I decided a car payment was a bad idea and plus I've always liked boxes so I went and picked one up for 500 bucks.
It's a brown 91 with very minimal rust. Supposedly the original owner was an old guy who would go to florida for the winter and it had been driven through MN winters for only the last two years. I inspected the frame as best as my non-mechanic eyes can and it looks good to me. I found a little rust so I pounded on it a bit and my screwdriver didn't make a hole so I judged it to be good. It has 151,000 miles.
There was a problem with the heat not working when I got it (earlier today), but after inspecting the hoses I found a hole and ended up replacing both coolant hoses, the thermostat and both belts. Hopefully that's all that's wrong, but it does worry me that the previous owner was driving around blasting coolant out all over the place. The engine seems find though.
I've had it for about 12 hours now and so far so good. There are little problems here and there such as a cracked windshield, inside door handle that is falling off, drivers side door doesn't unlock with the key (that was a scary moment lol), and a few other things but that stuff is not a big deal.
I will probably clean it up some tomorrow and maybe even post some pictures!
It's a brown 91 with very minimal rust. Supposedly the original owner was an old guy who would go to florida for the winter and it had been driven through MN winters for only the last two years. I inspected the frame as best as my non-mechanic eyes can and it looks good to me. I found a little rust so I pounded on it a bit and my screwdriver didn't make a hole so I judged it to be good. It has 151,000 miles.
There was a problem with the heat not working when I got it (earlier today), but after inspecting the hoses I found a hole and ended up replacing both coolant hoses, the thermostat and both belts. Hopefully that's all that's wrong, but it does worry me that the previous owner was driving around blasting coolant out all over the place. The engine seems find though.
I've had it for about 12 hours now and so far so good. There are little problems here and there such as a cracked windshield, inside door handle that is falling off, drivers side door doesn't unlock with the key (that was a scary moment lol), and a few other things but that stuff is not a big deal.
I will probably clean it up some tomorrow and maybe even post some pictures!
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