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Even better - a flooded Ferrari.
This makes for a trifecta of "affordable" Ferraris that will bankrupt you.
This Lotus seems like a good deal in comparison.
Another reason to buy cars where you know the history ...
Another one for the 'are they kidding?' file:
http://chicago.craigslist.org/car/119449885.html
It's funny when a car is totalled (this one certainly is, I mean, it's a '75 Nova folded in half) and they state some obvious understatement like 'front end damage'.
I've seen this type of situation so often before...people stretching beyond their means and knowledge to own an old Ferrari...you see this with old Rolls and Bentleys from the 70s and 80s, too.
Always ends in a bloodbath, too.
Still, I guess if it was the right engine, like a hopped-up 350, the driveline of that Nova should be worth something. And I'm sure it's worth something as a parts car. The '75-79 Nova is pretty popular as a streetrod, and you can put a big block in them, so there is some demand for them. Not as much as the '68-74 style, though.
1. The bidder is really totally, completely, profoundly stupid
2. The bid is a shill
You can buy beautiful, well maintained 308s with very low miles for $35,000 all day long. I could deliver flatbeds full of them to you at this price.
I think the last service I remember my friend's father having done on his 308 was about 8 grand.
Bad things were Lucas electronics (light switch, A?C controls), and water pumps, which isn't exactly its fault. Most Japanese cars use a timing belt, so since you are paying $450-500 to take the whole thing apart, you replace the water pump as a matter of course "while you are in there." The Contour/Mystake/Cougar use a timing chain with no scheduled replacement, so the water pumps actually fail for end of life, as opposed to being replaced because they are a PITA to get to.
The worst thing is even the 200hp SVT Contour version lacked a limited slip, something that separated the men from the boys and gave Nissan the edge over Honda in the early 90s, and why the SVT Focus was a joke next to the SE-R and Neon SRT-4.
GTO - he adds that someone hurt his feelings, so he will never use eBay again.
That GTO is pretty awful, luckily it wasn't an extremely rare car that fool ruined and pissed away money on.
james
Still I'd love to have it for about 1/2 the price. They make great mosquito foggers in summertime.
'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
to me, if its not at least somewhat functional and practical in the real world, it just silly to have it on a car (not to mention rude and annoying when we're talking about stereo systems that are designed to only project outside of the car). But, obviously, with the popularity of this junk, my view isn't exactly the norm.
'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
Better to suffer in silence or be amused.
'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
I have no idea how much this Jag is worth but these are great cars
Acura is repairable but with 168k is it worth the effort?
This Buick could be worth a tranny
Pimping aint easy
Saab needs engine work
Could be a hot rod truck?
$400 for a lot of rusty VW parts
Can't imagine how he spun a bearing
This T-Bird intrigues me
The interior on the T-bird doesn't look half bad, but I hate dealing with rust, and it has alot of that.
'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
Does it hold air? Probably not, but it has lots of tread.
Sure it's repairable, but who would bother? There are plenty of unwrecked 8-year-old automatic TLs out there. Unless some guy who owns a body shop and wants a "new" car gets it for free, this one's going to the boneyard.
As for the old Chevy pickup, I'd buy that in a heartbeat at the "buy it now" price. That's a darn good truck there and with $1500 in parts and a couple weeks time, I'd have it on the road. If I wanted to deck it out, I'd probably get in too deep on it, but I could make a great workhorse out of it and have a lot of fun in the process!
That's also the old, unpopular style of TL, basically just an old Vigor. The 3.2 might hold a bit of interest compared to the more mundane 5-cyl models, but still they weren't popular when new, and most likely will be hard to find parts for.
Who was the author of "Truck," the book you suggested back when..... October? I cannot find the particular post in which you mentioned it and the search does not reach back more than about 5 weeks...... Thanks....
I decided to give it one last shot. Plugged in "truck rebuild dodge" on B&N and it was the first one that popped up. John Jerome was the author. Need.... more.... patience.....
That's the best description I've read on any link posted here thus far! Hahaha - his post is seething with sarcasm and loathing. I wonder if that means he dumped way too much money into it just to have one thing after another break down..... Good stuff. :P
1966 Chevelle
A show car can bring $40K or more, but again, this isn't a matching #s, so you can take $5K at least off value.
Four speed is good.
If I were bidding, I'd want all the engine, date code, and casting #s off the engine---if it was from a much later car, like a 1970, I'd penalize the value even more. If it were a real and contemporary (same year) 396/375HP, I might not penalize the value very much at all.
Paint is wrong color, interior looks like wrong seats and wheel....phew...this baby needs a LOT of work.
The more I look, the more I think about $8,500 would have been plenty.
But then, finding real ones is harder and harder.
But when (not if) the muscle car market goes soft, the non-matching cars will be hit the second worst, after the clones.
Pumped up rusty SHO.
Decent Merkur survivor - if you like that sort of thing.
Classic car - Ford Futura.
This, on the other hand, is just a screaming bargain
http://chicago.craigslist.org/car/120858846.html
$600 for an old French car in need of a head gasket, where do I sign up?
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It means Grandma drove it to the grocery store on Mondays, the Women's Club on Wednesdays, the doctor on Fridays, church on Sundays, and that's about it.
By 1983 they were getting pretty outmoded compared to newer FWD models from GM and Chrysler, but you could still do far worse in a car choice. Still, I guess $2900 is awfully high for something like this, no matter what condition it's in. But then, who knows? Maybe there's someone out there who puts the '83 Fairmont on a pedestal the same way I do it with the '76 LeMans! :P Oh well, if nothing else it does look like it's in nice shape, and at least has a clean, handsome look about it.