Cheapest Crossfire yet (nmna) $1200

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Wiring harness problems, how bad could that be?  (As I run and hide in the corner at the thought of it)

Probably just a fuse, you should go buy it 

The only reason I have not brought a Crossfire to The Challenge is that I do not want to own a Crossfire.  

However, for someone else, I think it is an easy path to a 10th place finish.  

John Welsh said:

The only reason I have not brought a Crossfire to The Challenge is that I do not want to own a Crossfire.  

However, for someone else, I think it is an easy path to a 10th place finish.  

You realize this is how every single one of us thinks of it too?

Robbie said:

John Welsh said:

The only reason I have not brought a Crossfire to The Challenge is that I do not want to own a Crossfire.  

However, for someone else, I think it is an easy path to a 10th place finish.  

You realize this is how every single one of us thinks of it too?

I must be the odd man out.  I'd actually like to own one. I thought, and still do, they were pretty good looking when they were first introduced.

In reply to Indy-Guy :

If you'd like, I'll write you out the recipe.   

In reply to John Welsh :

Go ahead and write it out if you care to (someone else reading may benefit), but it would be at least five years before I could take one of these on as a project.  I have so many other projects lined up in front of it.

For thoes than can not see it on Faceplace 

5 speed base.  

$1200 is about $1000 too much, right?  

Even as a shell there's so much Mercedes over-complication that doing anything unique would be a ton of tedium.  In my estimation.  I want nothing to do with one of these things.  

Honestly getting a Maserati BiTurbo back on the road seems like more fun.

If it were a little less exspensive, I would buy it to build the manual transmission clk430 I fantasize about. The MT from this bolts up. 

I want to see one of these with just a bigger front bar, stiffer springs and a square 17 or 18x10 setup.  Should be fun.

In reply to ProDarwin :

Factory they are 18" front and 19" rear.  Replacement tires can be $1k, mounted for even the cheapest of tires.  I would recommend selling off the actual Crossfire Wheels which seem to sell for crazy high money and remount a square set of cast-off MB wheels that will bolt right up.  

As a Challenge Car, the real world budget would be quite a bit over $2k when you factor in expensive sticky rubber (that doesn't have to go into budget.)  

In reply to pres589 (djronnebaum) :

Funny you mention BiTurbo.  Crossfire sellers are nearly as delusional as BiTurbo sellers when it comes to setting asking prices for their cars.  I'm not sure who is really setting out to find a manual trans, 15 year old, Bastard Chrysler for $10k when there are so many other, better choices in that price range. 

Get into sub $2k and you might have interest

Cooter said:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Drool.  I even like the fact that it's a bit dirty

There are times in my life that i feel that god has graced me with my problems. 

Todays major problems are a broke truck, too many projects, and a very limited bank account. 

Without His grace, i would probably be doing something irrevocably stupid because crossfires give me wood. 

Mahogany. 

Teak.

Oak.

Pine.

All sorts of wood.

John Welsh said:

In reply to ProDarwin :

Factory they are 18" front and 19" rear.  Replacement tires can be $1k, mounted for even the cheapest of tires.  I would recommend selling off the actual Crossfire Wheels which seem to sell for crazy high money and remount a square set of cast-off MB wheels that will bolt right up.  

As a Challenge Car, the real world budget would be quite a bit over $2k when you factor in expensive sticky rubber (that doesn't have to go into budget.)  

Yes, step 1 would be to get rid of those wheels.  The stagger (in both height and width) is absurd, and the fronts are way too narrow to make it turn well.

I noticed that the “f” was missing from the Crossfire badging in the picture. This creates a new and relevant brand message, methinks.

John Welsh said:

In reply to pres589 (djronnebaum) :

Funny you mention BiTurbo.  Crossfire sellers are nearly as delusional as BiTurbo sellers when it comes to setting asking prices for their cars.  I'm not sure who is really setting out to find a manual trans, 15 year old, Bastard Chrysler for $10k when there are so many other, better choices in that price range. 

Get into sub $2k and you might have interest

Oh yeah, a non-running BiTurbo should be relatively pennies as well.  I just feel like, if I really want this kind of science project, I'd want something that isn't sharing styling cue's with the AMC Marlin and WWII-era boats.  Plus, honestly, BiTurbo's don't seem very complex, just delicate and missing the last 20% of the engineering required to make a really solid car.

A cheap Mercedes with wiring issues, what could possibly go wrong? Don't forget to sprinkle in some pre-resession Chrysler reliablility as well...