1987RegalTurbo
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- Aug 8, 2011
Hi everyone,
My names Derek, and here's my turbo Buick story. For as long as I can remember there's been an 87' Regal turbo sitting in my neighborhood. I've driven past it a million times and always wanted to knock on the door and inquire. On 8/5/11, I drove past it and saw a small yellow sign in the window. I stopped and knocked on the door. An old man (70 or so) answered the door. I said, "I see your Regals sale?" He said that he was tired of it sitting is his driveway and wanted it gone. He's owned it for 15+ years and informed me that he was driving it one day and went to accelerate and got no throttle response so he parked it, and it has sat ever since. He said that it would need a new battery and didn't think it would start. The car has 105,000 miles and was in fairly good shape. It's silver with a good deal of sunfade but ZERO dents or dings anywhere! The rockers had a good amount of rust but that was the only spots. Now the part I was nervous about, asking what he was looking to get for it. I said, "So how much are you looking to get for her?" He said, "Listen, I'm getting old and don't have the time or energy to get the car back on the road. If you bring me $800, it's yours.
HOLY CRAP! I thought he was gonna ask at least $3000 or $4000. The next day I brought a battery, some tools, and a can of starting fluid. I connected the battery, sprayed in some starting fluid, and with 2 cranks she came to life for 10 seconds or so :wink:, and would shut down. Long story short, I'm pretty sure it's got a fuel issue. Fuel pump, filter, injectors, etc. The brakes pushed to the floor, and this was obviously something I couldn't hobble home in. He came out, and I gave him the $800. He signed over the title and gave me the keys. It was towed home and is now sitting in my garage. My plans are to go through the car and replace EVERYTHING that needs it, pretty much restore to the best of my ability on a semi-limited budget. So as a VERY general statement, do you guys have any suggestions? And thanks for taking the time to listen to my story, and I look forward to learning alot from this site!
My names Derek, and here's my turbo Buick story. For as long as I can remember there's been an 87' Regal turbo sitting in my neighborhood. I've driven past it a million times and always wanted to knock on the door and inquire. On 8/5/11, I drove past it and saw a small yellow sign in the window. I stopped and knocked on the door. An old man (70 or so) answered the door. I said, "I see your Regals sale?" He said that he was tired of it sitting is his driveway and wanted it gone. He's owned it for 15+ years and informed me that he was driving it one day and went to accelerate and got no throttle response so he parked it, and it has sat ever since. He said that it would need a new battery and didn't think it would start. The car has 105,000 miles and was in fairly good shape. It's silver with a good deal of sunfade but ZERO dents or dings anywhere! The rockers had a good amount of rust but that was the only spots. Now the part I was nervous about, asking what he was looking to get for it. I said, "So how much are you looking to get for her?" He said, "Listen, I'm getting old and don't have the time or energy to get the car back on the road. If you bring me $800, it's yours.
HOLY CRAP! I thought he was gonna ask at least $3000 or $4000. The next day I brought a battery, some tools, and a can of starting fluid. I connected the battery, sprayed in some starting fluid, and with 2 cranks she came to life for 10 seconds or so :wink:, and would shut down. Long story short, I'm pretty sure it's got a fuel issue. Fuel pump, filter, injectors, etc. The brakes pushed to the floor, and this was obviously something I couldn't hobble home in. He came out, and I gave him the $800. He signed over the title and gave me the keys. It was towed home and is now sitting in my garage. My plans are to go through the car and replace EVERYTHING that needs it, pretty much restore to the best of my ability on a semi-limited budget. So as a VERY general statement, do you guys have any suggestions? And thanks for taking the time to listen to my story, and I look forward to learning alot from this site!
