bluespeed33

Hey guys, I found a T2 S5 FC... the body is flawless but will need paint, the guy said hte engine "locked up" but I know the rotaries usually dont lock up... but i will rebuild and upgrade most of the engine parts as well... plan on a serious build up... he said everything else on the car works... it has been sitting for 9 years! but looks great besides some sun oxidation on the paint. anyways he said shoot him a price... and wouldnt give me a ball park figure of what he wants for the car... ofcourse I plan on talking it down... saying it needs this... and that... but everything on the car is stock and intact... over all a nice car. the interior is good too but ill be changine it to black. Ok now to the question... what would you guys say the value of the car is or what would be a good starting offer... since he didnt give me any idea of what he want it may be rediculous and ill say forget it or i may get a hell of a deal! So any advice would be helpful. thanks!

PastelliFC

I dont know what you can do but offer him like 1k and take it from there

springsracer88

miles?

speed_monkey

look under it for rust. 9 years omg. did he crank it every so often????

I paid $1650 for a 86 in great running order with decent paint, clean title, one owner and alot of new little things oh and 112k miles. I guess that was a lucky deal though

SoontobeLS1'd

I paid $1800 for a great running 87 with normal wear, new seats, and good paint. 118k miles. There are deals out there....just gotta look.

Impreza2RX7

I paid 4K for my 87 TII with 60K miles, Id offer him a grand if I were you..

red_ricer

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A few weeks back I picked up an s5 n/a with a locked engine for $200. The body isnt too bad, it has its fair share of little dings but it is nothing I cant fix and there isn't a spot of rust on the vehicle. It also came with a cat back exhaust. If the car has been sitting for 9 years I would start out at $500 and work from that. As soon as you start working on the vehicle you will find more and more things that have gone bad, not from wear and tear but just the plain fact the vehicle hasnt been used.

AdAm87TuRbO2

when I bought mine I pulled the " well I cant pay alot for a car that doesnt run" got my 87 t2 with 87k for $600. What a difference the correct afm makes.

I would have to agree with the $1000 ball park

Icemark

not more than $500

CozmoRX7

for an s5 t2 id pay well over 1000 for it , those things are worth there weight in gold in the fc community throw a 1000 in a j-spec and another grand or two in the pain and you have yourself a 4-5k car

rs_1101

tell him his apex seal broke. and youll only pay 800$ for the car b/c it needs a brand new motor, as well as all the other crap that dried up and froze.

WonkoTheSane

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I got my (running) 86 GXL for 200 dollars.. the paint was bad and the interior was pretty beaten, but it was mechanically and structually sound.. I'd be very hesitiant to offer more than $500... if he wants more, you can find a better deal elsewhere.

jhammons01

200-500 bux and that is all. NINE years??? everything is all dry rotted. You'll need to replace every peice of rubber on that car. Thats vacuum hoses, brake lines, fuel lines, fuses, wire leads, The AC and the water pump and the power steering and the alt will all be bad. The clutch will be dried up and the throwout bearing will be shot and the oils seals (for the tranny) will leak. The Coolan system will leak and the radiator will crack.

OBTW the motor rebuild will cost you about 900 if you do it yourself

bluespeed33

Yea, well I already looked for rust... besides the exhaust everything looked pretty good... i looked under the hood and there seemed to be very minimal dry rot and rust... the tires were somewhat dry rotted... but i just dont think the guy knows much about the car at all... because he just talked about things when i would bring them up... like i asked if it were an S4 or S5 and (knowing its an S5) and he said its a 13B.... so yea... anyways... I was figuring maybe $800 offer... and My friend has a T2 just sitting we just pulled the motor out of... the rear rotor was blown or the apex seal or something... so as for hoses and things i can use most of his if i have to replace them... and my other friend ( 7dreamz on the forums here) has the nastiest FC around... and spare parts... we will be doing the work ourselves... so we are saving alot of money in the long run. everyone here seems to be saying between $500 and $1000 so i think ill start at $800. Thanks for the help guys... any more advice is welcome!

RotaryEvolution

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i paid $1300 for my S4 T2 with a bad coolant seal, the car was clean and still registered and ran but needed a rebuild.


i wouldn't pay any more than $500 for it mainly because it has been sitting for so long and it will need a lot more TLC than you can imagine.

CozmoRX7

holy crap tell me where the car is id buy it for 1500 especially if the body is straight, as long as you fix it yourself you wont lose money on this car

ForsakenRX7

I paid only 2k for my 90 TII. It had nice paint (then) and just needed some new vacuum hoses. Yep, found it on the edge of a field in Cullman, Ala. 45minutes north of birmingham. Talk about being in the right place at the right time. The guy showed up to sell it to me while drunk as hell.

Driftczar

im plannin on buyin a fc with rebuild engine, 5000 miles, for 3000 and/ or lower. Or i could go with a turbo with 75k original miles for 5k, everytihg pretty much perfect, never seen one better and im not exagerating.

ramses666

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Yo! Offer $500 Don't give more than $800. If U got the drive 2 fix it U will be good. #1 rule - don't buy broken stuff unless U got what it takes to make it right.

Ramses666

Driftczar

Werd to that ramses

aznpoopy

sitting for 9 years... i would move on to another car. the engine could be rusted to **** on the inside, and unrebuildable. IMO it should be considered a shell, not a rebuildable car.

WonkoTheSane

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I'd consider $500 for a good condition useable shell with a lot of useable parts a good deal..

the question is how useable are the parts, and make sure you check for rust underneath the car and underneath the carpet. If there's any major rust forming, walk away, you won't win.

CozmoRX7

do people not realize this is an s5 theres an easy 500 bux in just the s5 body parts tails and bumpers would go for that much atleast. wow.......