What is this car worth?

[Poorboyz]

My buddy and I already have our eyes set on another E30. This one seems to be much more promising.

[eduTechnic]

That's was wise. It needs all the things replaced on all the places. Fuck that. Spend a little coin up front.

[Poorboyz]

Update...I called the guy yesterday (Wed) at lunch and he had the car sent to the recyclers...ah well

[fuzzpuddle]

At least it still has the glove box latch.

[NeedaE30]

Do it

[Poorboyz]

It could be worth $350 if you're under no illusions about how much work, time and money will be involved to get it to a reliable condition.

That looks like a complete rebuild, pull the engine & tranny, pull the interior, metric assload of body work, etc. You must be young and full of energy

LOL..I'm 34, wife, 2 small kids, knowledgeable and a great manager of my time. I've done engine rebuilds, have never done a trans...until I redid my G260 a few weeks ago.

I do have 3 friends (including the soon to be owner of this vert) that have helped me in the past and im sure they wont let me down this time either.

[adjmcloon]

It could be worth $350 if you're under no illusions about how much work, time and money will be involved to get it to a reliable condition.

That looks like a complete rebuild, pull the engine & tranny, pull the interior, metric assload of body work, etc. You must be young and full of energy

[gtdragon980]

I would say it is worth the $350 solely for the rust-free body. All the damage is minor and fixable. Interior is replaceable. The top looks decent, but may need replacing, which will be the most expensive. All in all, you can build this to your specs for under 5k and have a great running e30.

[evandael]

i didn't say that to scare you away, rather that the 'intro price' of $350 is a drop in the bucket compared to the work it will need.

the important part is that, as you said, you will know each and every part that went into it and can rest assured in the quality of the work.

[Poorboyz]

that's gonna end up being a $5000 car unless you got the hookups.

We do...but even at $5k...at least we know it has new parts and it was the work was done correctly.

When I first saw the car in person I said...no way in hell, this thing is trash...and right now it is...but I've seen worse (non-e30s) that have come out great. Personally I would not be taking on this project but I will be helping out my buddy and we have 2 more friends that are very sharp with cars. One of them is finishing up converting a VW Jetta GLI into a all wheel drive...bought a wrecked R32 and has been converting drivetrain as well as the back half of the Jetta unibody to be able to bolt up the rear subframe of the R32. This vert will be in capable hands, I just got overwhelmed when I first saw the car.

[evandael]

that's gonna end up being a $5000 car unless you got the hookups.

[Poorboyz]

My buddy and I talked and agreed we would offer $250. Right away when offered the owner of the vert the $250 he said he would need no less than $350...his asking price is $700. I thanked him for his time and hung up the phone. I let the afternoon go by and called him after I got off of work and made him a final offer of $300. He said he wants to hold onto it until Wednesday to see if he gets any other offers....and if he doesn't he will let it go for $300. We will see what happens next week...stay tuned.

[tak7]

Start at $200.
Save it

[Poorboyz]

Id probably pay about 500$ max if it had a clear title. 1) Hard to find a rust free vert, and i am assuming its local. 2) Its in season, so sometimes the prices get jacked up hard even on beat up verts. 3) It will need a few g's to get this thing nice, but atleast you will not have to do rust repair/an immediate respray.

I would assume it would be about 4-500 for a top (total guess), probably about 500 for new interior, then drop an m30/50 for about 1.5k. That puts you at about 2.5k for a pretty decent vert. Throw another 500 for fluid flushes, brakes, whatever smaller stuff needs to go down.

I have a complete M52 engine in a E36 parts car I have.

[Kozworth]

Id probably pay about 500$ max if it had a clear title. 1) Hard to find a rust free vert, and i am assuming its local. 2) Its in season, so sometimes the prices get jacked up hard even on beat up verts. 3) It will need a few g's to get this thing nice, but atleast you will not have to do rust repair/an immediate respray.

I would assume it would be about 4-500 for a top (total guess), probably about 500 for new interior, then drop an m30/50 for about 1.5k. That puts you at about 2.5k for a pretty decent vert. Throw another 500 for fluid flushes, brakes, whatever smaller stuff needs to go down.