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Old Apr 8, 2013 | 10:27 PM
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CO $1000 turbo 2

Who says you cant find one hell of a deal these days? I picked up an 87 t2 a little over a week ago for 1000. Ran but the kid had to get under it, and jiggle the starter wires while someone was on the key to get it to start.....first clue. And while running it would shake violently.. hmmm... he replaced the batt, starter, and alternator with no effect..wtf.. ha so i bought it took it home and chaced the batt cable ground back.. to find the bell housing bolt that secured it had come out... starter issue fixed, blam, took the car out and no more shaky shake. Ha lovin life so for 1000 the price of reg and ins and thermostat ( preventative maint) i got one sexy beast 87 s4 t2... thanks for tuning in for my 100th posr... bahahaha
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Old Apr 8, 2013 | 10:41 PM
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Damn I cant find anything good these days Congrats!!!
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Old Apr 8, 2013 | 10:58 PM
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I got my Car for 500..sold the Coilovers,Strut bar,MAF sensor..
Made more that what I paid for the car!..So really the car was MORE than Free,it came with Bonus Cash!
Plus I still have The car,it is running and in my Driveway!
So,Yep..good deals are out there.Every once in a while they just Fall in front of ya!
Good Score Man.
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Old Apr 8, 2013 | 11:02 PM
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Thanks heres a pic

http://i187.photobucket.com/albums/x...0404131840.jpg
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Old Apr 8, 2013 | 11:08 PM
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Old Apr 8, 2013 | 11:41 PM
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Nice. Glad to see another 7 saved!

Here is my save to share. 89 TII. $50

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Old Apr 9, 2013 | 12:59 AM
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I saved my dd a few months ago found it on craigslist went to look at it its a blue 86 na with 60,000 original miles super clean the guy was like it acts like its not getting any fuel first though was afm nope got it home for 400 bucks bought a fuel oump drained the tank cleaned it bam el starto lol
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Old Apr 9, 2013 | 06:59 AM
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Originally Posted by blackspade13
there ya go!!..
Start postin pics,making people drool..then they want to buy parts off it and your Initial BUY price is cut in half...
..ahem..nice wheels!..(chuckle!..uh..will ya....just kidding!)
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Old Apr 9, 2013 | 09:15 AM
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Did you find your car on craigslist?
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Old Apr 9, 2013 | 10:52 AM
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Nice deal! I paid $400 for mine. The guy was asking $1000.

Upon arrival, he mentioned that he thought the apex seals were bad and just needed a "quick replace". It fired right up and sounded good. Test drive showed that under load it would shudder and miss...not seals....I didn't tell him that. I played up the apex seals explaining that it was going to cost me at least $600 to do the rebuild myself and offered him $400 cash.

He took it, I drove off. Around the corner I swapped the trailing coil wires (he had them backwards). Drove the car for almost two years until the blown coolant seals rendered it dead. Upon rebuild (~$600), the housings and seals were in great condition.

LOL
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Old Apr 9, 2013 | 11:06 AM
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Nice buy yes it was on cl, the guy had simply no clue on rotarys, or quite possibly cars in general, i mean if the starter wont turn check your conections before throwing 300 worth of parts at it... but i do appreciate the new parts.. cars only got 115000 on it and i drove it from co to north dakota back to work over 900 miles and no issues
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Old Apr 9, 2013 | 11:07 AM
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Nice. I really wish I could find a deal like that right now.
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Old Apr 10, 2013 | 12:24 AM
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You sir got the deal of a lifetime!
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Old Apr 10, 2013 | 06:21 AM
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Most of us are paying $1000 for a car that doesn't run an investing thousands to get it running
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Old Apr 10, 2013 | 01:26 PM
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Good buy man, I actually almost picked that one up before I bought my t2. Good work!
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Old Apr 10, 2013 | 09:45 PM
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Sweet where in co are you?
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Old Apr 11, 2013 | 01:31 PM
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i am in Dacono which is just north of thornton basically around hwy 7 and i25
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