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Originally Posted by thepenguin99 View Post
I seem to remember him mentioning a fairly decent sized dent in the floor pan at some point but I don't see mention of it now. Other than that the body looks nice. The interior looks like a 7/10 but overall pretty nice for over 200k on the car. The car is mostly what I would want in a mid year. Single mirror, no sunroof, bright trim. I think it would move at 12-13k. 3.5k for a 3.0 motor, do the head studs, add a new clutch, still not underwater if you turn your own wrenches. That is about as good as you can hope for on most projects.
Gotta disagree with that assessment.

The second ad has been removed by the seller but I'm assuming from the discussion above that the car is now offered as parts less engine.

If you pay 12-13K for the car less engine, and 3.5K for an engine, you're in it for 16.5K BEFORE you do any other work, or even assemble the damn thing. That's getting towards the top end in asking price for high-mileage midyears, engine swap or no. Besides, once it's all apart, who's really going to want to reinstall a crappy 7/10 interior? The temptation to upgrade may well prove irresistible and the result will likely be another classified ad in 3-5 years offering the car in parts again...

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