I really had a good chuckle over this listing.



(https://austin.craigslist.org/cto/d/...310442422.html)

I did a quick calculation and chuckled a bit harder.

Doing all of the work him/her self, the future owner will only spend: (assuming nothing else is in need of repair)

$250 – 2 rear shocks

$1000 hydraulic lines

$75 trans mounts

$????? Turn signal switch

$????? AC repair

$1000 new front leather

$800 new top



Somewhere @ $3500 if everything else is in good shape.
(notice the damaged console, probably front sus mounts, front shocks, etc, etc, etc........)

+ 8K for the car, 1999, 117000 miles.

What a deal!



The description:

This is a great project car while running strong and shifting well !
It needs rear shocks and hydraulic work for the top mechanism to go up and down.
It needs transmission mounts, turn signal switch. The AC needs freon but the compressor is not frozen. The interior is not in good shape but body is in pretty good shape and its an affordable convertible to drive around the hill country on a Sunday afternoon ! I do have the owner's manual too.





Now I’m smiling really broadly.

wj

 

lts a Jaguar, so its humour...........................

 

If my next posting is in Austin, USA, I would actually be interested but not at that price.

Always prefer cars with things to fix, esp. as you can get the buying price right down.

Still, no history/record of maintenance on that one plus you have the infamous Smog tests.

Would offer around USD4k and may settle at 5.5k depending on what’s the service history

 

Add tensioners.....

 

I've never seen the rear seats in an XK8 like this.





Wear is one thing but that filth is disgusting. Wouldn't get me near it without a Hazmat Suit.

Graham

 

But he does have the owner's manual!

Vince

 

and it IS a project car.....

 

Shame he doesn't also have the VEHICLE CARE MANUAL. Page 17 on Interior Care would be a revelation.

Graham

 

But they are a fun little car to fly around, er drive around the hill country on a Sunday afternoon.

 

Ho hum.
I passed on a 2004 which sold last week at the local auction for £1850 (~$2500).

95,000 miles, unloved, had spent the first half of its life in the UK hence rusted out floor plates (at least), scrape body damage to driver's door/front wing - but running.

I was looking at a potential parts car, but I now wonder if I missed a trick there. Oh, well...

 

He should have put some barn find dust on it.

 

Great find!
Available from all reputable suppliers, etc. etc. Will my order include a free jar of this?

 

Only lightly used to haul coal.

 

You can get new leather seat covers, OEM from DRC parts in the UK. David Roche.