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Trying to figure out if this car is worth the money. I have not looked at too many of these to have a good feel. Any help you can provide is greatly appreciated.
The car is a 1986 Buick Regal T-type. Supposedly an original, not a conversion.
Stock engine, upgraded Garrett turbo (no details on the model), performance chip (again, no details), upgraded injectors (once again, no details). There are a few oil leaks. Supposedly the engine runs well and transmission works nicely but the owner believes it has an ignition problem. Tomorrow I will try to sort that out to see if and how well it runs. I should probably also take a jack and look to see if it has a 109 block.
Car probably has about 120K miles.
There are some wiring issues - headlights short out somewhere. Overall it does not look like too much of the wiring has been disturbed.
Substantial amount of rust - above the upper hinges on both sides, most of the lower parts (nearest the road) have some to a good bit of rust. Most of this is only visible from down low - down on the hands and knees inspecting. Rusted out hole in the trunk channel (where the water lays), rust at the bottom of the trunk lid. The car really needs a good bit of rust repair which is a shame because the paint looks very decent.
Interior of the car is nice. Driver's seat is a tiny bit faded but otherwise nice, seat foam is somewhat firm, carpet is nice, the interior has not been hacked and all of the pieces are there.
The owner wants $3000 for this car. I know this may be hard to say without seeing it, but do you feel the car is worth this? Thanks for any help.
Trying to figure out if this car is worth the money. I have not looked at too many of these to have a good feel. Any help you can provide is greatly appreciated.
The car is a 1986 Buick Regal T-type. Supposedly an original, not a conversion.
Stock engine, upgraded Garrett turbo (no details on the model), performance chip (again, no details), upgraded injectors (once again, no details). There are a few oil leaks. Supposedly the engine runs well and transmission works nicely but the owner believes it has an ignition problem. Tomorrow I will try to sort that out to see if and how well it runs. I should probably also take a jack and look to see if it has a 109 block.
Car probably has about 120K miles.
There are some wiring issues - headlights short out somewhere. Overall it does not look like too much of the wiring has been disturbed.
Substantial amount of rust - above the upper hinges on both sides, most of the lower parts (nearest the road) have some to a good bit of rust. Most of this is only visible from down low - down on the hands and knees inspecting. Rusted out hole in the trunk channel (where the water lays), rust at the bottom of the trunk lid. The car really needs a good bit of rust repair which is a shame because the paint looks very decent.
Interior of the car is nice. Driver's seat is a tiny bit faded but otherwise nice, seat foam is somewhat firm, carpet is nice, the interior has not been hacked and all of the pieces are there.
The owner wants $3000 for this car. I know this may be hard to say without seeing it, but do you feel the car is worth this? Thanks for any help.
For the price you wont get hurt. You could part it out and make your money back and then some. Post pics of car and of all the rust you can see. If there is oil leaks thats good .That means there is oil in it. When it stops leaking your out of oil. Take pic of option tag on trunk deck. and interior
