlange\nIt is not as the A/C compressor has been removed at some point through out the cars life.", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1469829300, "type": "comment", "endDate": "2016-07-29 14:55:00+00"}, {"id": 1149836, "authorName": "MattHardigree", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/matthardigree/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "This car is actually magical. The guy who owned it before Top Gear/Myself apparently had a terminal form of brain cancer for which there was no cure and somehow, magically, it went into remission. It's also quicker than you'd imagine and a lot of fun.", "likes": 8, "timestamp": 1469837798, "type": "comment", "endDate": "2016-07-29 17:16:38+00"}, {"id": 1149853, "authorName": "KeyserGuitar (The Seller)", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/keyserguitar/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@Laszlo70\nThe overheating was due to a faulty relay that was replaced. I have not had any issues with it running hot since the relay was replaced.", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1469839582, "type": "comment", "endDate": "2016-07-29 17:46:22+00"}, {"id": 1149866, "authorName": "KeyserGuitar (The Seller)", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/keyserguitar/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@danman\nFor what it's worth, the car is actually in better condition since than when I took delivery. A majority of the 7,000 miles I put on the car were driving back and fourth from my school. During my care the car was kept in a garage and was not driven during winter months and since it was my main mode of transportation and I knew how inexperienced I was behind the wheel I was very conservative driving it. I have purposely spun the wheels in that car once which was on gravel which can be seen at the end of the road trip video my friend and I made. I'm not going to say that I never drove it hard, but I learned at a very young age that there's a time and place to drive spiritedly.", "likes": 8, "timestamp": 1469840435, "type": "comment", "endDate": "2016-07-29 18:00:35+00"}, {"id": 1149965, "authorName": "brianashe", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/brianashe/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@Mike Breinin - \"switchgear\" is a term for switches/knobs/etc. But I think I'll start calling my shifter that because it sounds awesome and it'll piss off my friends. :D", "likes": 2, "timestamp": 1469847788, "type": "comment", "endDate": "2016-07-29 20:03:08+00"}, {"id": 1149984, "authorName": "zegilles", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/zegilles/", "bidAmount": 750, "content": "$750 bid placed by zegilles", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1469850077, "type": "bid", "endDate": "2016-07-29 20:41:17+00"}, {"id": 1150140, "authorName": "newland07", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/newland07/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Does it come with the Top Gear license plate placeholder?", "likes": 2, "timestamp": 1469884586, "type": "comment", "endDate": "2016-07-30 06:16:26+00"}, {"id": 1150214, "authorName": "mgb65", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/mgb65/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Now if I could just find one of those gearboxes at less cost than the car itself, I could convert my MGB to a five speed. Great looking car for the money I think.", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1469888881, "type": "comment", "endDate": "2016-07-30 07:28:01+00"}, {"id": 1150372, "authorName": "KeyserGuitar (The Seller)", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/keyserguitar/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@newland07\nI have two. One goes with the car and one gets displayed proudly in my college dorm room.", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1469901563, "type": "comment", "endDate": "2016-07-30 10:59:23+00"}, {"id": 1150374, "authorName": "KeyserGuitar (The Seller)", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/keyserguitar/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@MattHardigree\nI was told he made his last payment in person at the Ford dealer. Truly a heartwarming story.", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1469901808, "type": "comment", "endDate": "2016-07-30 11:03:28+00"}, {"id": 1150513, "authorName": "MattGraf", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/mattgraf/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "I watched your road trip vid. So no issues with the car running hot on the trip? If I bid and win the auction I will be driving it back to Pittsburgh through hell or high water.", "likes": 2, "timestamp": 1469916367, "type": "comment", "endDate": "2016-07-30 15:06:07+00"}, {"id": 1150519, "authorName": "KeyserGuitar (The Seller)", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/keyserguitar/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@MattGraf\nNo issues at all. The overheating problem was a faulty relay which at some point caused a previous owner to unplug the fan completely. Since we have changed the relay, the car hasn't come close to overheating. It has a large aluminum radiator that keeps it running cool. The day we filmed the video was particularly hot and the car had absolutely no issues.", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1469917334, "type": "comment", "endDate": "2016-07-30 15:22:14+00"}, {"id": 1150702, "authorName": "Wob", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/wob/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "How are we looking on smog equipment?", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1469954339, "type": "comment", "endDate": "2016-07-31 01:38:59+00"}, {"id": 1150809, "authorName": "Supplyguy", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/supplyguy/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Owned a 1986 myself once and loved it. Couldn't afford to maintain it back then and when the transmission went I donated it to a fire department to destroy for training. At $750 I'm soooooo tempted to buy this, register it as historic, relive my 20's, and drive it until it blows up.", "likes": 2, "timestamp": 1469978285, "type": "comment", "endDate": "2016-07-31 08:18:05+00"}, {"id": 1150830, "authorName": "KeyserGuitar (The Seller)", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/keyserguitar/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@Wob\nIt did not pass smog in California when it was out there for filming a few years ago. In a lot of states it can be registered as historic and would be exempt.", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1469981200, "type": "comment", "endDate": "2016-07-31 09:06:40+00"}, {"id": 1150832, "authorName": "KeyserGuitar (The Seller)", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/keyserguitar/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@Supplyguy\n\"Reserve Not Met\"", "likes": 2, "timestamp": 1469981260, "type": "comment", "endDate": "2016-07-31 09:07:40+00"}, {"id": 1151021, "authorName": "mbrosch", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/mbrosch/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Funny. I have a very built lower-end, an Esslinger head and a new turbo setup. If it was close I'd build a mystery sleeper, ( what the hells is a XR4Ti anyway?) and drive it like I stole it.", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1470009160, "type": "comment", "endDate": "2016-07-31 16:52:40+00"}, {"id": 1151475, "authorName": "newland07", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/newland07/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Any fluid leaks to be aware of?", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1470066565, "type": "comment", "endDate": "2016-08-01 08:49:25+00"}, {"id": 1152023, "authorName": "mustang86svo", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/mustang86svo/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "What a cutie, lots of possibilities here. I just sold one of these engines for 450 to save a Pinto, so it deserves being saved too.", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1470084829, "type": "comment", "endDate": "2016-08-01 13:53:49+00"}, {"id": 1152218, "authorName": "CelestialGryphon", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/celestialgryphon/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Don't have the money, or the room. Otherwise would be all over it, because XR4.", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1470088978, "type": "comment", "endDate": "2016-08-01 15:02:58+00"}, {"id": 1152247, "authorName": "KeyserGuitar (The Seller)", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/keyserguitar/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@newland07\nIt will occasionally leave a quarter-sized spot of oil on the ground if it's sitting for a while. Apart from that, no.", "likes": 2, "timestamp": 1470090918, "type": "comment", "endDate": "2016-08-01 15:35:18+00"}, {"id": 1152796, "authorName": "RhodyM20", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/rhodym20/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "I know of a very, very complete parts car in a Rhode Island salvage yard if this Merkur comes east.", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1470152613, "type": "comment", "endDate": "2016-08-02 08:43:33+00"}, {"id": 1153001, "authorName": "IB007", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/ib007/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Surprised the seller didn't post this. \n\nhttp://jalopnik.com/you-can-buy-an-ex-top-gear-car-for-super-cheap-right-no-1784702268\n\nGLWTS.", "likes": 3, "timestamp": 1470164244, "type": "comment", "endDate": "2016-08-02 11:57:24+00"}, {"id": 1153015, "authorName": "samophlange", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/samophlange/", "bidAmount": 900, "content": "$900 bid placed by samophlange", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1470165051, "type": "bid", "endDate": "2016-08-02 12:10:51+00"}, {"id": 1153582, "authorName": "jonthewick", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/jonthewick/", "bidAmount": 1500, "content": "$1,500 bid placed by jonthewick", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1470175050, "type": "bid", "endDate": "2016-08-02 14:57:30+00"}, {"id": 1153583, "authorName": "RustMeister", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/rustmeister/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@jon, I think you might have just bought a Merkur....", "likes": 3, "timestamp": 1470175126, "type": "comment", "endDate": "2016-08-02 14:58:46+00"}, {"id": 1153603, "authorName": "jonthewick", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/jonthewick/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "We will see, there is still almost 2 days left.", "likes": 3, "timestamp": 1470176347, "type": "comment", "endDate": "2016-08-02 15:19:07+00"}, {"id": 1153626, "authorName": "mustang86svo", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/mustang86svo/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "if it were local, I'd bid, I love that Thunderbird engine, but just not worth the shipping.", "likes": 2, "timestamp": 1470177957, "type": "comment", "endDate": "2016-08-02 15:45:57+00"}, {"id": 1153636, "authorName": "mustang86svo", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/mustang86svo/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "that's cheap for a TV star", "likes": 3, "timestamp": 1470178420, "type": "comment", "endDate": "2016-08-02 15:53:40+00"}, {"id": 1153956, "authorName": "samophlange", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/samophlange/", "bidAmount": 1986, "content": "$1,986 bid placed by samophlange", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1470199452, "type": "bid", "endDate": "2016-08-02 21:44:12+00"}, {"id": 1153958, "authorName": "samophlange", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/samophlange/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "I just can't say no to a double wing.", "likes": 6, "timestamp": 1470199612, "type": "comment", "endDate": "2016-08-02 21:46:52+00"}, {"id": 1154200, "authorName": "jonthewick", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/jonthewick/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "My complements on the creative bid price, it's significance did not go unnoticed.", "likes": 2, "timestamp": 1470236079, "type": "comment", "endDate": "2016-08-03 07:54:39+00"}, {"id": 1154379, "authorName": "samophlange", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/samophlange/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Some day one of these cars will go for that, maybe this will be the one!", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1470245997, "type": "comment", "endDate": "2016-08-03 10:39:57+00"}, {"id": 1154385, "authorName": "newland07", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/newland07/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "So much for a $2016 bid to celebrate the seller's graduation and this car's graduation to another owner. Perhaps this car will make it to the Class of 2086.", "likes": 4, "timestamp": 1470246203, "type": "comment", "endDate": "2016-08-03 10:43:23+00"}, {"id": 1154386, "authorName": "newland07", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/newland07/", "bidAmount": 2086, "content": "$2,086 bid placed by newland07", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1470246222, "type": "bid", "endDate": "2016-08-03 10:43:42+00"}, {"id": 1155679, "authorName": "Zinhead", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/zinhead/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "When these were new, we came across one of them in a parking lot, and the sister-in-law exclaimed \"What is an Xrati?\" GLWS.", "likes": 3, "timestamp": 1470317696, "type": "comment", "endDate": "2016-08-04 06:34:56+00"}, {"id": 1155695, "authorName": "djjerme", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/djjerme/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "I still call them that, even though I know it's wrong. \n\nXrati sounds cooler, because it's a word that starts with X..", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1470318557, "type": "comment", "endDate": "2016-08-04 06:49:17+00"}, {"id": 1155744, "authorName": "fbobberts", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/fbobberts/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "I love these cars!", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1470320692, "type": "comment", "endDate": "2016-08-04 07:24:52+00"}, {"id": 1155894, "authorName": "KeyserGuitar (The Seller)", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/keyserguitar/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Only 5 hours left!", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1470327224, "type": "comment", "endDate": "2016-08-04 09:13:44+00"}, {"id": 1155945, "authorName": "neverenoughgold", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/neverenoughgold/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "A Merkur was the only car I wasn't given as a loaner when I brought my MKVII in for warranty service. There were so many visits over the 13 months I had the car, I lost count...", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1470329746, "type": "comment", "endDate": "2016-08-04 09:55:46+00"}, {"id": 1156110, "authorName": "Jennyt71", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/jennyt71/", "bidAmount": 2214, "content": "$2,214 bid placed by Jennyt71", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1470337900, "type": "bid", "endDate": "2016-08-04 12:11:40+00"}, {"id": 1156360, "authorName": "Badjujubee", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/badjujubee/", "bidAmount": 2600, "content": "$2,600 bid placed by Badjujubee", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1470342319, "type": "bid", "endDate": "2016-08-04 13:25:19+00"}, {"id": 1156452, "authorName": "KeyserGuitar (The Seller)", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/keyserguitar/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Reserve has been met. The car will be someone else's before the day is over.", "likes": 10, "timestamp": 1470343121, "type": "comment", "endDate": "2016-08-04 13:38:41+00"}, {"id": 1156658, "authorName": "nobrakes", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/nobrakes/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "great provenance, including the seller. whats next kid?", "likes": 2, "timestamp": 1470346086, "type": "comment", "endDate": "2016-08-04 14:28:06+00"}, {"id": 1156659, "authorName": "newland07", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/newland07/", "bidAmount": 2750, "content": "$2,750 bid placed by newland07", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1470346096, "type": "bid", "endDate": "2016-08-04 14:28:16+00"}, {"id": 1156662, "authorName": "newland07", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/newland07/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Sold on 8/4/16 for $2,750 to newland07", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1470346217, "type": "system", "endDate": "2016-08-04 14:30:17+00"}, {"id": 1156665, "authorName": "newland07", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/newland07/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "As much fun as watching the auction was, I cannot wait to get behind the wheel!", "likes": 6, "timestamp": 1470346417, "type": "comment", "endDate": "2016-08-04 14:33:37+00"}]