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Dec. 2, 2008 8:14 p.m. pete240z HalfDork

Ebay Z

where do people find the money? $95,000?? is this spread over 10 credit cards? what would Suzi Orman say?

am I the only one that wouldn't want this kind of car? maybe not!
Dec. 2, 2008 8:27 p.m. ignorant PowerDork

for $95 grand investment I would expect a better result than that THING!!!!
Dec. 2, 2008 8:34 p.m. MitchellC Reader

I think he needed to stop about $85k ago.
Dec. 2, 2008 8:55 p.m. Tommy Suddard

Dang man dat carr iz hawt!!! Thro som spinnas on dat ride!

Seriously, though. Who puts 95k into a Z and ends up with that?
Dec. 2, 2008 9:27 p.m. Luke Dork

Yet the motor only cost $8800. Doesn't seem that much for a 660HP/9-sec, shop-built engine. I'm wondering where the rest of the money went.
Dec. 2, 2008 9:47 p.m. Volksroddin HalfDork

"I dont know Arny you can get real good car for that much money"

Christine, the best love story EVER!
Dec. 2, 2008 9:49 p.m. bamalama New Reader

Luke wrote:

Yet the motor only cost $8800. Doesn't seem that much for a 660HP/9-sec, shop-built engine. I'm wondering where the rest of the money went.

Bondoglass.
Dec. 2, 2008 10:21 p.m. Tom Heath Production Editor

That's the biggest clutch pedal I've ever seen.
Dec. 2, 2008 10:47 p.m. DirtyBird222 HalfDork

He prolly took it to a place like West Coast Customs and they charged him and arm and a leg for some shotty work. Then took it to an engine shop and they overcharged him way to much for what he got......etc. Anyways I could make a car look way better than that with about $10k
Dec. 3, 2008 7:05 a.m. GameboyRMH SuperDork

If I saw that on the street, I'd think:

"WTF is that? Oh no someone riced out an old Z...good work on the paint job for a ricer though."
Dec. 3, 2008 7:29 a.m. 16vCorey SuperDork

The exhaust is absolutely horrible. It looks like the just picked crap off the shelf at Rural King and slapped it together. I've helped Andy build WAY nicer exhaust systems in a barn out of swap meet scraps for little to nothing. I hope that's not where any of that 95k went.
Dec. 3, 2008 8:45 a.m. NYG95GA Dork

For that kind of money, you should get a mailbox with a street address.
Dec. 3, 2008 8:51 a.m. carguy123 HalfDork

Well, except for the front bumper it's not a bad looking Z, It's just not that expensive of a Z.

The interior looks like crap. It's basically stock with a few colored inserts.
Dec. 3, 2008 8:57 a.m. Black Stig Reader

MMMMM, bacon . . . .

But yes, I'd rock it, LOL! Of course the Previous Owner would be UUUUPPPSEEETTTT cause I'd drift it. LOL!

I bet it runs and sounds MEAN, but I honestly don't believe anything I read on the interwebz and he would have to show me 95,000 dollars in VERIFIABLE receipts before I believe that you can drop almost 100k into a car that costs like 2 grand to buy.

-Dave
Dec. 3, 2008 9:26 a.m. Snowdoggie Reader

Ostrich Skin Interior??
Dec. 3, 2008 11:35 a.m. John Brown UltimaDork

Naw mang that's a cow wit acne homes!
Dec. 3, 2008 3:24 p.m. Autolex Reader

I bet for that kind of money, he could have built a 9 second camaro/corvette/mustang... AND LEARNED HOW TO SPELL!
Dec. 3, 2008 3:39 p.m. byron12 New Reader

NYG95GA wrote:

For that kind of money, you should get a mailbox with a street address.

I agree thats exactly what I got hell I got all that and a garage + room for an even bigger garage once I pay off some of the principle.
Dec. 3, 2008 4:21 p.m. bamalama New Reader

NYG95GA wrote:

For that kind of money, you should get a mailbox with a street address.

Well, the scoop on the carbs kind of looks like a mailbox.
Dec. 3, 2008 4:32 p.m. poopshovel Dork

Luke wrote:

Yet the motor only cost $8800. Doesn't seem that much for a 660HP/9-sec, shop-built engine. I'm wondering where the rest of the money went.

NAAAAAAAAAAAAAWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWZZZZZZZZZZSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!1111111

Note the craptastic speaker enclosures(?)
Dec. 3, 2008 4:56 p.m. SupraWes Dork

95K and they used flexpipe in the exhaust ROFLMAO! 138mph trap speed is nice though, that's about the only thing going for it.
Dec. 3, 2008 5:59 p.m. ignorant PowerDork

poopshovel wrote:

Luke wrote:

Yet the motor only cost $8800. Doesn't seem that much for a 660HP/9-sec, shop-built engine. I'm wondering where the rest of the money went.

NAAAAAAAAAAAAAWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWZZZZZZZZZZSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!1111111

Note the craptastic speaker enclosures(?)

I guess with only a paltry $95k he couldn't get his car "unique" (@ enclosures with no speakers)
Dec. 3, 2008 7:55 p.m. Jensenman UltimaDork

Yuck.

It just goes to show that having extra money does not automatically confer good taste.

It takes a lot to uglify the classic Z car shape and this guy has done it.
Dec. 4, 2008 10:54 a.m. seann Reader

A very skillfully executed hideous paint job. But there's a lot else to dislike.

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