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Pham Nuwen posted:Crossposted because although it was relevant to the discussion, it's certainly not terrible car stuff: Is it wrong that I've wanted to swap a Coyote and a six-speed into one of these for a while now? I'll find the widest white walls I can find and keep the wire hubcaps, too.
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Coredump posted:WTF how are you guys getting that cheap? How cheap could you get the aluminum block versions? Exactly what Tommychu said. Fleet vehicles get the body/suspension beat up pretty fast, but the drivetrains last forever unless it was some idiot not maintaining it. Buy the $50 warranty just in case. My local pull a parts charge by what it is (V8 with all the accessories, harness, computer, etc? With my informal frequent-flier discount, that's $316 out the door including tax! Thanks!) not what the donor vehicle was or anything else. And since I'm always in there and usually spend a decent amount and don't give them bullshit about their prices or waste their time, they give me discounts and free parts they don't feel like ringing up pretty regularly. I've walked out with a whole axle for $100 before because it didn't have the stock tinfoil-thick rotted out diff cover on it, the normal price is $130. Didn't even ask, and was expecting to pay $130, they just knocked 30 bucks off without me saying a word. So if they ever get a modernish corvette, yeah I could pick up an LS1 complete for $316. Little chance of that though, the truly valuable stuff typically goes into their car-part.com affiliated lot across the street, which is non self service.
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animeliker posted:If it's good then I'd go for it. I personally have never seen a LHD Z32 with a hardtop roof, only RHD. Yeah I think as long as the frame's straight I'm probably gonna buy it.
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atomicthumbs posted:Here's an idea that's probably not quite as bad as the $5000 S600, but still bad nonetheless. The first 400+HP car I rode in was one of these that was decked out. Wanted one ever since, but holy hell do those engine bays looked cramped.
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May 21, 2014 01:58
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http://dallas.craigslist.org/ftw/cto/4479414560.html Where are the $500 trucks that just need a wash and a new vacuum line?
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May 21, 2014 08:22
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CharlieWhiskey posted:I search for "cherokee -grand" all the time to find just XJ parts, although I still get idiots that post their Grand Cherokees and Grand Cherokee parts as base Cherokee. That last time I did any serious gotta-filter-out-the-crap Craigslist searching was 2011, just in case anyone was wondering what I was thinking.
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I think I like this car. Too bad I'm not back in Tucson yet.
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May 21, 2014 13:10
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Dr.Caligari posted:The first 400+HP car I rode in was one of these that was decked out. Wanted one ever since, but holy hell do those engine bays looked cramped. In the late 90's and early 2000's when these were passing into the hands of high school students, you would pretty regularly see them for sale half-torn apart. The amount of effort to replace a turbo/upgrade/etc would put these kids in over their head pretty fast. They couldn't put them back together and would have to sell them as-is.
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Farmer Crack-rear end posted:Yeah I think as long as the frame's straight I'm probably gonna buy it. Well, I guess I was wrong about that. It turned out to have substantially more issues than I was willing to deal with. Major oil leaks on the engine, major power steering pump leak, coolant thermometer leak, clutch fluid was nasty, and the owner's only had it for three months and has zero documentation on whether the timing belt actually got done when the previous owner said it had. I'm glad I had the sense to walk away but I'm still disappointed. 
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Tai-Pan posted:In the late 90's and early 2000's when these were passing into the hands of high school students, you would pretty regularly see them for sale half-torn apart. The amount of effort to replace a turbo/upgrade/etc would put these kids in over their head pretty fast. They couldn't put them back together and would have to sell them as-is. I'm impressed they could afford them at that time. Perhaps it's my generation (Im in my 20s now)and its aversion to working at an earlier age but in high school the "car people" drove beat to poo poo 240sxs, Integras, Civics and Preludes(including me).There were 3 Z31s at one point though; cool cars and underrated. 1 guy had an awesome white NSX, another had a Turbo FC RX7, but it was lovely economy cars for the most part.
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animeliker posted:I'm impressed they could afford them at that time. I went to a rich school. I think there were 6 or 7. 2 H1s, a couple of (then, brand new) C5s. Lots of BMWs I drove a lovely economy station wagon and my 1941 Chevy.
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http://www.kijiji.ca/v-cars-trucks/ottawa/1985-bmw-318i/594792357 I know this isn't the greatest year for a 318, but does this car still have the potential to be turned into a fun daily driver? The colour is amazing and it is the cheapest car in my area that doesn't have giant rust holes.
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It's going to be absolutely gutless and 84-85 318i's have drum rear brakes, they're pretty much the least desirable E30s extant. I mean $750 for a running car is pretty good but unless you plan on swapping pretty much everything out there's point of trying to make it a car to hoon around in.
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 Land yacht ahoy http://www.kijiji.ca/v-classic-cars/lethbridge/1976-lincoln-continental-2-door-coupe/593772889?enableSearchNavigationFlag=true quote:Special Edition Divinci
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slidebite posted:
Land yacht hell, that's a land battlecruiser. I've always thought it would be fun to tool around in a car like that for a day. I'm not sure I'd want to own one though.
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You've gotta be loving kidding me: http://portland.craigslist.org/clc/cto/4475668148.html  quote:* PLEASE READ ENTIRE AD BEFORE CONTACTING ME!* $4000 for a wrecked MR2? Oh but it's technically a clean title because it didn't get claimed 
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Why does every Arizona craigslist ad say "passed emissions and plated/tagged until 2015"? The plates and tags stay with the person, not the car. That poo poo literally doesn't matter. Any sale and title transfer demands a new emissions test, anyway.
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Knowing hardly anything about MR2s, what is the approximate value of all of those mods?
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travisray2004 posted:Knowing hardly anything about MR2s, what is the approximate value of all of those mods? If the engine is actually well built, I could see that being worth $4k depends on mileage and how it was taken care of though. I just love the "THIS IS A RARE CAR!!!" parts of the ad, along with "just need to do the body work". All that the car is good for is a motor swap into another one, preferably into a aw11 to make a mk1.5
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May 22, 2014 22:57
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What can you guys tell me about old vans because I really want one
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slidebite posted:
I'd love to do a road trip around the US in that
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Geirskogul posted:Why does every Arizona craigslist ad say "passed emissions and plated/tagged until 2015"? The plates and tags stay with the person, not the car. That poo poo literally doesn't matter. Any sale and title transfer demands a new emissions test, anyway. Same reason people say that poo poo is "inspected till 2015!!!!" in MA. Stupid people think it matters, and a previous owner's previously valid inspection sticker will keep you from getting an inspection ticket unless the cops are looking for someone to gently caress with and run your plate. Then it comes up in the database as not inspected.
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If I was putting it in an ad the idea would be it passed inspection for me, should do it for you. Now you have a baseline to assume the condition of my shitheap.
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Coredump posted:If I was putting it in an ad the idea would be it passed inspection for me, should do it for you. Now you have a baseline to assume the condition of my shitheap. Then saying "inspected until 2015" is pointless, and instead they would say "recently passed inspection without issue," like I did in my Subaru ad.
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You Am I posted:I'd love to do a road trip around the US in that My god that would be so expensive.
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I love that this is technically a coupe. It may be longer than a modern full-sized 4-door sedan, but it has two doors so it's a coupe.
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Leperflesh posted:I love that this is technically a coupe. It may be longer than a modern full-sized 4-door sedan, but it has two doors so it's a coupe. Coupé.
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Leperflesh posted:I love that this is technically a coupe. It may be longer than a modern full-sized 4-door sedan, but it has two doors so it's a coupe. I think it might actually be longer than a modern full sized 4-row cargo van. (not that I have a problem with that, mind you)
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kastein posted:I think it might actually be longer than a modern full sized 4-row cargo van. Confirmed, there is one of those always parked on the street that borders the campus, it takes up more road real-estate than the G30 box-van I drive. Seriously massive car, seriously cool looking.
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BoostCreep posted:My god that would be so expensive. I got 12.4mpg with mine. that's only 240 gallons to drive from new york to los angeles. With only a 22.5 gallon tank, it's 11 fuel stops, if you squeeze every drop out of it every time. kastein posted:I think it might actually be longer than a modern full sized 4-row cargo van. It's longer than a lwb ford transit. a little bit longer than a crew cab/short box f-150.
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Powershift posted:I got 12.4mpg with mine. that's only 240 gallons to drive from new york to los angeles. With only a 22.5 gallon tank, it's 11 fuel stops, if you squeeze every drop out of it every time. That works out to over $1000 at today's gas prices. Ye gods... My old Hyundai would have done it in less than $400. I guess if you have a full car it could be less expensive than flying. Edit: makes me reconsider checking out that '86 Crown Vic
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Leperflesh posted:I love that this is technically a coupe. It may be longer than a modern full-sized 4-door sedan, but it has two doors so it's a coupe. I also miss these extravagant chrome-laden '70s coupes with giant overhangs, pushing 20 feet long. They just exude FYGM excess and an utter indifference to efficiency and practicality.
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BoostCreep posted:My god that would be so expensive. But as long as the AC worked, worth it. Fun fact: One of these was technically slidebites first car. I got it due to extenuating circumstances and it was rusted all to hell. Best memory of it was dad driving it (I didn't have a license yet) and he floored it and both sides of the dual exhaust broke hitting the pavement at 100+K creating a beautiful cascade of sparks and noise for the next 10 minutes on the way home.
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Pham Nuwen posted:That works out to over $1000 at today's gas prices. Ye gods... My old Hyundai would have done it in less than $400. Once you consider lodging and meals, driving across the country is never really cheaper than flying. Well, I guess it can be cheaper if you camp out or sleep in the very worst motels or in your car, drive 18 hours a day, and eat like poo poo. E.g., if you travel like a long-haul trucker. Much more entertaining, though. atomicthumbs posted:Coupé. Yeah I know but it's a pain in the rear end to remember how to make my dumb American keyboard make accented letters. Just consider the accent over the e to be implied.
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Leperflesh posted:Once you consider lodging and meals, driving across the country is never really cheaper than flying. Well, I guess it can be cheaper if you camp out or sleep in the very worst motels or in your car, drive 18 hours a day, and eat like poo poo. E.g., if you travel like a long-haul trucker. To be more specific, coupé dé brougham l'elegance De Ville
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Real gold? It ticks all the right boxes: old, Volvo, classic, overdrive, wagon/estate http://bringatrailer.com/2014/05/22/1967-volvo-122s-estate/
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Pretty awesome. http://detroit.craigslist.org/mcb/cto/4475954191.html
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That is awesome. Those kind of Frankenstein cars blow my mind. This one for example, is it just a Cadillac shell and everything else from a Blazer? The steering and suspension has to feel ridiculous, right?
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Why the gently caress do people post an ad, then leave town? Multiple times now I've called about a car only to hear, "Oh well we'll be back next Tuesday". Then put the loving ad up on Tuesday, you won't have to deal with assholes like me calling during your vacation!
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Pham Nuwen posted:Why the gently caress do people post an ad, then leave town? Multiple times now I've called about a car only to hear, "Oh well we'll be back next Tuesday". Then put the loving ad up on Tuesday, you won't have to deal with assholes like me calling during your vacation! I was guilty of this while trying to sell a Jeep in Wisconsin after moving to Chicago. People would email to look at in the evening and I would have a canned response of only being available during the day on Saturday. And it was a huge pain in the rear end to drive 4 hours round trip to have some schmuck kick the tires and tell me he wouldn't have any cash for a week or two. My own bad planning I suppose.
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