Project Cars--You Get to Vote on "Hold 'em or Fold 'em"

british_rover

Just let me know when the kid finally does himself in then I know it will be safe to drive through New Jersey again...

not like I would ever drive through Joisey anyway :P

qbrozen

Just knowing I'm on the road should be enough to keep you out. ;b

british_rover

I'll drive a big range rover with brush bar and rock sliders if I come down to be safe.



Oh side note I got an insurance quote on one of the motorcycles I am looking at.

112 dollars a year... :surprise: I didn't think it would be that low.

Mr_Shiftright

Just give the kid an assault rifle and a case of cheap gin instead of a car like that. Same result, a lot cheaper.

explorerx4

tell them to price out a new 4.6 32v, just in case something happens to the one already in the car. it will probably cost a bit more than replacing the engine in the motorcycle.

Mr_Shiftright

Oh and another thing. If a previously salvaged car is totalled AGAIN, good luck getting back even pennies on the dollar from your insurance company.

steven922

http://southbend.craigslist.org/car/648476421.html

http://southbend.craigslist.org/car/651792292.html

http://southbend.craigslist.org/car/651690615.html

oregonboy

"not bad on gas"
"mostly rust free"
"fun and loud"
:P
translation: Please take this gas-hog off my hands. Your loss is my liberation.
:shades:

guss

I went to my first Monster Truck show this past winter with my 4 year old son. I have to admit it was alot of fun to watch for about an hour. After seeing a half dozen ways to crush cars the thrill is kinda of gone.

oregonboy

1974 Scamp
:shades:

Mr_Shiftright

Monster trucks bring very little return for investment unless you have a famous truck.

Some people spend $100K building these things and are lucky to get back $35K

oregonboy

... guys put stupid-big rims on a car, just before they decide to sell it?
I don't even want to know what a "hydrological" roof might be. :P

Mr_Shiftright

Chrysler Sebring thrills at German car repair prices.

texases

And what does "Car just got paid off in lieu of title in hand ." mean? I also love those "easy fixes" - then do them, already!

fintail

You don't like those generic wheels on a 12 year old Audi with at least one electrical issue? You can't tell me you aren't thinking about buying it.

Maybe the roof has something to do with flood damage.

Mr_Shiftright

"For ME....easy....for YOU....ver-y difficult"

steine13

Ah, but it's RARE!
Sign me up.
-Mathias

guss

Hydrological roof

Well, he listed it yesterday and yesterday was Earth Day. It must be a green thing.

british_rover

Solar powered heated seats... :P

fintail

Surely you jest

"WHEN YOU ACCELERATE ITS RUNS A BIT SLOW" - yeah, look what it is

Mr_Shiftright

3 BMWs -- lessee, asking $5,000, should take about $900 if they have decent interiors and are complete. If they are neither, perhaps running them through a wood chipper would be a better idea.

82 Benz Diesel -- running a bit sluggish? Nothing a $7,500 engine rebuild wouldn't cure.

lemmer

I was thinking that these two 300ZXs were overpriced as a pair. Then I realized he wanted that for each one. Neither is a turbo or a manual. One is the awkward 2+2. I think he is a bit off.

Mr_Shiftright

He says that either car will drive from Maine to California. If I don't make it, can I sue him?

toomanyfumes

I was just going to buy one, but if you buy both you save $200!

toomanyfumes

Nice one, but pricey for a 400.
http://milwaukee.craigslist.org/car/653668561.html

jpf

I own a 1986 Lebaron convertible. I have owned it since 1999. Never had a problem getting parts for it. In fact, I moved from Toronto, Ontario down to Mississippi and brought the car with me. Since the car was originally sold in Canada, it did not conform to U.S. emission standards. I had to spend $550 on a new convertor and some rework of the emissions system. There was no problem finding the parts. The car has the Chrysler 2.2 non-turbo engine with a 3-speed automatic. On the way down south, I drove at a constant speed of 55 MPH and averaged 32 MPG. Down south I can drive the car all year round. Just love driving it on the Natchez Trace Parkway with the top down.

andre1969

Now this is just obscene.

oregonboy

I wouldn't say obscene. Obscene is screwing-up a worthwhile car. I would place that Chrysler is the stupid category. sub-class: "Fool and his money" :P

fintail

How do you turn or go over bumps in that?

andre1969

How do you turn or go over bumps in that?

I dunno..VERY gently I guess. I had slightly oversized 235/70/R15's on my '89 Gran Fury, which is the same design as that Volare. I think the stock size for the copcars was 215/70/R15, with 225/70/R15 being the biggest you were supposed to go. If I hit a bump while going through a sharp enough turn, the front tires would scrape the silver trim around the wheel opening.

Those same wheels/tires are on my '79 5th Ave now, but I haven't had any clearance issues, thankfully.

bumpy

speaking of Deloreans

this is Andre's new old truck

"Interior 90% complete." Exterior, not so much.

"Cars are very similar to the google image below." I kinda doubt it.

this is about how most of these look around here

dreamers and their dreams

andre1969

That '70 Chevy C10 actually seems reasonably priced, and looks decent in the pictures. Makes me wonder what's wrong with it!

Something else I just noticed...when they called something a "long bed" back then, it was still just an 8 foot bed, right? Something about the bed of that truck looks longer to me. But that could just be that in those days the cabs and hoods were shorter and more upright, so the bed made up a larger percentage of overall length. Plus, the sides of the bed probably aren't as tall as on a modern truck, so that's going to make it look longer.

bumpy

Right. Short bed was 6 feet, long bed was 8, Longhorn beds were 8' 6", and there was a 9' fenderside bed still available then. The trend toward putting giant bedsides on trucks these days does make them look shorter, plus the increasing rarity of 8-foot beds these days.

fintail

Slapping a badge and clear corners bought from ebay onto the car does not make it a "Brabus"

Nice windshield rake...those few years before real streamlining...good name and IIRC these had a nice deco hood ornament too

british_rover

WOW on the merc I can see hooked on phonics worked for him.

SPECAIL SPRCIFICATIONS

WAS TAKEN CARE BY PROFICINAL MERCEDES MECHANIC

fintail

I didn't want to look like some kind of bigoted jerk, but I was thinking by the location and verbiage of the ad, I can guess the background of the seller. There are some groups in the region that are known to sell iffy cars.

Mr_Shiftright

Named after Mr. Hupp, with 2 p's

So why isn't it Huppmobile? The world wants to know!

fintail

This should be...interesting...to drive

british_rover

This should be...great...to die in

fixed that for you.

bumpy

Those can be fun, in the "steer with the gas pedal" sense. The Crown kit flips the transaxle around and puts the engine where the back seats used to be. The perverse part of me wants to do a mid-engine Corvair with a Honda B18C.

gsemike

Keep dreaming So clean... so rare... who cares?

The rare 'Ford Mercury'

Weird way to shop

Another weird ad Craig's really needs to implement a spell check feature

As far as $3000 Vettes go, this doesn't look horrible

This car is balls to the wall

Mr_Shiftright

79 Trans Am Convertible -- it IS rare, because Pontiac never made one--how much rarer can you get?

RE: Mid-Engine Corvair --- er, I sure hope someone welded some railroad track to that frame. Let me guess the car's name --- Death Wish II? I suspect this car would spin like a top if you hit a turn too fast.

qbrozen

I gotta admit, that's about the prettiest and cleanest '79 TransAm I've seen in ... oh ... about 27.5 years.

steven922

100 MPG, at your own risk


24 year old toyota pickup with almost 0 rust, maybe because half the truck is missing.

Mr_Shiftright

I actually drove an HMV Freeway. It's made out of 1/2 a motorcycle.

My overall impression was, after a short drive --"I am in a death trap. Somebody get me out of here". Other than that........

gsemike

Light hit in rear

andre1969

but what would be a reasonable price for a well-equipped 1992 Buick Roadhazzard? I saw one for sale up in Carisle yesterday. Originally $5800 but it was marked down to $4800. It was black with a red leather interior. It had a TBI 350, which puts out 180 hp. So it's not the more desireable LT-1, which was offered in 1994-96, and had 260 hp. Still, it's a pretty torquey car, and no slouch.

It only had about 50,000 miles on it, and was in really nice shape. It looked like a piece of the trim molding on the rear quarter panel had come loose and was glued back on, but that was the only flaw that jumped out at me. Oh, it also just had wire hubcaps instead of alloys, and no sunroof.

My 2000 Intrepid died on me on Friday nite, about two miles from home. It might just be something relatively minor like the fuel pump/filter, or some sensor. But if it's something more major, I'm actually considering this big Buick. Fuel economy won't be so hot. It was EPA-rated at 16/25, which is okay for something that size/power, and considering I don't drive that far these days, the fuel economy wouldn't break me. For comparison, my Intrepid was rated at 20/29. I wish I had thought to take a picture of it, but forgot. :confuse:

fintail

I dunno what that Roadmaster is worth...but I would think with those, the most loaded up ones would be the most desireable, same as with the 70s land yachts you mentioned. So, LT1, moonroof, etc would be sought after. But, I suppose if it was to become a daily driver and not really preserved, it wouldn't matter so much.

Mr_Shiftright

Sounds like $2,500 is all the money for that car. Maybe $2,750 if you just had to have it. What could you buy one for if you took your time? Probably as low as $2,000 for a nice one.

andre1969

Sounds like $2,500 is all the money for that car. Maybe $2,750 if you just had to have it. What could you buy one for if you took your time? Probably as low as $2,000 for a nice one.

Wow, that's really all they're worth?! And I thought the $4800 was actually fairly reasonable. I was thinking about trying to get him down to around $4K. I guess I must've gotten distorted by Carlisle-itis or something, so thanks for grounding me with a bit of reality.

At least it seemed like a better deal than the beat-up brown '78 Bonneville coupe with the 301 and power-nothing that the seller wanted $2500 for. :P

Considering how little I drive these days, it's really not imperative that I replace my Intrepid with anything. I just dropped off my "new" '79 New Yorker at the mechanic today, to have him check out its intermittent refusal-to-start problem. So once that thing gets more or less reliable again, I could just switch up my driving between that one and my '79 5th Ave, and maybe drive my '76 LeMans or '67 Catalina convertible on nice days when I don't have to go into a bad neighborhood or anything. :shades: But, I hate to say, I'm starting to get a new-car bug!