The heat is making me Delusional

"CaptDale - is secretly British" (captdale)
09/10/2015 at 18:25 • Filed to: firebird, mad max

So as you may or may not know I recently picked up a 79 928 for ridiculously cheap. My plan has been to get it running and clean it up a bit then flip it and have some money. Well I have decided I need a presmog (thanks California) which means 1975 or older. I want to Mad Max it. Leave it kinda junk, beef up everything, and eventually throw on a supercharger. Unfortunately that requires me to actually fix and sell the 928 first. It has been way too hot and since I am forced to work on it in the sun on my lunch break at work, I haven’t. I really want an old muscle car to make awesome in my own way. So thanks to CL I found a ‘67 Firebird (kind of a Pontiac nut) for a decent price I think. I would have to drive it back from Idaho which would mean me and the S/O would get a road trip and we could see my fiends in Wyoming. I think I am going nuts because this sounds like a good idea.... But I doubt I could get that money out of the 928 in a timely manner to pick up the Firebird... Shit, stop looking up costs to put a 671/871 on a Pontiac 400....

This is what I am looking at....

DISCUSSION (22)

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > CaptDale - is secretly British
09/10/2015 at 18:28

Kinja'd!!!

All the fake burlwood. All of it.

CaptDale - is secretly British > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht
09/10/2015 at 18:29

Replace with...

Kinja'd!!!

and add

Kinja'd!!!

Mr. Ontop, No Strokes, No Smokes...Goes Fast. > CaptDale - is secretly British
09/10/2015 at 18:44

If it doesn’t work out with the firebird, maybe consider a coupe like, an old t-bird orCaprice. lots of Mad Maxian design fun to be found there.

RallyWrench > CaptDale - is secretly British
09/10/2015 at 18:47

This is much closer.

https://slo.craigslist.org/cto/5162958695…

Also this

https://slo.craigslist.org/cto/5182203999…

Oh and this

https://bakersfield.craigslist.org/cto/5201392189…

This too

https://fresno.craigslist.org/cto/5188725379…

Oops, also

https://fresno.craigslist.org/cto/5170815982…

Well, I’ll be...

https://fresno.craigslist.org/cto/5176347911…

Helping? ;)

Also also, F this heat.

CaptDale - is secretly British > RallyWrench
09/10/2015 at 18:56

No, because auto sucks!!!!! Also I like that black one, but still auto... Thank you, but you think I could get that much out of the 928?

Right? This heat freaking sucks!!

CaptDale - is secretly British > Mr. Ontop, No Strokes, No Smokes...Goes Fast.
09/10/2015 at 18:56

But neither of those tickle my fancy...

RallyWrench > CaptDale - is secretly British
09/10/2015 at 18:57

If you’re going to build the car up, a swap would be in order. A minor obstacle! It’d be hard to get more than $4k for the 928, but it’s worth a shot.

CaptDale - is secretly British > RallyWrench
09/10/2015 at 19:18

Yeah that’s kinda the amount I figured too. Ugg, that is depressing seeing as I’d need $8 to buy and drive the one from Idaho.

RallyWrench > CaptDale - is secretly British
09/10/2015 at 19:21

Solution: buy a second beater 928 and fix it up for sale, then... profit?

CaptDale - is secretly British > RallyWrench
09/10/2015 at 19:28

I don’t have that kind of want for 928s lol

Mr. Ontop, No Strokes, No Smokes...Goes Fast. > CaptDale - is secretly British
09/10/2015 at 19:37

Fair enough, but they may tickle your wallet.

CaptDale - is secretly British > Mr. Ontop, No Strokes, No Smokes...Goes Fast.
09/10/2015 at 19:43

That’s true, but for me its all about please to look at and drive. I wouldn’t enjoy looking at those or probably driving them.

Mr. Ontop, No Strokes, No Smokes...Goes Fast. > CaptDale - is secretly British
09/10/2015 at 19:55

I get it. I want to see whatever you end up with. I love the Mad Max stuff.