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In Reply to: Re: Of course there is/are posted by Merdad on September 06, 2001 at 22:32:24:
I will be looking for exactly the kind of coupe you describe as having sold for $1200 (for a more reasonably large price, however) sometime next year. Paint and upholstery mean nothing to me as I'd _like_ to redo them and I'm planning a E28/E34 Motronic 3.5L transplant anyway unless the S38 gets a lot cheaper.
OTOH, the cost of minor trim items, gaskets, fasteners and the like should not be underestimated even when the car is rust-free, but generally poorly looked after. When I rebuilt my E30 front-end, the cost of just the small stuff - sheet metal screws, markers, cylinder well liners, etc., surprised me!
Neil Deshpande
http://www.neilwerke.com
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The fact is that many of them do exist and I have run across a few, besides having two that I challenge anyone to find rust on them. I will not buy a rusty coupe regardless of how pretty it looks and how good the leather or carpet is, or if it has 5spd or not. I can tell within a few minutes if a coupe is rusty, and I have looked at a few besides owning about seven of them in my lifetime. There was a 73 that I advertised for someone and took pictures of, and that car was rust free, believe me. But, no one called since it looked bad, needed paint, upholstery and minor mechanical and was an automatic. A friend finally bought it for $1200!!! And, I know he is way ahead of some of those good looking coupes that the owners will one day realize the money they have to spend to get the rust out.
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