Fastest Sale ever
02-14-2007, 02:55 PM
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Fastest Sale ever I just put the 86 Caprice Wagon up for sale and i sold within 45 minutes.
heres the add I ran:
1986 Chevy Caprice Wagon -- the good IT starts and runs great. Trans doesn’t slip, all the electrical works. New tags. All the lights blinkers, taillights brakes lights work fine. Horn works, tires are ok. New battery from Napa. Wipers work fine.
The bad --- has a short some where so you have to unplug the battery when you park or it will drain overnight. Brakes aren’t that good, they work but aren’t that good. I don’t want to work on them. Cracked windshield but hasn’t got pulled over ever. Interior is all there not torn but not clean either. I bought the car a couple year ago put a few thousand miles on it and now and getting rid of it. Exterior is ok, its not dented and beat up.
This car started everyday no matter how cold it got. Heat works great, it melted the ice not problem so I didn’t have to scrape. Don’t want to work on the brakes and tired of dealing with unplugging the battery.
Sold it for $200. I paid 500 for it 2.5 years ago and put 4,000 miles on it. Gotta love them beaters!
I'm buying a Kia Sephia with 180,000 miles on it that a 71 year old woman owned for hopefully $500.. $650 max
WOnder if I canm put a turbo on it? find something in a wrecked car? spemd no more than like 400 total?
heres the add I ran:
1986 Chevy Caprice Wagon -- the good IT starts and runs great. Trans doesn’t slip, all the electrical works. New tags. All the lights blinkers, taillights brakes lights work fine. Horn works, tires are ok. New battery from Napa. Wipers work fine.
The bad --- has a short some where so you have to unplug the battery when you park or it will drain overnight. Brakes aren’t that good, they work but aren’t that good. I don’t want to work on them. Cracked windshield but hasn’t got pulled over ever. Interior is all there not torn but not clean either. I bought the car a couple year ago put a few thousand miles on it and now and getting rid of it. Exterior is ok, its not dented and beat up.
This car started everyday no matter how cold it got. Heat works great, it melted the ice not problem so I didn’t have to scrape. Don’t want to work on the brakes and tired of dealing with unplugging the battery.
Sold it for $200. I paid 500 for it 2.5 years ago and put 4,000 miles on it. Gotta love them beaters!
I'm buying a Kia Sephia with 180,000 miles on it that a 71 year old woman owned for hopefully $500.. $650 max
WOnder if I canm put a turbo on it? find something in a wrecked car? spemd no more than like 400 total?
Last edited by 99blancoSS; 02-14-2007 at 04:21 PM.
02-14-2007, 08:05 PM
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Well the 71 year old woman was tough in negotiations. Paid 600 for the Kia. She was asking 775 to start. Car runs good. Its not as bad a dog as I thought it would be but still a dog. Shifter has about 2 feet of play between gears but you can still find them.
all in all not bad for the money. Has some severe yellowing of the headlights I'll need to take care of.
all in all not bad for the money. Has some severe yellowing of the headlights I'll need to take care of.
02-14-2007, 08:26 PM
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Originally Posted by Poik
Last year we talked about having beater races at the track but never really did it. We should do that this year and keep track 
Give me the head start an I'm all for it!
02-14-2007, 08:33 PM
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Originally Posted by 99blancoSS
This from a man with a turbo bigger than his head in his beater..lol big sport Give me the head start an I'm all for it!
Give me the head start an I'm all for it!
. Same goes with tons of other crap, and that car is going to stay NA this year, so it shouldn't be faster than 14.5, if even that. I've got a few surprises for my real beater though (the red car)!I think Tyler has the best CCC track record for beater points out of all of us... haha
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02-15-2007, 01:51 AM
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Originally Posted by turbo50
Im in, the 4 banger car just got alot of lovin including a new 3" exhaust all the way out the back with a nice welded Magnaflow. Bring it on!!!
02-15-2007, 01:58 AM
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Don't make me shelf the Turquoise Terror for a race and bring out the Impy of Doom!!! My Impy could shove that Metro in the trunk and still run a blazing sub 17 second quarter.
02-15-2007, 10:49 AM
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Originally Posted by Poik
Last year we talked about having beater races at the track but never really did it. We should do that this year and keep track
One CCC race is a "beater" race. Double points if your car meets the following criteria.
Pick any two
- Must have significant rust
- Must run slower than 20 seconds
- Must have engine knock at idle
- Must smoke the entire 1/4 mile
- Must not have any performance modifications
- Must be a unanimous agreement on "Beater" status
02-15-2007, 10:56 AM
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Originally Posted by NWDragRacer
Okay, how about this.
One CCC race is a "beater" race. Double points if your car meets the following criteria.
Pick any two
One CCC race is a "beater" race. Double points if your car meets the following criteria.
Pick any two
- Must have significant rust
- Must run slower than 20 seconds
- Must have engine knock at idle
- Must smoke the entire 1/4 mile
- Must not have any performance modifications
- Must be a unanimous agreement on "Beater" status
02-15-2007, 11:33 AM
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Originally Posted by NWDragRacer
Okay, how about this.
One CCC race is a "beater" race. Double points if your car meets the following criteria.
Pick any two
One CCC race is a "beater" race. Double points if your car meets the following criteria.
Pick any two
- Must have significant rust
- Must run slower than 20 seconds
- Must have engine knock at idle
- Must smoke the entire 1/4 mile
- Must not have any performance modifications
- Must be a unanimous agreement on "Beater" status
02-15-2007, 11:36 AM
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Originally Posted by turbo50
Well that pretty much counts out the 4 banger car. Come to think of it the only vehicle I have that comes close to meeting that criteria is my chevy.
I did find an 85 Dodge turbo Daytona for 500 obo
02-15-2007, 12:26 PM
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Originally Posted by NWDragRacer
Okay, how about this.
One CCC race is a "beater" race. Double points if your car meets the following criteria.
Pick any two
One CCC race is a "beater" race. Double points if your car meets the following criteria.
Pick any two
- Must have significant rust
- Must run slower than 20 seconds
- Must have engine knock at idle
- Must smoke the entire 1/4 mile
- Must not have any performance modifications
- Must be a unanimous agreement on "Beater" status
This is the Pacific NW, you've gotta have a real old heap to meet #1
02-15-2007, 12:54 PM
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Originally Posted by 99blancoSS
Whats the 4 banger car? the group could decide that it fits the beater criteria, is it modded?
I did find an 85 Dodge turbo Daytona for 500 obo
I did find an 85 Dodge turbo Daytona for 500 obo