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I've read the FAQ and visited Clark's Garage site, and have read
through them in detail.
I've got a Carfax re****t on the 83, which doesn't show any large
mileage jumps, and I think I could talk him down to apx 5K. You said
that the price was double, and from searching Autotrader nationwide,
it is a good thousand or so higher than average. However, I've not the
time to drive 1000+ miles to get one at a cheaper price. On a closer
inspection, the "private seller" I may be buying from may have simply
gotten one of these cheaper ones and drove it down here, and fixed it
up some (New belts, mounts etc.) and is making a decent bit of profit
from the sale. I'm relatively ok with this, as I really don't have the
time to dedicate to finding and retrieving a car cross country.
I'm having a mechanic take a look at the car tomorrow, and if
everything checks out ok, I'll probably purchase it, hopefully for
5,000. It seems that I'm paying about 1000 so I don't have to travel
cross country and replace the belts myself. It feelsworth it to me to
get a car that I'll learn about and work on for, hopefully, the next
10 years. =P
Once again, thanks tons to y'all for giving me all this advice,it's
been immeasurably useful.
have mechanic check clutch - ask if it has rubber center. check timing
belt. ask price to replace timing belt. ask price to replace clutch.
test
AC (usual failure is front seal on AC) - check ps rack for leaks, check ps
pump for leaks, etc
if you won't be doing your own work, you will want to know prices. I
would
not pay over $3000 unless I knew clutch was recently replaced with spring
type, belts were current, no significant leaks of anything, and mileage
under 100K.
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