FS: 1988 Mazda 323 GTX and lots of spare

UPDATED

1988 Mazda 323 GTX Dead engine, good chassis, decent gearbox, clear Utah title

The speedo cable was disconnected when purchased by the previous owner, but it's estimated that there is about 150k miles on the car. The chassis in very good shape. The only rust problem that I've found is on the right-rear fender (very common) and a tiny spot of surface rust on the sunroof panel. The rocker panels are rust free at the last inspection. No rust has been observed on the front or rear strut towers.

I've owned the car for the last 10k miles and have complete maintenance logs of the work I've done, along with a pile of receipts from previous owners. The car has been off the road since June 2006 after the engine overheated, so it will need to be towed/trailered away.

Recent work:

• New front CV axles (from Raxles) approx. 8k miles ago
• Power windows replaced with manual windows (power window hardware sold)
• Falken ZIEX ZE-512 tires (185/60-14) with less than 10k miles on them
• New shifter bushings (Jacsport)
• HKS J-pipe
• Alternator replaced by previous owner shortly before selling

The Bad:

• Current engine overheated badly and most likely not rebuildable
• Worn second gear synchro (common, bad only in the summer, works fine if you do the 1-2 shift slowly)
• Small amount of rust at right-rear wheel arch
• Small spot of surface rust on sunroof panel
• Tears in driver's seat
• A/C components in engine bay have been removed (didn't work anyway)

Comes with:

• Short block from a '92 Miata (9.0:1 CR, 102k miles) included
• Spare B6T head, which appears to be in very good condition (but dirty)
• Many factory service manuals
  • Small format with wiring diagram
  • Large format in factory binder with body shop manual & training manual
  • Large format (GTX-only sections, in different binder)
  • PDF version on CD
• Probe/626 turbo intercooler (original intercooler included as well)
• Enough new bearings and seals for the next hub rebuild
• New valve cover gasket, distributor O-ring, and valve cover sealing washers (all still in the bags)
• One or two spare heat core assemblies
• A few additional small parts that I'm forgetting right now

Older photos: http://www.pbase.com/clalor/gtx/

The car is located just south of Salt Lake City, UT. $600 OBO

PM for contact info

Wait, do we even have PMs anymore? Whatever, reply somehow.

clalor wrote: Wait, do we even have PMs anymore? Whatever, reply somehow.

Yes, we do. Click on someone's avitar and you'll see the link.

damn me for having gotten my stimulus check 2 months ago, DAMN ME!

Killer deal. I can vouch for clalor as well, this is legit.

PM sent I've been looking for one of these

David S. Wallens wrote: Yes, we do. Click on someone's avitar and you'll see the link.

Good to know, thanks.

Keith wrote: Killer deal. I can vouch for clalor as well, this is legit.

Keith, thanks for the kind words. He's even seen all of these parts, although they were crammed into the back of a U-Haul truck at the time.

I forgot to mention that the car has a clear Utah title and I'll be happy to supply the VIN via private message.

I have a tentative local buyer, but I should know if it's a deal or not within the new few days.

Christian

The local buyer was scared off by the amount of spare parts included with the car. Game on!

Just to help illustrate how many spare parts are included, I had the entire floor of a 24-foot U-Haul truck filled (one box deep) when I transported everything from Denver to Salt Lake City. There are fewer parts now, and a number of parts that really should be scraped, but I'd estimate that a 20-foot truck/trailer would be required for the parts alone.

This would be a great candidate for a 200X challenge car. The more motivated among you could easily recoup a large amount of the purchase price.

Christian

emailed again

I saw the pile of parts when it was still in the original owner's garage, as well as when Christian brought them through. There's some real gold in there, as well as a lifetime supply of some things like radiators. Wasn't there another set of Dirtas in there? Heck, they're probably worth almost as much as the complete asking price.

I'm trying to work this out with him but he's slow to answer, so far anyway...I sent him my phone number

Sorry for being slow. I've been pretty busy at work lately (and a little lazy). E-mail replied to...

There aren't any more Dirtas in the pile. I sold one or two to Keith and then the rest to another buyer in CA somewhere.

All of the spare parts have been sold, but the car is still available. I've update the first post in the thread with the details.

Christian

So, the guys who bought my shell drove from Oshawa Canada to Grand Junction ("you guys have some big hills here") non-stop, loaded up my car at 10 pm, then headed for Salt Lake for Christian's parts (about 6 hours, more "big hills" to come guys) and are planning to head straight back to Oshawa.

They're nuts.

Nuts is correct.

You should have seen their truck when they were done. The bed was more than full, two sets of wheels/tires in the back seat of the truck (plus whatever else they could fit), and your old GTX was FILLED to almost bursting with the rest of the parts. I should have taken a picture. Other than a transmission (they took one as it was), and a few heater core assemblies, they took everything. I'm still amazed.

Keith, good luck at Targa!