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Howard_The_Duck

Howard_The_Duck

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I just paid 3 grand for the both of these cars in Long Beach, MS.

The 300ZX has the motor and transmission currently out of it, but is in the deal. Plus some spare stereo equipment. Clean car, no wrecks, paints decent, and even the funky polyurethane front end doesnt look too bad in person.

The Camaro was a steal though. T-Tops, leather interior, 6-speed. Someone spent ALOT of money building the motor in this car, and the only things wrong with the car are

A) The A/C does not work. (Isn't that why God created T-Tops anyway?)
cool smiley Slight exhaust leak from one of the hugger headers on the car.
C) Theres a clunk in the rear end. The poor kid was selling it because he swears the rear end went out, and couldn't afford to fix it. I think it is the rear u-joint, which is notorious for making that sound on these cars. If it is a rear end, we have a spare at the shop grinning smiley

500 for the ZX, 2500 for the Camaro. I will easily be doubling my money on the Camaro in the next 3 months.

A good day was had by all. Although now, I will be needing to sell some spare MG parts in the short term. LOL

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Howard_The_Duck said:
Although now, I will be needing to sell some spare MG parts in the short term. LOL
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They in the classifieds?
Love the ZX BTW.
 
Sweet catch! Both cars look darned nice!! Easy turn-arounds eh?
 
I will definitely flip the Camaro. Late model Chevy products don't make me feel warm and fuzzy. Probably because I sold so many replacement parts for them when I was a parts jockey at AwfulZone and Pep BoyZ

The ZX, though, may find a good home here. The Z will earn me enough cash to put the engine back in it, and finish at least 2 of my MGBs.
 
Nice find! I'd love to find a camaro like that, I could use one more decent modern vehicle as a driver. I've been keeping my eyes open for a 90's camaro for the last few months.
 
I picked up another cheap, flippable toy today.

I was driving around locally yesterday, and I ran into a 1988 Supra Turbo with a for sale sign on it. I like to always stop and take a look at interesting stuff, even though I am not too big into the Japanese import stuff.

I knock on the door, and an older gentleman pops out. The car apparently is for his son, who recently went to the pen for hustling meth. The guy says he doesn't know much about the car, other that the car is in his name, his kid is a (un-quotable), and he knows the car doesnt run where it sits, and it needs to go. He did mention that his kid had alot of work done to the car, and proceeds to pull out a stack of recent reciepts.

Apparently, the motor had been rebuilt with new polished pistons, the head was rebuilt and got a 5 angle valve job, the turbo is a brand new unit, the clutch had been replaced and the tranny had been changed. The LSD unit has also been rebuilt.

It appears the car is missing some sort of mass air flow sensor, a radiator, the A/C compressor was taken off, and the car also is missing the exhaust from the turbo on back. The interior was fairly clean, no cracks in the dash, and only one slight tear on the drivers seat.

The rims look OK. They kind of look expensive, but I'm not familiar with what wheels and stuff are worth. The tires need replacing. The car could also use a paint job, but I tried to find crash damage and couldn't. No uneven tire wear, no bondo to be found.

The ogentleman wanted 500 bucks for the car. I'd think its a good deal, but does anyone know what this thing is really worth? I am not terribly familiar with Japanese sports cars, other than old 240Z's. I made a few phone calls, found out the car is worth plenty in individual parts. I offered 400 dollars cash, and he accepted.

First to get sold are those ridiculous wheels.

*edit* here is the link
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I test drove an '88 when they were new. The engine impressed me. Had a fair amount of power, but the smoothness is what I really remember. I could barely tell that is was even running.
 
A lot more than 500 bucks if you can find the right ricer. You may want to strip down the interior before doing anything else since the previous owner was a tweaker. God knows what could be hiding in there.
 
Zack - Zack - Zack...........
 
Stewart said:
A lot more than 500 bucks if you can find the right ricer. You may want to strip down the interior before doing anything else since the previous owner was a tweaker. God knows what could be hiding in there.
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I second that...I found some interesting stuff in the Sonoma when we got it from some kid. Another nice find thou, I am not familiar with those at all....but they sell for quiet a bit around here.

Oh,
Howard_The_Duck said:
Its for sale... LOL
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No thanks....see my GM rant /bcforum/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/wink.gif
 
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