86 Carrera for way under 1,000 BUCKS

[w1w50]

Ok guys here is the first pics, still dirty exactly the way I got it. And YES way under a grand. Tell ya more about that later. The pics are from yesterday (Sept. 15, 2011) at the PO house, day of pick up. Story of how I got the p-car so cheap, titled The good, the bad, the ugly and better pics will follow. I do have a tech question, I chimmed in earlier about a hot air elbow missing, Wayne gave the OK to take it home - brief trip, thank you. Well I finally found time to grab it, went over to PO, got the keys did a initial inspection, put a temp hot air hose on for engine cooling, put a lil" high test in her tank, fired that mutha up....holy cow it started. It was a little missy for a minute, but smoothed out quick and wasn't missing a beat while jumping on the throttle (sitting in the drive way). Stuck her in 1st, eased the clutch out, made a left turn, hit a u-turn in a culdasac, kapoot. Died right in front of PO house, car ran for about 10 - 15 min total with driveway warm-up and 45 second drive. Tried to restart, but nothing, turning over strong but either no gas or no spark? Started to rain, pushed her back to PO driveway, monkeyed around a bit, said seeya tomorrow. Today went there, jumped in the ride turned the key, she again fired right up. sounded great, but when I put a load on it, she starts to fall on her face. Did the same left turn culdasac thing same problem died, this time it started right up but I was in the middle of work so back to the PO driveway she went. The car really hasn't been driven at all in 2 years or so, 5-10 miles once in a blue-blue moon. Can't wait to tell the sory and get better pics, I've got the porsche bug now. Already gettin stuff for it. picked up some nice driver quality no tear 996 seats for $250 bucks. THAT'S ALMOST MORE THAN I PAID FOR THE CAR. Any advice would be great, don't know much about these cool little cars, exept allways wanted one, never thought I'd get one.

[Danny_Ocean]

Where'd you find the car? I'm in Broward too and search Craigslist daily. Didn't see this one.

Great deal...love to hear the story (with paragraphs).

[w1w50]

Through a friend, been after it for a couple years, I'm in Margate, The car is in Pompano, P.M. if ya wanna hook up and help me out with this thing...I can't find the radiator.

[Danny_Ocean]

I have a shop in Pompano, but only do one car at a time. I will be ready for another car in a few months if you need help.

[w1w50]

Time I got, money is another thing, Definety PM me, was gonna start lookin for a one man band. cool

[plumb4u2]

I would stop trying to run the car until you get it home and go through the normal steps to prepare a car after it has sat for a long time

search the board and you will find many threads on this

[Cairo94507]

Tell the story already! We all want to know I think. Mileage, salvage title? accidents? history? rust? etc. Regardless, so long as you got a clean title, you did very well. I just want the engine and trans out of it..I'll double your money and you can keep the car

[ivangene]

Originally Posted by Danny_Ocean

Great deal...love to hear the story (with paragraphs).

is this an English class now






cool story...welcome! looks like a deal, hope the long term is a happy one - if you share the whole story, please spell check too

[Tippy]

If I got a deal like that, that car would be my DD to save my other

[Danny_Ocean]

Originally Posted by ivangene

is this an English class now

No, but paragraphs makes the OP's ramblings easier to comprehend/read, and makes it easier to respond to their question(s) in order.

[Caferacer]

I agree with the others. You should just forget about this whole Porsche thing and part it out. I will give you $30 for the fresh air blower as a start. Hell, I'll give you a $1,000 for the radiator alone.

Seriously, we are as excited as you are. Seeing the pics was like seeing my own car for the first time. My only advice would be to spend a little money and get the car flatbedded into your actual posession ASAP. Then you can use the search function at your leisure while diagnosing the issue.

[jsoderbe]

In Pompano? I have been driving around there loking for porsches, but did not find any.... :-)

Nice to hear there are more local Porsche nuts there! I am just local during high season....


Johan

[w1w50]

Sorry about the grammer, to darn excited, forgot I was dealing with an educated crowd now. I'm used to the Camaro and Trans Am scene. I'll try to be a better pupil, how do you spell articulate?

[Nine9six]

Originally Posted by w1w50

I'm used to the Camaro and Trans Am scene. I'll try to be a better pupil, how do you spell articulate?

It should read;
I'm used to the Camaro and Trans Am scene. I'll try to be a better pupil. (period, not comma) How do you spell articulate? Looks like we have our work cut out for us...

[jkarolyi]

First of all, welcome to the forum! Don't let the grammar/spelling patrol scare you off...this place is full of friendly, knowledgeable people. I hope you were kidding about the radiator.

Looks like a nice find...but don't try to run it anymore. Fuel goes bad after sitting for one year...after multiple years the fuel turns to varnish. Sucking bad fuel into the fuel injection can cause major problems. Here are the instructions I have for reviving a long-stored engine properly:

For starting a long-stored engine, change out all the fuel , including all the fuel in all the fuel lines. In fact, replacing all the fuel lines and getting the fuel tank boiled is a good idea. You don't want to suck ANY old fuel or gunk into the fuel injection at all.

Before starting the motor, go to Pep Boys or Autozone or a similar store and buy some Marvel Mystery Oil. It sounds like a silly product but it really does work. Make sure you get the "original" oil and not the air tool oil or such. Put the oil in thru the spark plug hole, (get a long skinny funnel and put in about 1/4 cup of it) , and let it sit for a few days (a week?).

Change the oil following the directions on this website (or Wayne's book). Then crank her over for about a minute, pausing every 10 seconds or so to let the starter rest, with the spark plugs out (otherwise you can hydrolock the engine with the Mystery oil), until you see oil pressure register on the interior guage. Replace plugs and start the car. You can drive it a few times on this oil, but I would change it and the filter again pretty quickly. I've seen a lot of tiny metal shavings in the oil from just a few minutes of running after storage.

I've revived several long-stored engines using this method. Best of luck,

[Winter]

Go buy AAA+ for $125, have them flatbed it to your house. Then start addressing the problems. the AAA+ membership gives you 4 x 100 miles of towing a year. Good investment as you sort out the bugs with this one.

You, my friend, have scored a KILLER deal.

Good luck with it.

[911lvr]

Ill triple your money right now congrats!

[steely]

Day-um. Congrats and good luck. What an incredible 'deal' you worked out. Welcome and have fun, you're going to love it.

[paulgtr]

Originally Posted by w1w50

...I can't find the radiator.

really? did some one put the engine in the trunk as a joke too?
just kidding mate! you know it's aircooled. it might have an oil cooler in the front right fender. and since you have AC there will be a cooler for that too.

[daniel911T]

Jealous.

The only thing that could make it better is a set of Zeniths!

Awesome deal man, great looking car, you're going to love it!

-Dan