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That Jimney wouldn't actually be half bad if your usual haunts were marshy and boggy, but the rear platform makes it a bit hard to use as a shooting truck, and for that sort of money you'd just buy an Argo and be done with it. e: poo poo, new page: http://www.tradingpost.com.au/Automotive/Classic-Unique-Cars/Vintage-Classic-Cars/AdNumber=TP005489608 $21,000 for a fairly unremarkable 240Z? Where do I sign up? IPCRESS fucked around with this message at 04:51 on Jan 26, 2013 |
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I'm pretty sure your going to snap those factory axles in short order.
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http://sfbay.craigslist.org/sby/cto/3558881877.html Is that last bit a threat? 
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$900 OBO 1985 Peugeot 505 Turbo, manual transmission, last of the RWD Peugeots. Clutch needs work apparently, but it's a fairly standard hydraulic setup, should be easy enough to fix. Bring a battery. http://madison.craigslist.org/cto/3539829275.html  Someone should buy this. Right now.
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http://indianapolis.craigslist.org/cto/3564568260.html Real gold, 68 deville convertible, Gold. 9500 bucks. 
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KozmoNaut posted:$900 OBO 1985 Peugeot 505 Turbo, manual transmission, last of the RWD Peugeots. Clutch needs work apparently, but it's a fairly standard hydraulic setup, should be easy enough to fix. Bring a battery. We had a 405 growing up. Those cars would rust in Arizona, that thing is probably nothing but rust chunks holding hands.
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http://albany.craigslist.org/cto/3560024963.html 2001 Jetta TDI GLS 5 speed - $3900   4 grand for a rusty, bashed up TDI with no passenger side mirror and nearly 240k miles? Why bother washing it or even cleaning all of the snow off, it'll sell itself with such a low price! No lowballers, don't waste his time. Almost tempted to wait a month or two then offer him $2k and some cheap beer for it. redgubbinz fucked around with this message at 18:36 on Jan 28, 2013 |
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Ineptus Mechanicus posted:http://albany.craigslist.org/cto/3560024963.html But its a Diesel. Its good for 700K ! Because for some magic reason, being a diesel none of the other moving parts wear either.
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And VW used the good electronics in the diesels! What always baffles me are the pictures of the very expensive object you want to sell with it looking like a pile of poo poo. Cars stuck in snowbanks, covered in snow/salt/dirt, parked next to a ratty dirtbike laying on its side, at night, full of garbage, etc. Do they actually expect it to sell?
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Needs a good buffing and an oil change. http://www.ebay.com/itm/2003-Lambor...4027d3b&vxp=mtr
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Ineptus Mechanicus posted:http://albany.craigslist.org/cto/3560024963.html Oh, Albany. 
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Polymerized Cum posted:Oh, Albany.
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JDAMS CURE PASHTUN posted:At least it's not Troy. That's like saying 'yes I have cancer, but at least not in both lungs.'
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It's probably just black painted rust, but I still want it: http://boston.craigslist.org/bmw/cto/3535963275.html 
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I'm trying to find reasons to not drain the savings account and fly across the country to buy this. I'm not doing too well. 
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IOwnCalculus posted:I'm trying to find reasons to not drain the savings account and fly across the country to buy this.  If I was in need of a tourer to do some light wrenching on that is the kind of car I would buy.
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The grandest tourer. I say go for it.
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IOwnCalculus posted:I'm trying to find reasons to not drain the savings account and fly across the country to buy this. Do it. Then swing by Chicago on your way home. Dooo iiitttt...
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IOwnCalculus posted:I'm trying to find reasons to not drain the savings account and fly across the country to buy this. Man, if I had the money, I would totally drive that beauty back home to Texas. Likely gets better mileage than my FC RX-7 daily driver. Certainly in better shape, body- and paint-wise. I have a soft spot for the 7-series wagons, more so than the 240s.
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Are you kidding me? Buy it now.
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JDAMS CURE PASHTUN posted:At least it's not Troy. Or Schenectady. I work part time in Colonie and I love seeing the abject squalor on 787.
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IOwnCalculus posted:I'm trying to find reasons to not drain the savings account and fly across the country to buy this. If it feels good, do it.
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Buy it, so I will stop seriously considering selling all of my cars to get it myself.
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Is that one guy still making the 302 conversion kit for the old Volvos? I'm about to give up on the PRV in my 265 and have a 302 with a T5 that aren't being used at the moment... edit Oh man, he's still making the kit. This might turn into my summer project. http://www.converse-engineering.com/ Sir Tonk fucked around with this message at 05:22 on Jan 30, 2013 |
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Terrible Robot posted:Buy it, so I will stop seriously considering selling all of my cars to get it myself. NOT IF I BEAT YOU TO IT, BUSTER
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Just thought I'd update the thread and say that Plymouth Fury I was looking to buy got bought by someone else this morning. I'd been holding out for a safety test, but I guess someone came along willing to pay for it unfit. If I'd been anything other than a grad student with an unexpected windfall I'd have done the same, but still, it stings. It'll always be the one that got away.
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Dolash posted:Just thought I'd update the thread and say that Plymouth Fury I was looking to buy got bought by someone else this morning. I'd been holding out for a safety test, but I guess someone came along willing to pay for it unfit. If I'd been anything other than a grad student with an unexpected windfall I'd have done the same, but still, it stings. It'll always be the one that got away. Just don't let that change your tactics. There will always be idiots out there that are willing to buy vehicles without a thorough inspection, but you don't want to be one of them. There are still many vehicles left out there for us to buy and there will always be a better deal.
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Sir Tonk posted:Just don't let that change your tactics. There will always be idiots out there that are willing to buy vehicles without a thorough inspection, but you don't want to be one of them. There are still many vehicles left out there for us to buy and there will always be a better deal. /Tusen Takk falls through the ceiling. I've noticed that if you drive out to the country/rural areas and look around, a lot of properties have barns with old cars in various conditions in or around them. It could be fun and worthwhile to go for a drive once you finish grad school and keep your eyes peeled!
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Tusen Takk posted:/Tusen Takk falls through the ceiling. That is a pretty awful strategy. Farmers/rednecks/hermits are a strange bunch, and most want a god drat fortune because "its old" and obviously, any thing old makes it worth a poo poo load of money. And some of the vehicles do hold a sentimental value, like Ol' blue truck and the possum indecent. Unless your ready to deal with a person missing most of their teeth, its best just to stay the gently caress away. Trust me, after living in bum gently caress Iowa and Missouri, its just not worth your trouble.
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BrokenKnucklez posted:That is a pretty awful strategy. Farmers/rednecks/hermits are a strange bunch, and most want a god drat fortune because "its old" and obviously, any thing old makes it worth a poo poo load of money. And some of the vehicles do hold a sentimental value, like Ol' blue truck and the possum indecent. Sorry TT, but I agree with this. Sure my evidence is anecdotal but every time I've approached someone about something becoming one with the earth on their property they either aren't interested or want an utterly breathtaking amount of $. These days I don't see anything around anyway. They have more or less been cleaned up. My guess is they got the high prices they were after from some clueless person with a wad of cash burning a hole in their pocket.
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BrokenKnucklez posted:That is a pretty awful strategy. Farmers/rednecks/hermits are a strange bunch, and most want a god drat fortune because "its old" and obviously, any thing old makes it worth a poo poo load of money. And some of the vehicles do hold a sentimental value, like Ol' blue truck and the possum indecent. This, a thousand times this. There are dozens of great old project cars scattered around my county, but they are all universally owned by hicks with questionable dental hygiene who saw the same car (fully concourse restored) go for 200 billion dollars on Barrett-Jackson, so surely their pile of rust and missing parts is worth at least 180 billion.
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BrokenKnucklez posted:Unless your ready to deal with a person missing most of their teeth, its best just to stay the gently caress away. Trust me, after living in bum gently caress Iowa and Missouri, its just not worth your trouble. It's different in the Nortwest (with some exceptions). Just make drat sure you can see the car from the road - or ask if you can go looking. You do NOT want to be snooping in someone's barn. A few decades ago, someone had an old wooden railcar-to-hovel conversion on their property. I asked if I could look in it (I collected old radios), and I found a rusted up but fixable Atwater Kent. They let me have it, provided I had my tetanus.  Yes, the analogy doesn't quite work, but there are still barn finds to be had, and not every person really gives a poo poo about what's out there. That's all. Oh god, wait, I'm defending TT? 
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General_Failure posted:Sorry TT, but I agree with this. Sure my evidence is anecdotal but every time I've approached someone about something becoming one with the earth on their property they either aren't interested or want an utterly breathtaking amount of $. Yeah, I've had this experience too. Every summer, me and my friends go on a week long roadtrip across Michigan's rural communities, hitting up the garage sales, thrift stores, antique and flea markets, and farms with that look like they might have some good stuff. Last summer, I found the Nikon F3/35mm-105mm Micro-Nikkor lens that I posted about in the Misc. thread for $5; it's worth $600. We drove by a house that had a barn that had some vintage signs on it from car, petrol, and soda companies. Talked to the owners for a little bit about if they'd want to sell them to us and they were super nice. Ended up buying six or seven of em from them for $75 or $100 total and sold them on eBay for that much a piece. A bunch of the houses we stopped at for either the garage sale or to offer them money for something like antique farm equipment had beautiful (and rusted) 40's, 50's, and 60's pickup trucks in or around the barn, and a few of them had old Chevy Bel Air's and such. Sometimes they want outrageous amounts of money for the cars, sometimes they want very little to nothing (because it's rusted in place), but usually it's a 75 year old man's pet project that he'll "finish some day." I never tried doing this in Australia, so I have no idea. I definitely would NOT try this south of Kentucky or Tennessee or in the plains of the US, but I'd definitely suggest trying it if you're in the Northeast/Northwest/Great Lakes states.
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I truly hate Barrett-Jackson. Its usually just one of kind of vehicles that are definitely collector items. But lately I have noticied it just seems to be Joe Somebody's project. And granted there is some good work, I have seen a few cars that should not have gone for even a 1/10 of what the value really is.
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I find it funny that I have an insanely rare German microcar and even though it drives and is a few parts short of having brakes, its not worth as much as a multi-million production Chevrolet whitegood car that were beaters for 40 years.
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Dolash posted:Just thought I'd update the thread and say that Plymouth Fury I was looking to buy got bought by someone else this morning. I'd been holding out for a safety test, but I guess someone came along willing to pay for it unfit. If I'd been anything other than a grad student with an unexpected windfall I'd have done the same, but still, it stings. It'll always be the one that got away. I was wondering what happened with this car. Dont be sad at all. Unless you have mad cash ready to throw at a project car, buying a 70's mopar is probably not the best choice anyway. I've spent more than a grand on my 70's mopar, the majority of it on suspension parts and tires. Like i said before, balljoints, pitman arms etc all add up pretty quick. A car is a rolling collection of parts, and if the parts are bad, the car itself is worth much less. That appeared to be totally the case from the random pictures we saw. Keep shopping, look for a dodge or plymouth dart/duster, those are more fun anyway. DJ Commie What is a "Chevrolet whitegood car "? Google returns nothing.
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Raw_Beef posted:DJ Commie What is a "Chevrolet whitegood car "? Google returns nothing. He just means some GM commuter car, like maybe a Monte Carlo or a Vega.
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Raw_Beef posted:Keep shopping, look for a dodge or plymouth dart/duster, those are more fun anyway. For real, get one with a slant-six. That engine is awesome.
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