Posted by Paulie on December 13, 1998 at 10:23:36:
In Reply to: Car is in Kansas BTW................and posted by Craig Selvey on December 13, 1998 at 08:22:58:
When I bought Alice she was in the "poor" catagory... I paid $600 cash... about $400 more than she was worth to some (including the owner's roomate). I shelled out $125+ JUST to get her started, another $500 on the breaks just to make her road safe... over the first year maybe an addition 1500$ on "little stuff" that falls off... starter's that get eaten, (bad flywheel) control arms that are 30 years old, linkage that breaks (once again, over 30 years old) and I know that in the comming months I'll be sinking yet MORE money into her (ball joint, rear linkage, the list goes on)... I KNEW what I was getting into... I KNOW that dropping the straight 6 for a 302 keeps getting pushed farther and farther back....BUT even if I won the lotto or someone handed me a new car in exchange for her I wouldn't do it... (hell, I'd probably sell the new one just to sink the money into Alice...) Someone offered me $3000 for her, current whoas and all and I still turned them down... I don't care what the "book value" is... I LOVE my car... it suits me... (Hot red, tempermental, maverick)... She's MY Maverick, and I won't part with it...