And there's the phenomenon of the "Estate sale" car. One some retiree buys that winds up being the last car they ever own, yet isn't sold or given away when they can no longer drive. If I had 2K sitting around i'd buy THIS and bring it to the Challenge, dust and all..
Wonder if I could get a 4 point harness for that seat?
In reply to 06HHR:
Holy crap. I bet the A/C still works. ;-) BUY IT!
volvoclearinghouse wrote: In reply to 06HHR: Holy crap. I bet the A/C still works. ;-) BUY IT!
needs boost.
06HHR wrote: And there's the phenomenon of the "Estate sale" car. One some retiree buys that winds up being the last car they ever own, yet isn't sold or given away when they can no longer drive. If I had 2K sitting around i'd buy THIS and bring it to the Challenge, dust and all..
Saw more than one of this type when I worked for the Buick dealer. I remember particularly a 1986 Park Avenue with about 1800 miles on it in 1995; the owner kept it in a garage in downtown Charleston, every three months like clockwork she'd call me, have the car picked up and the oil changed then delivered back to her. This car was seriously cherry! At least 1500 of the 1800 miles were from our drivers. When she died, the car was sold at the estate sale for something like $1700.
My ex's cars are/were essentially like this. She is borderline neurotic about keeping them clean inside and out and fully detailed at least once a year. Granted, her cars have been more along the lines of "desirable": '97 M3, '93 VW Passat GLX 5 spd, '03 MCS, '96 Volvo 850 turbo wagon. When sold, the M3 and VW could have damn near passed for new.
However, when we met she still owned her first car: an '89 Mercury Tracer - an all around mundane 4 dr hatchback/automatic, but being a car-gal from an early age, she doted over that car constantly, washing it and waxing it about once a week when she was in high school. When she finally sold it in 2004, it was immaculate. Probably the cleanest 15 year old Tracer in the country.
yes i like clean undesirable cars. for some reason always had a thing for 80's olds and buicks. dad and uncles always had them when i was a kid.
http://baltimore.craigslist.org/cto/4985041100.html
failboat wrote: yes i like clean undesirable cars. for some reason always had a thing for 80's olds and buicks. dad and uncles always had them when i was a kid. http://baltimore.craigslist.org/cto/4985041100.html
Nothing undesirable about that one!
Oh lawd! That thing would be an inch off the ground on bags. Needs nothing else.
28k mile 1988 323?
http://nh.craigslist.org/ctd/5048588043.html
thestig99 wrote: 28k mile 1988 323? http://nh.craigslist.org/ctd/5048588043.html
Beginnings of an FSP monster.
In reply to beans:
But then it wouldn't be a cool time capsule. It'd just be another street car ruined by trying to make a race car out of it. If it were me I would keep that stock and as clean as possible and find a scruffier version for an FSP build.
At the shop yesterday a like new Isuzu trooper with that 80s gold metallic paint with matching gold and tan interior. Even the black trim pieces looked new. It was a really cool time capsule.
In reply to thestig99:
My brother had a very used-up one of these for a while. Not a bad little beater. Not sure what I'd do with one that nice.
This is almost identical to the one I saw. 
Don't know if this should be posted here or in the classifides (NMNA) but here it is anyway
http://richmond.craigslist.org/cto/5053375610.html
Plymouth 1981 TC3 22,400 Miles - 4 speed - $5000
Curmudgeon wrote:06HHR wrote: And there's the phenomenon of the "Estate sale" car. One some retiree buys that winds up being the last car they ever own, yet isn't sold or given away when they can no longer drive. If I had 2K sitting around i'd buy THIS and bring it to the Challenge, dust and all..Saw more than one of this type when I worked for the Buick dealer. I remember particularly a 1986 Park Avenue with about 1800 miles on it in 1995; the owner kept it in a garage in downtown Charleston, every three months like clockwork she'd call me, have the car picked up and the oil changed then delivered back to her. This car was seriously cherry! At least 1500 of the 1800 miles were from our drivers. When she died, the car was sold at the estate sale for something like $1700.
My grandmother had a 1972 Pontiac Catalina from brand-new that still had the original belts/hoses/tires...I think even wiper blades when she finally stopped driving and living by herself around 1994. The car was absolutely pristine. I'm not sure it sold for $1000. 
I really wanted to keep it, but had no place for it, no use for it, and knew it would never really be that valuable/desirable.
I can't think of any vintage 4 door that I would want to own, no matter how pristine. 4 door wagons are the exception.
In reply to maj75:
4 door Lincoln Continental convertible?
You do know they used to make 4 door hardtops, right?
In reply to johndej:
Nice/ neat car, but holy crackpipe on the price. I could be a really decent Corvair convertible (or any number of other cars) for that money.
In reply to yupididit:
I dig those cars, the styling has grown on me, but, man, Ford really phoned it in on the dashboard. You'd be hard pressed to differentiate between that and a Tempo.
As a kid too young to drive, a family friend bought my Grampas 1973 Mercury Monterey, green-on-green for $500...
Came in 2nd in the Brockton Fair Demolition Derby.
volvoclearinghouse wrote: In reply to johndej: Nice/ neat car, but holy crackpipe on the price. I could be a really decent Corvair convertible (or any number of other cars) for that money.
If it were half the price, I might be looking to get a plane ticket to Richmond right now. I would probably desecrate it with a 2.4 Turbo swap... but keep all the parts removed.
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