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19335 messages, Last post on Nov 24, 2009 at 4:33 PM
You are in the Classic Cars Forum. Your Host is mr_shiftright
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Replying to: qbrozen (Jan 06, 2009 7:15 am) If you could find a Boxster S (don't get the base model), this might satisfy both parties. |
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Replying to: Mr_Shiftright (Jan 06, 2009 9:05 am) I am very very afraid of twin turbo RX7s. As much as I have loved them since they first appeared in the mags, I can't trust any for sale have been properly cared for. My choice would be an early '80s GSL-SE. |
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Replying to: qbrozen (Jan 06, 2009 9:24 am) So what was wrong with the one just listed? Just because it has 200k? Just because it won't start? Probably just a loose coil wire!  
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Replying to: qbrozen (Jan 06, 2009 9:24 am) Okay then, stay away from very early Boxsters. Start with year 2000. You know, they have made a BOATLOAD of these cars---they've been spitting them out for ten years and I do not see the highways littered with their blown up engines. So what, maybe 1% of early cars had some issues---who knows? But that's all ancient history. I'd be more afraid of a newer 996 than a Boxster. Yes the RX-7 is very risky, but its a fabulous, and true, true sports car.
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Replying to: Mr_Shiftright (Jan 06, 2009 9:31 am) On the other hand, however, this guy pulled down many "fastest time of the day" awards. 
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Replying to: qbrozen (Jan 06, 2009 9:24 am) I wish he had some better pictures. link title |
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Replying to: guss (Jan 06, 2009 7:13 pm) I just love when people list their cars for sale when they aren't completely prepared. |
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yeah, i'm silly for liking this. but can someone tell me what a 5.8 liter engine is? Wasn't this the good ole 5.7? And, unless this is not original, the manual trans, 350ci combo makes this a canadian car, correct? This is similar to the '79 my dad had. (before he stuffed a 454 into it)
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Replying to: qbrozen (Jan 06, 2009 8:52 pm) Anyway, according to the VIN, that car should have originally just had a 305. The engine code is the 8th character, and "H" stands for 305. I didn't think you could still get a 350 in 1981, other than in the Corvette or police cars, but the VIN decoder I found here does list a 350 as being offered in the 1981 Camaro. As for country of origin, that Camaro was built in the United States ("1" at the beginning of the VIN; "2" would have been for Canada). It was built in Van Nuys, CA (the "L" in the VIN just ahead of the sequence #)
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Replying to: qbrozen (Jan 06, 2009 8:52 pm) |
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