WTB: Convertible w/ issues

[schröe30er]

**EDIT** I will consider an automatic if the engine and body are good.

Hey r3v,

Want to buy:
325i Vert that needs love...
5-speed
$2000 and under

I will consider all offers...

I am currently in Austin Texas, and I'll be here until June. I actually have some space to fix it up. So I want to pick up a project, and have a ride home in the end.

I will travel.

Danke...


cabrio, cab, cabby

[Cha Ching]

Dude! I got a '88 going up for sale soon! It's zinnoberrot w/factory 5-speed! I'm daily-driving it right now. What sort of requirements do you have?

[schröe30er]

Dude! I got a '88 going up for sale soon! It's zinnoberrot w/factory 5-speed! I'm daily-driving it right now. What sort of requirements do you have?

My only real requirements are,
no frame damage
no rust, some surface rust is ok....nothing falling off.

PM me with some details and pics. I am very open to whatever... I really cant get specific. One thing may be a big deal to someone else, but not to me... so I don't want to scare anyone off.

Basically, one thing can be bad if the other is good and vice versa. I have a set amount of money for repairs.

Ideally, I'd like to find one that is next to perfect cosmetically but might have some mechanical issues....however. If I don't have to drop much into getting it running then I don't mind using the money on a paint job and whatnot.

[bmwtyler]

I am selling my 1990 vert and Im in Venice. Good condition. The only problem is that its an autotragic.

[schröe30er]

PM'ed

[Miasma]

http://austin.craigslist.org/cto/1611650383.html

http://austin.craigslist.org/ctd/1607869477.html

Here are 2 in the area.

I am also in Austin.

Edit:Here are some more.

http://dallas.craigslist.org/ndf/cto/1625639801.html

http://dallas.craigslist.org/ndf/cto/1619997418.html

[schröe30er]

http://austin.craigslist.org/cto/1611650383.html

http://austin.craigslist.org/ctd/1607869477.html

Here are 2 in the area.

I am also in Austin.

Edit:Here are some more.

http://dallas.craigslist.org/ndf/cto/1625639801.html

http://dallas.craigslist.org/ndf/cto/1619997418.html

Hey thanks for the links! I did see those.

I went and looked at that one from the first link, the one for $500.... Even brought an ECU for it. Nothing was good on that car. The guy bought it from a salvage yard. Its been sitting out in the open for 5 years, with a bad top. Mold covered interior, frame damage, broken windshield, smashed front end. Non-running motor w/ missing parts and gas in the oil. Black on black 5-speed too...It was a total loss.

Right now if I can avoid getting an auto bronzit, I will. I don't have the cash for a 5-speed swap and a color change. If its in perfect condition or is already a 5-speed, I may consider it.

That last one is a beater... Definitely not traveling even 3 hours for that. Crap paint AND mechanical problems. I am looking for one or the other. Also, I'm worried about a guy that has a batman logo on the hood of his car...lol

I know for 2k I can do better then those. I have found some...but they were already sold or from the east cost, which I am a bit more leery about since I would much rather have a southwest vehicle.

I am buying a vert in the next 30 days come hell or high water.

Thanks for your time and effort...

[ck_taft325is]

Quite a few up in the WA area lately.

[schröe30er]

Do you guys have problems with rust up there?

[Miasma]

That's cool man, I am sure those people will take much less if offered.

I picked up my vert from a field with a blown motor and automatic for just under $700. Needed a top too. Pretty clapped out at the time, But it didn't take long to get it into very respectable condition(replaced the M20, swapped the auto for a 5-speed).

Mine is a 91 with plastic bumpers so that was another motivation factor.

Good luck searching!

[schröe30er]

For sure man, I know where your coming from. I got my 4 door eta for 1k with major problems...but the interior, paint and body were mint. Came with a service estimate printout with $2200 in mechanical, drive-chain and suspension repairs that it needed. We did it all for $800 over a 12 month period.

For the vert, I'd rather offer more cash for a slightly better base, then to offer less for worse. Especially if the paint is good. I don't do paint, and I would HAVE to get rid of the bronzit. Nothing compares to the stock paint, and I don't have 1k just for a paint job that I would be happy with. Unless it needs nothing else but a paint job. In that case I would put all my waffleswaffleswaffles on the paint and bumper swap.

On another note, I have decided to fly back to Cali. I have some business to take care of and it will be the perfect time to pick up a vert. So anyone in Cali with a vert, I should be there by next week at the latest.