One down…
I mentioned the fantastic two for $500 deal that Rich and I had gotten on our 2002’s. As much as I loved the little green roundie, it had too much rust and bondo to be a practical restoration. With that in mind I had been stripping all the useful parts off of it with the exception of the engine and transmission. I even went as far as to saw off both the nose and tail. With all the useful parts stripped off, it was finally time to send it to 2002 heaven.
The good news is that we got $100 cash for the car just for scrap metal. While it was sad to see it go, it’s time to move on.
A new project
My car ADD is well documented, but in a seemingly futile attempt to find a car that can keep my attention for more than a couple months I have gone back in time, way back. I picked up not one, but two BMW 2002’s thanks to a little help from a friend.
While it started out as a low budget purchase, ($500 for both cars) I’m sure that the whole restoration will be much closer to the $10,000 mark. Luckily I’m in no hurry to get it done. I plan on spending the next year or two auto geeking out about every single little detail of the car, and what I want to do with it. The green car shown below is going to the crusher now that we got all the good parts off of it. I’m now in the process of starting to strip the yellow one down to a rolling shell and then I’ll save my pennies to ship it off for body work and a paint job. Any votes on what color to do it?
If I get on the ball enough I’ll be documenting the whole process here. Stay tuned….
FJZ80 Land Cruiser - For Sale
FJZ80 Land Cruiser
In the constant ebb and flow of vehicles that is known as my life, it is finally time to let go one of my favorite vehicles I’ve had in a while….
I’ve had this car for almost two years now and it has been wonderful. I bought it from a gentleman in Heber who had done a lot of work to it. Most of the work was done at Slee off road in Colorado. In case you don’t know Slee specialized in working on 80 Series Land Cruisers, so you know all the work done on it was done right. Slee added the amazing Old Man Emu 2.5” Heavy Load lift kit ($872) which makes it ride even better than when it was brand new, Cooper Durango Radial A/T 285/75R16 tires with new wheels ($1,000?), Slee Short bus front bumper ($965) with 8,000 lb Warn M8000 winch ($960). They even went as far as to give it a fresh coat of black paint!. In addition they went through everything to make sure it was in top notch mechanical conditional and all the required maintenance was up to date. Since I have owned it I have had a new radiator put in at the dealer and had a premium tuneup done. While the miles are starting to get up there, it still runs like a dream. This amazing straight six still has a lot of life left in it. It’s my wife’s car, and the only reason we are selling it is she is getting tired of climbing in and out of it with two small kids. The third row seating is great, and this has been an amazing car. KBB and NADA both put it at around $9,500 before all the work that was done to it. I paid over $12,000. Looking to get $10,500 out of it. Serious inquiries only.
Volvo 122s
I have never really thought of myself as a car guy, but the fact that I have owned 16 cars in the last 14 years seems to prove otherwise. My wife calls it Automotive ADD, I just call it a good time.
It may have all started when I was a kid and I was obsessed with Richard Scarry’s Cars and Trucks and Things That Go, or that little matchbox car I had that I couldn’t quite decide which was the hood and which was the trunk. One thing is for certain though, that love of cars was cemented with the purchase of my first car. A Volvo 122S. I bought it from my uncle for $200 before I even had a drivers license and spent countless hours stalling it while I learned how to use a manual transmission. It would last me two long years before it finally threw a rod and found it’s way to Volvo paradise. I’m not sure a car will ever be as loved by me as it was.
Fiesta Movement Entry Video
A while ago I heard about a little contest that Ford was putting on. They were giving away a 2011 Ford Fiesta to 100 lucky individuals. All you had to do to win was submit a video along with a resume. They were looking for people who were into social networks and had an audience to which they would be able to share their experience. I figured it would be fun to enter, so I threw together this short little video and submitted it. Little did I know that I would actually win a car. I pick it up April 28th. Anyone need a ride?