My $550 1981 242 Turbo

[riceboyler]

Sometimes, it's helpful to be in the right place at the right time. I just brought home a new car for me, a 1981 242 Turbo. It has a few issues, but I drove it 15 miles to my house with no problems. Runs and drives very well, and as you'll see in the pictures, looks pretty good.

Major problems with the car:

• Driver's side window got hit by a bb or something similar and is shattered. It's being held together with window tint
• Smoky McSmokerson - it smells to be a coolant issue, so I'm guessing head gasket. I thought it was rings originally, but it's white smoke and sweet smelling, so that would tell me HG.

Minor problems with the car:

• Sunroof mechanism seems to be broken
• OD button seems to be hooked to nothing. It's an M46, so it should have OD. I'll have to check.
• Odometer and tripmeter brokeded
• Stumbles a bit until it warms up, then runs good and smooth
• Pulls HARD to the left
• Brakes? What are brakes?
• Head unit that came with the car seems to be dead
• No IC, so only 5 psi = slow (this will hopefully be resolved with help from stickman... )
• Passenger side window doesn't roll up very quickly. Motor seems tired

Honestly, that's about it, and given it was cheap, I feel like I got a steal of a deal. Pics follow (check out those clean Virgos):

More pics at http://riceboyler.spaces.live.com/p...ntExpand=0&addCommentFocus=0&pauseSlideshow=0

 

[500dollar744ti]

nice, looks like it was $750 and you made a successful $550 offer? good job, nice car, nice price.

 

[peacereef]

nice shifter boot!

 

[dl242gt]

early turbo

Looks like a very good start to a fun project.

 

[riceboyler]

nice, looks like it was $750 and you made a successful $550 offer? good job, nice car, nice price.

Yep. Earlier in the year he had it in his yard for $2500. That was before it started smoking, he said.

Oh well, should be a fun car to play with. No huge plans for it, at least now. I plan on Stage 0 + IC and exhaust, and some suspension tweaks. I just want a fun little two door again. I love my wagon, but sometimes, you just need a coupe.

 

[badvlvo]

That's a pretty good price. No rust? It looks great in the pics.

 

[RedFridge]

SCORE!

I'm all about the 5 hundo 2 door deals.
Very nice.

 

[riceboyler]

That's a pretty good price. No rust? It looks great in the pics.

No rust. Previous owner said that it had a little that he and his dad repaired, but it's a southern car, so it's seen very little salt.

 

[jfs356]

Sweet buy....

 

[don hodgdon]

Great score! That looks better than what I started with.

Good luck with it,

 

[stickman]

I think that I might have a few parts that you could use... What's the issue with the sunroof?

 

[riceboyler]

Not sure yet, haven't had time to diagnose it. I'll be doing that next weekend. I hate this whole getting home in the dark thing.

 

[YLD244]

Awesme, now time for stage 0.