[DMCForum] Re: Bells, whistles and minor convenience items (Farrar)

["cruznmd" <racuti1@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Ok, I'll tell.

I paid 7 for mine and I have 7 in it. Really, I'm WAY ahead of most
people who buy a car as messed up as mine. Most folks would have
10-17k into it by now due to labor, but I'm my own labor so...


The whole purpose of your lurking here is to avoid paying 10k for a
crapped up car. You know what you're looking for. Stand your ground.

Rich

--- In DMCForum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, Farrar Hudkins <fhudkins@xxxx> wrote:
> Ah! Well, I was speaking specifically about the electrical system. I 
> thought you were listing your electrical problems. I stand corrected. 
> And no, you don't have to go on. Was the thing even driveable? I will 
> have to drive mine home. If nothing else, my ego will require that I 
> drive it. Even if it means covering up the seats with towels because 
> I'll get cut by the cracked leather. LOL
> 
> You know me, I don't care about the interior -- it could look like ass 
> but still function. I'll work on it later. I expect to spend at least 
> three years working on the car, probably five. If when I buy it it
has a 
> place to sit and I can drive it, I'll be happy enough as I begin the 
> work. I also don't care about everything being "stock". Once I get
mine, 
> I'm going to replace what needs to be replaced with something that 
> works, and probably very little of that will be NOS. I'll be 
> cross-referencing the hell out of everything. I'll also upgrade things 
> (alternator, header bottle, bleeder kit, fanzilla, TABs, etc.) -- it'll 
> be a long process but I'm ready for it. (I'm not getting married, but 
> I'm ready for a *different* kind of long-term commitment. LOL)
> 
> I guess I know a lot of stuff on your car was shot to hell, but it's 
> hard to remember with everybody else's cars also being shot to hell! 
> Except for the guys who are trying to sell theirs, it seems like 
> everybody's had a major disaster in the last year. (And the people 
> trying to sell theirs either haven't driven them or won't admit to 
> having a problem because they'd have to reduce the price.)
> 
> I do remember the head gasket being blown, and the crumple tube issue. 
> And your TAB adventure! When I get mine, I'm going to have the TABs 
> replaced and make sure the suspension is in good shape. On the holey
New 
> Orleans roads it would be easy to snap a 23-year-old TAB.
> 
> Still curious what you paid for yours. The pessimist in me is beginning 
> to surface, and I'm beginning to think that my goal of spending $11k to 
> $12k may not be realistic, since I want one with no engine or frame 
> damage (i.e. things I would have no way of repairing myself), and a 
> functioning cooling system -- hey, I gotta drive it home.
> 
> I have seen "daily drivers" for $10k that have crappy, neglected 
> interiors for; then I have seen cars which look beautiful but won't 
> move. (How many times I have read an ad which basically can be
summed up 
> as "Car is perfect inside and out, but oh wait it doesn't run." :P) I 
> guess I may have to roll back the date (I have waited ten years, what's 
> a few more?) but I'd rather not -- I prefer to achieve the goals I set. 
> Spring 2005, I said. Damnit!
> 
> My ultimate goal is of course to prove that one can own one of these 
> things on a budget... If to nobody else, then to myself. May not be 
> perfect, of course. I've already had dreams about the thing not
running, 
> and I don't even own it yet. LOL
> 
> Anyway, enough babbling. According to Marc I should be out looking for 
> women by now.
> 
> --Farrar
> 
> cruznmd wrote:
> > Lol,
> > 
> > Farrar I love you like the brother I never had but I don't think 
> > you've been reading my posts for the last year and 8 months.
> > 
> > Those where the -convenience- items that didn't work. 
> > 
> > I didn't list the other major items that were totally ruined like:
> > 
> > The crumple tube and forward frame box-in
> > Main wiring harness hacked into
> > Entire fuel system trashed
> > blown head gaskets
> > shot-out rear wheel bearings
> > siezed brakes
> > Every electrical, wire wound device: (alternator, idle reg, window 
> > motors, engine fans, ventilator fan) siezed solid
> > cracked windshield
> > torn seats
> > cracked dash
> > faded vinyl
> [snip]

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