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Got a call last week from a local buddy that has had his SQ on/off for several years, He traded for it, traded it off, got it back and so on... Anyhow, the last guy he traded it to killed the engine for the 3rd time since my buddy had the car. So, He finally got sick of pulling and rebuilding it and decided to try to sell or part out. Well, he didn't have his heart fully into parting out such a solid car so after he sold the engine, turbo, hard pipes and header panel, He called me and said come get it. Free with out the wheels/tires, gauges, and steering wheel or $300 as it sits. So, of course I had to kick in the $300, after all it has SHP wheels with good tires a wideband, and some aftermarket gauges and a grant GT wheel. Well, I know claurance2 has been looking around for a clean shell, so I called him and I think Im just going to pass the same deal on to him, provided he likes what he sees. But anyway, onto the pictures. White 88 SHP 5 speed car.

 

 

Grazing with the herd.

http://i601.photobucket.com/albums/tt93/BC_99/20130825_172620_zpsfbb6331c.jpg

 

Tail shot, amazingly it has the same dent in the LR 1/4 that the white 89 has???

http://i601.photobucket.com/albums/tt93/BC_99/20130825_172648_zpsbf45414d.jpg

 

She needs a nose job.

http://i601.photobucket.com/albums/tt93/BC_99/20130825_172633_zpsfd93c4c9.jpg

 

Close up of the dent

http://i601.photobucket.com/albums/tt93/BC_99/20130825_172700_zps13446b3d.jpg

 

Nice clean Passenger side

http://i601.photobucket.com/albums/tt93/BC_99/20130825_172708_zps35fccfcd.jpg

 

Junk in the trunk

http://i601.photobucket.com/albums/tt93/BC_99/20130825_181932_zpsbbf66713.jpg

 

...and everywhere else, She needs some TLC!

http://i601.photobucket.com/albums/tt93/BC_99/20130825_181940_zps331ef06c.jpg

 

Gauges WOOT!

http://i601.photobucket.com/albums/tt93/BC_99/20130825_181948_zpsf1b50388.jpg

 

So that's it. If James doesn't want it, and no one else does, then I suppose I will part it out or JZ it, which would mostly depend on how easily I can find a JZ/r154 combo to go in it.

 

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Man, we can't find $300 deals in Cali anymore. I bought my red '87 for $1200 some 8 years ago from a buddy who put in a brand new Marnal non jet head/ AJUSA gasket, ARP's and Walbro. Best $1200 ever speant.

 

In recent years prices have gone up for these cars. You can't buy a running one for less than $2500 now a days.

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Nice find! I wanna go check out cars this week neither run and guy wanted 1500 a piece a few months ago needless to say they are still sitting is his yard. Hoping to join the $300 club seems like its going around lol Edited by spadey
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Man, we can't find $300 deals in Cali anymore. I bought my red '87 for $1200 some 8 years ago from a buddy who put in a brand new Marnal non jet head/ AJUSA gasket, ARP's and Walbro. Best $1200 ever speant.

 

In recent years prices have gone up for these cars. You can't buy a running one for less than $2500 now a days.

Hard to come by here in texas too. Nice find, couldn't imagine finding one for less than a grand around here, especially running!
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you don't find $300 deals like that any where these days

 

one thing guys that have no idea what rebuilding an engine realy intails should not start such a project , the end result is a trip to a junk yard or some one that knows what to do gets a hell of a deal ;)

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you don't find $300 deals like that any where these days

 

one thing guys that have no idea what rebuilding an engine realy intails should not start such a project , the end result is a trip to a junk yard or some one that knows what to do gets a hell of a deal ;)

 

But most often what happens is private individuals have become private junkyards. They get greedy and think they can make big bucks parting out perfectly good cars. Only to find out the most common parts that sell right off the bat are engine/ trans, front air damn, turbos & intercoolers, tail lights a couple other small items.

 

Then they are left with a limp shell with interior parts that take forever to sell if not never and body parts that are too expensive to ship. So then the once perfectly good car becomes trash at a scrap yard, only to be seen again in the form of Chinese made crap like shiny headers that break in 5 minutes of running.

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Hard to come by here in texas too. Nice find, couldn't imagine finding one for less than a grand around here, especially running!

 

Last one I found for under $1K (in this area) was the '88 San Marino in my driveway...and that was over a year ago.

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one thing guys that have no idea what rebuilding an engine realy intails should not start such a project , the end result is a trip to a junk yard or some one that knows what to do gets a hell of a deal ;)

 

Burton and I were just talking about this yesterday. So many young guys get into it 'cause they have a "built" Starion on Forza, and they go out and buy one for real, thinking it's going to be like building a B16 Civic motor.

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you don't find $300 deals like that any where these days

 

one thing guys that have no idea what rebuilding an engine realy intails should not start such a project , the end result is a trip to a junk yard or some one that knows what to do gets a hell of a deal ;)

 

Umm, That's not the case here. He had the car several times and every time he got it back, it had a spun bearing, was knocking, or some other mess he had to fix. He just got tired of wrenching all day on his 1 day off a week, especially when he has to wrench every day/all day at work. He knew I would find the car a home or keep it out of the junkyard and if I did part it out, he knows I would find people around here who needed stuff, so that at least it would serve a purpose.

 

Nice find Britt and my hat is off to you for thinking about a fellow starquester getting the benefits of your find.

Jimmy

 

Thanks Jimmy, if we can't help each other out and set better examples for some of the nearsighted people to help each and quit bickering like a bunch of crabby old men or little children, we won't have anything left in the future to have a site for, and then what's the point of even coming to this site.

 

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It's good to have a guy like Britt in your corner. Everything I ever needed Britt has came through for me. Not that others haven't but he's one that i can hit up local when i'm in a spot with the car. He knew i would be all over that white quest. That's the kind of dude he is. Britt we'll talk when i get a chance to come by.
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one major thing most guys over look , once a rod brg has made noise you can hear odds are the rod big end is out of round, thats the reason for multipul brg failures ,,the rod has to come out and be resized

always mic the big end before puting in a new brg if the old brg shows bad wear

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These cars are getting hard to find now and i'm speaking from many years of being "on the hunt" , thats a great deal for a measly $300 and i see you got some aftermarket goodies included to boot ! :)
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