If you have a used car you’d be willing to part with, I’m interested. I’m about to start a new job, and I’m going to need some wheels, at least for a few months. (Until my Maserati clears customs… Damn American emissions regulations!) Click on my name to contact me via email.
Thank you! Back to regularly scheduled programming on the demise of local media…
I’ll let one of my Porsches go for $15,000 if that’s in your price range.
$12,000 engine rebuld professionaly built at MaxRPM in Bremerton. No used parts in the engine, all new everything; aluminium pop up pistons, con rods, steel crank shaft. Plasma injection on the cyliner walls, heads ported polished. New WEB racing cam, Bosche fuel injectors, all machnie work done, assemble balanced to a true 10,000 RPM, upgraded oil pump, internal oil cooler, upgraded water pump, upgraded timing belt assy. all rotating parts blueprinted and static balanced, new header and exhaust system, flywheel lightened by 20%, new clutch friction plate, throw outs, etc, K&N air filter system, $900 on new air flow meter system, dyno tuned at MaxRPM.
Bridgeston Potenza Pole Position tires and original Phone Dial rims.
Sun roof, am/fm CD surround sound stero, and bra. New ceramic brake pads and cross drilled 18″ rotors, blue racing brake fluid (when you go fast you need lots of breaking power.)
That’s a steal at $15,000. ~ firm.
Let me know if you’re interested.
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Wow. Thanks, GBS, but 15k is a bit much for me at the moment. But all that sounds pretty cool.
Gee, I guess Goldy is already well on his way to becoming the on-line second newspaper in this town. He’s already running classifieds!
I have a K-5 Blazer built on a 1984 body using the engine and transmission from another K-5 that I owned for 20 years until an idiot with no license or insurance totaled it in a parking lot. This vehicle has the old-style fiberglass canopy. The engine was rebuilt only 2,200 miles ago and it, ah, has been souped up a wee bit, and has a Holly 4-barrel carburetor, and it, ah, will go fast and can pull a large horse trailer and 7% grades are noooo problem. It has a 4-bolt transmission (the sturdiest kind) and the transfer case and transmission have 19,000 miles since their last rebuild. This vehicle also has a split differential, 3-tier heavy-duty radiator with transmission cooler (this body originally had a diesel engine in it), Warn manual hubs, and comes with chains for all 4 wheels and I believe I also have a set of snow tires for it. It gets 10.5 mpg city or highway, sun or shine, with or without a tow load. Weather? I used my old K-5 — the vehicle this engine and transmission came out of — to pull other people’s cars out of snowbanks. It isn’t pretty — could use a paint job and new upholstery — but it doesn’t need any mechanical work whatsoever. I spent $10,000 rebuilding it, but I have 3 other vehicles and don’t really need this one, so I’d let go of it for well under 5K. Yeah, it eats gas, but you can’t find Detroit Iron like this anymore, and gas is only about 10% of what it costs to own a vehicle anyway.
Goldy has a P.O.S. Altima with no snow tires, traction control, ABS, or a cigarette lighter he can sell you. Only people that have jobs need wheels anyhow. :)
Wow GBS. Is that the Porsche I saw you drive?
Will, Consumer Reports has an annual auto issue in April? that lists reliable vehicles by different price ranges. You cand find it in most libraries.
What are Republicans driving these days? Skateboards? Heee!
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Roger-
Shoot me an email and we’ll talk about it.
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LOL
Wow I wouldn’t pay $200 for the Geo Metro. Gee Goldy, can’t buy a better set of wheels then a 2nd generation Chevy Vega?
Do you post anything on here that isn’t a plea for money or cheap deals? Get a real job and use Craigslist like anyone else.
I loved my ’96 Suzuki Swift (what GM rebadged to become the Geo/Chevrolet Metro), and I’d probably still be driving it today if some asshole in a big truck hadn’t ran a red light in Lacey and hit me head-on while I was turning left into the Fred Meyer on Sleater-Kinney Rd. 48 mpg from the ‘Sport’ model, no less! Another great thing about it was that because the car was so tiny, if there was a sale price on tires or services, you actually paid the sale price, instead of the fine-print price for bigger cars!
Will,
Where is your new job?