Did I find a Wheeler Dealers car for sale?

"Bob Loblaw Made Me Make a Phoney Phone Call to Edward Rooney" (braddelaparker) 01/24/2019 at 10:24 • Filed to: wheeler dealers, wheeler, dealers

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For sale in Huntington Beach, where they currently film, and the brick facade/grey garage/the rusty siding are a dead ringer for their shop.

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Only thing that has me questioning it is that the details are not great on this car; the exterior is great, but the interior is pretty shabby, including the clutch pedal wrapped up in athletic tape:

So what are we looking at here?

DutchieDC2R > Bob Loblaw Made Me Make a Phoney Phone Call to Edward Rooney 01/24/2019 at 10:43

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It says the price is firm...doesnt Mike always leave room to haggle, or is that only when cameras are present...?

punkgoose17 > DutchieDC2R 01/24/2019 at 11:02

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If Mike advertises a price as firm I believe he left less haggle room, but some and is hoping a quick sale. I haven’t watched in several seasons, but I believe that is what he did in some of the older episodes.

nerd_racing > Bob Loblaw Made Me Make a Phoney Phone Call to Edward Rooney 01/24/2019 at 11:02

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The price is really too high for this car.  Maybe if it had 12k miles on it, not 128k miles.  

syaieya > Bob Loblaw Made Me Make a Phoney Phone Call to Edward Rooney 01/24/2019 at 11:15

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Struts, shocks, bushings, interior refresh, and a new paint job sounds like wheeler dealers all day.

Who on earth wants an 80s car in brown and browner

farscythe - makin da cawfee! > Bob Loblaw Made Me Make a Phoney Phone Call to Edward Rooney 01/24/2019 at 11:38

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welp edds gone

and he took his attention to detail with him me thinks

Highlander-Datsuns are Forever > Bob Loblaw Made Me Make a Phoney Phone Call to Edward Rooney 01/24/2019 at 12:30

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Why the repaint? Mazda metal flake is really cool.

Bob Loblaw Made Me Make a Phoney Phone Call to Edward Rooney > farscythe - makin da cawfee! 01/24/2019 at 12:31

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I don’t know that that’s fair. Ant’s been pretty much everything that Edd was (and has equal, if not greater, credentials and custom builds to his name) , and if we remove the rose-tinted glasses Edd did plenty of “we can’t afford to spend any more on this car” work in his time as well.

That said, this has some weird oversights , so who knows. Part of me is wondering if this is a car that didn’t make the cut for some reason.

farscythe - makin da cawfee! > Bob Loblaw Made Me Make a Phoney Phone Call to Edward Rooney 01/24/2019 at 12:37

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eh... yeah.. that wasnt fair

i got nothing against ant

its mike brewer i cant stand

Bob Loblaw Made Me Make a Phoney Phone Call to Edward Rooney > nerd_racing 01/24/2019 at 12:43

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Hagerty rates a #1 ‘85 at $18k; this is not a #1 and would be a marginal #2 at $11,400; combined with the fact that it’s a GSL-SE, and prices for clean GSL-SEs have stiffened up over the last two years or so, it’s not that far off even with the mileage.

It’s certainly not a deal by any means , but the market on these has started to move and I don’t think many of us have noticed.

Bob Loblaw Made Me Make a Phoney Phone Call to Edward Rooney > farscythe - makin da cawfee! 01/24/2019 at 12:43

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Don’t think you’re alone there! Also don’t think you’re wrong that the attention to detail is sorely missing in this car, whatever the reason.

nerd_racing > Bob Loblaw Made Me Make a Phoney Phone Call to Edward Rooney 01/24/2019 at 12:47

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I have noticed, I sold my base 85 from Georgia that was all stock with 179k miles for $3000. Now I could get maybe $5000. The GSL-SE are more desirable yes, but with original survivor paints and much lower miles. Something hastily painted an unmatching factory color and a lot of miles really shouldn’t command top dollar.

Bob Loblaw Made Me Make a Phoney Phone Call to Edward Rooney > nerd_racing 01/24/2019 at 12:59

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You’re not wrong about that last part for sure.

MM54 > Bob Loblaw Made Me Make a Phoney Phone Call to Edward Rooney 01/24/2019 at 18:30

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That’s a nice -SE. The exterior looks the part for $11.5k but the interior not so much. There’s some non-originality in that center console (the black area around the shifter/ash tray should be silver, the knob, etc ) and overall interior wear. That said, interior bits for these are hens teeth (I have an ‘85) so I can see why they’d skip some of those details.

Bob Loblaw Made Me Make a Phoney Phone Call to Edward Rooney > MM54 01/24/2019 at 18:35

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Yup, totally agreed that the interior doesn’t befit the price.

I have an ‘85 non-turbo car that I race in a SpecRX7 class, so I don’t have to worry about interior junk, although Racing Beat did recently have to commission a clutch to be built for my car because there weren’t any more race clutches in inventory but they just show them as “in stock” ; previous owner switched the flywheel over to the earlier ‘74-’82 style to try and save some weight with a stock part, and the parts are really drying up for the early cars.

MM54 > Bob Loblaw Made Me Make a Phoney Phone Call to Edward Rooney 01/24/2019 at 19:13

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My burgundy interior has similar fade-to-brown on top of the door cards and horn/wheel, too. The seat covers are also abnormal. It’s a nice car though; I can’t complain too much since it means mine may be worth more soon. Mine needs paint, though - it shows every one of its 180k+ miles.

What wheels/tires do you run for spec7? Just curious; I’ve about had it with trying to find good tires that aren’t r-comps for the 13" wheels (though that’s probably what you run) .

Bob Loblaw Made Me Make a Phoney Phone Call to Edward Rooney > MM54 01/24/2019 at 19:59

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We run some old school magnesium wheels and Toyo Proxes RA1s, unfortunately I’m no help with street tires. I had a hard enough time finding 14" street tires for my NA Miata that didn’t suck, can’t imagine life is great for 13" wheels.