72 510 Wagon
Cliffs: 5 speed, alleged good motor/trans, coilovers in the front, bags in the rear, 'needs brakes bled', asking $3k
Seller says other than suspension mods, stock save a carb 'upgrade', no history.
Thoughts?
Leery about the brake bleed thing, just because that's on paper a super easy thing for this guy to have already taken care of if that is in fact all that's wrong...
Going to see it tomorrow, anything to look for other than rust?
You'd be surprised how many sellers actually can't do a brake bleed. I know I am.
I'd be looking for hack jobs and rust
I would look for wiper arms if you plan to drive it in the rain.
Says air suspension in rear. I would be skeptical of the quality of this modification?
Rust... I actually kind of dig the camo
Rust, check the bag install and see how hacked it is. One of very few foreign cars i want!
If he can't bleed brakes, can you trust his air suspension?
Take the 15 minutes it would take and bleed the brakes before you test drive it.
Rust, obviously bodged jobs, yeah.
I'm figuring that as long as it's not too hacked up, worst case I'd just toss the air ride and go coilovers or conventional struts at all four corners.
I'm also guilty of liking the paint scheme.
"I have no trouble doing an air bag rear suspension, but bleeding brakes is beyond my skills"
bit of a WTF there.
The next alarm is "The car is solid and I do awesome bodywork, so I decided on a rattle-can camo paint job to showcase my awesome work on a solid car"
Nice hood pin. 
$10 says air suspension is Monroe air shocks.
Bring a trailer. This concludes my advice on this purchase.
GTwannaB wrote: $10 says air suspension is Monroe air shocks.
Yeah, wagons were leaf springs if I recall correctly. Should be easy to spot hackery . Good luck. Dimes are very cool.
Do it.
Do it. But send it my way :D
Asked for a set of extra eyes via the FB group for the club I AX with, car is known to a couple of guys but none of them are willing to comment beyond that...
not terribly encouraging
Yeah, not talkin you down.
A guy chimed in that he knew the car and the past 4 owners (over not too terribly many years ) and that for my intended use of 'something to tinker with that probably won't strand me somewhere or require copious amounts of rust repair' I should look elsewhere.
Thanks for the input all!
There's a Maxima wagon from the 70s on my Copart watchlist that hasn't budged because of the storage lien. The approx. $1,000 shipping from TX to D.C. is what stops me from throwing a $500 bid at it. Yes I'm too lazy right now to link to it.
well here's the link. they look awful similar. http://www.copart.com/us/Lot/14578133?searchId=252207047
It has gone through several auction cycles since I first saw it so I'd think the storage lien is too damn high.
I'm also guilty of liking the spray bomb camo... sorta. Trouble is the kind of people that spray camo, do all sorts of other E36 M3 to their cars that you're not going to like.
In reply to nutherjrfan:
That's another 510, not a Maxima. Definitely not worth the auction price, fees and storage lien.
Do it assuming the shell is relatively solid. Sure you might have to sort it a bit, but its a 510 . . . wagon . . . in camo.
I even think I'd leave the camo.
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