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Laser 917
flood 911
944 with blown engine
Biturbo scap metal
TA VIN and parts not sold at $6500?
Based on these auctions, there has to be a way to buy total junk for a couple of hundred dollars and turn it into a couple of thousand. Of course there has to be some shill bidders and deadbeats mixed in here somewhere.
None of these bidders will EVER EVER come out alive on these purchases. They are all very naive buyers. The flooded 911 bidders are the most stupid of all. They need to read the price guides.
Stag with Ranger engine
really original Nova
You don't see too many Rancheros
72 Cutlass
These TCs are rare, thankfully
Can't really see why this one would be more valuable as a survivor, but what do I know.
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the Nova, same as the Mustang (good bones for a hot rod project), except the 4 doors let that option go.
If you like this type of beast, get the Ranchero cheap (engine knock? Not good), and drop in a nice crate big block and have something unique.
The Cutlass looks like a good bomber for a high school kid, but I wouldn't want it as a project, since I think it will have a lot more problems as you start to dig into it, and rust never sleeps.
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Love that old thing...all it needs is is a 383 and overdrive trans and we are in business.
What's not to love? It takes the worst feature of the car (well, other than the styling) and replaces it with one of the best engines ever made. Also way overpowering the chassis, which should be loads of fun.
Heck, I would buy it (at least for the price it is at, or up to ~1k) just for the novelty, even though it is a nasty color.
I actually do like TR7 convertibles, so that's a plus.
I read the questions, and it sounds like the engine might be hinky (not a real Nissan turbo set up), so it is likely to grenade at any time, but fun in the meantime.
I wouldn't use it as a hi mile daily driver, but for a weekend toy (1-2K a year), it's viable.
Now, if I was doing it, I would have stuck in a Mazda rotary. At least it would have fit better, and their might even be a kit for it.
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-Jason
Reason? People are afraid of them (for good reason), not many shops work on them (for good reason).
Best RX-7 you could buy is one with a blown engine and otherwise beautiful for $100----then you put in a new or rebult crate engine from mazdatrix or one of those guys. This way you are starting off right with the engine and you can take care of it as Mazda required.
But they can still last 150k+ miles if maintained, I presume?
This was in 1992. I had no money to repair it so I put in the penny saver listed at $1000. By the end of the first day, my answering machine was full of messages and I already had $1000 in cash in my hand. It was a base model that had some body damage and an interior that was average at best.
First and second generation RX-7s were very reliable other than the engine, and the engine usually only failed early due to poor care by the owner. The third generation cars were a little different - a ton more power and an expected engine life of maybe 75,000 miles if you babied it.
On the rare occasions when I was able to drive it, I found it amazing that 100HP could be so much fun.
She sold it after having her first child in 1997 ... I think she got $2200 for it, and cried the day the guy came and picked it up.
Still, for the money that '70 Galaxie looks to be a decent car. And I'd imagine with a 390 it wouldn't be a slouch.
'11 GMC Sierra 1500; '98 Alfa 156 2.0TS; '08 Maser QP; '67 Coronet R/T; '13 Fiat 500c; '20 S90 T6; '22 MB Sprinter 2500 4x4 diesel; '97 Suzuki R Wagon; '96 Opel Astra; '11 Mini Cooper S
nice but plain Ventura
The Ventura looks like new. WOnder how hard it would be to rod it? Nice V8, get rid of the hose tangle under the hood...
One thing I realize is I need to go to Alabama for my next car. It's like a time warp down there.
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Anyway, every so often he would hook up a trailer to his parents wagon and take a roll of Benjamins and head dwon th NC/SC area, and scout around for one of those rust free southern cars. I remember him coming back with a CHevelle SS one time.
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Umm, I had one of these "Spirited" V-6es in an '82 Cutlass Supreme, a car that weighs around 200-300 less than that Ventura. However, my '82 probably had much taller gearing. Still, you'd probably be better off with a Chevy 305. Much better performance, and probably not much of a fuel economy hit.
At the swap meet at Carlisle this past weekend, an awful lot of the smaller-engined cars for sale seemed to have "economical" "great mileage" "25 mpg" etc posted in their windows. And the seller of a '77 Electra I was looking at commented on how the 403 is very economical. Umm, right. Maybe compared to a '76 with a 455! :P
The black BMW is also kind of cool. That Jag though...I think that's about what something like that is worth. I'd take a 150K mile 10 year old MB over a similar Jag anytime.
Semi-unusual car with no keys
-Jason
then again.... DON'T! You'd get an angry phone call from my wife.
'11 GMC Sierra 1500; '98 Alfa 156 2.0TS; '08 Maser QP; '67 Coronet R/T; '13 Fiat 500c; '20 S90 T6; '22 MB Sprinter 2500 4x4 diesel; '97 Suzuki R Wagon; '96 Opel Astra; '11 Mini Cooper S
My friend's father still owns and drives an '82 GS that he bought brand-new. It is his daily driver in the months when it's not snowing (here in VT that's from April until November). It has 110k miles on it and still looks new because he pampers it like crazy.
It seems like a good deal.
It looks really nice, but i'm sure a couple of Colorado winters would make it look its age.
JAGUAR XJ6 -- a ten year old Jaguar with 150,000++ miles on it? Why not save yourself the time and trouble and just stick your head into a wood chipper? Over-priced. It's a $3,500 car all day long because you can be sure it's going to start feeding on you right after you drive it away. It'll be a $6,000 car in a couple of months anyway.
RX-7: Yep, that's right. With good care, you can get 150K out of a rotary engine. But if you overheat it, JUST ONCE, even for just a minute, your engine is toast, and doomed to failure. Also, neber eber use synthetic oil in a rotary engine, as per dire warnings from mazdatrix.com, who oughta know.
I don't know if the 280 is a C or CE. A carb car might put out maybe 130-140hp, maybe 150-160hp for the FI car. The FI engine is better in about every way.
By the way, I looked in "Excellence" regarding 968s. They say a '92 coupe in poor condition is worth over $10,000. That makes that '94 in decent condition look cheap at $9,999 - "Excellence" puts an average '94 at around $14,500, but this one in particular was kind of high mileage.
I'd imagine that $8500 would be kind of high, unless it's almost flawless.
I actually like that '76 Nova SS. Nothing a new lock cylinder won't cure. For the money, if it is sound, you could make a nice project out of it. At least the parts are cheap.
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BMW 6 Series --- I like these cars a lot but the miles on the one being offered are very very high, and the car has been monkeyed with, and really, they aren't all that "collectible". The market for 6 series coupes has never been very strong. You should be able to buy a very sharp, ready to go, no problems 635 CSi for $6,000.