You've now seen the pictures... Seller says engine has a knock.
what would GRM say the car is worth?
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May 19, 2009 2:01 p.m. Grtechguy SuperDork
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May 19, 2009 2:12 p.m. Rusty_Rabbit84 Reader
$500, out the door
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May 19, 2009 2:17 p.m. DirtE30 New Reader
500 out the door sounds about right
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May 19, 2009 2:24 p.m. 16vCorey SuperDork
Imagine how much it was worth in 1970! IT'S FROM THE FUTURE!
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May 19, 2009 2:27 p.m. Travis_K HalfDork
Registered and not sitting for too long maybe $500? Unregistered/sitting for years, maybe $300? You can get crappy registered driveable ones for $1200.
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May 19, 2009 2:27 p.m. ansonivan New Reader
At $500 you can't lose money on the deal (part it out in a worst case scenario) if the price is higher than that it's time to start looking at wear items, unibody rust and whatnot to decide if it's truly worth the effort.
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May 19, 2009 3:07 p.m. mad_machine SuperDork
if the rust is not bad.. I would shell out $500 for it. I keep having this urge to put M3 fenders on an E30 with euro chrome bumpers. Just something to upset the purists
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May 19, 2009 3:25 p.m. pres589 New Reader
mad_machine wrote:
if the rust is not bad.. I would shell out $500 for it. I keep having this urge to put M3 fenders on an E30 with euro chrome bumpers. Just something to upset the purists
What do M3 fenders for the E30 cost and are they available in non-rusting plastic? Seems like a grassroots wait to remove rust + add lightness.
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May 19, 2009 6:34 p.m. z31maniac Dork
Yes they are.
No they aren't cheap, at least for quality ones.
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May 19, 2009 6:39 p.m. jmthunderbirdturbo New Reader
$500 is way too much. $495 is far more reasonable...
-J0N
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May 19, 2009 7:12 p.m. ddavidv SuperDork
It's a 325 with the snoozer eta engine. $500 max.
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May 20, 2009 12:52 p.m. DirtE30 New Reader
ddavidv wrote:
It's a 325 with the snoozer eta engine. $500 max.
you can put the top end of a 325is engine and end up with a nice 2.7L
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May 20, 2009 1:05 p.m. belteshazzar Dork
it's not an '88 so I wouldn't try that.
rust is everything. if it's rusty I wouldn't be interested at all. if it's more or less sound, 500-1000 depending. are you sure it's a knock and not an untrained ear listening to typical m20 top end sounds? eta bottom ends are almost free, just some labor.
