I got her home today. Its going to be a bit of work. This car is in a lot better shape then many I looked at. It has what sounds like a main and a rod bearing out. V6 5 speed and those are leaves on the hood. I can find no rust on it. There is a crack in one of the fenders.





Interior is very nice concidering its 12 years old


Step one will be to pull the motor. I hope to atlease start that this weekend. Since I could not find a good how to thread on pulling the motor this may become one of those.

 

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very nice car, you cant beat a 5sp and t tops, i say rebuild the engine, it will be cheaper to do and better, i wouldnt trust a used engine you never know how it was driven and taken care of

 

looks nice, reminds me of my old 96.

 

I was going to rebuild but it looks like one main spun and a rod streched out and smacked the head. So If i would rebuild it the cost would be more then a remanufacture engine. I found a used 2002 with 29K on it for $600. They are going to throw in all the bolt on stuff. Starter, alternator etc. and a warranty on the long block. I figurehaving all those bolt-on 6 years and 100K newer would be nice.

 

thats a awesome deal on the engine....
when i looked at a engine for mine, it was gonna be close to 3k.

 

That is a good deal.

 

I only paid 1K for the car in the above picture. I think it has been garage keep and dealer serviced car that was owned by a middle aged lady who was really pissed at her boy friend. Seems she let him drive the car one night and he blew the motor. She made the comment when I paid her that at least I will not have to worry about the tops leaking. In the beginning of the summer the dealership replace all the t-top weather striping and the tops themselves if I understood her right. She said it cost her more then she got for the car

With a little luck I will have a decent ride for under 2K. Not even my wife can complain about that.

 

Well I am knee deep in it now. Pulling the motor out of the bottom turned out of be a bit of a challange with no lift and a 1-1/2 cargarage. I am hoping my 20023.8 (50K) will be here for the long weekend.

I am having a little trouble staying in budget. I assumed $200 for beer expenses. Thats about gone and I just got the motor out. Oh well sometimes these things just can't be budgeted.

 

wow...you must be able to take em down! haha. looks like you're in for some fun! nice car though man