Larry,
Tongue in cheek - a "fair" price is $4,500 - $6,000
You'll end up paying $6500-8500.
However ALOT depends on the condition of the individual car - and no one
can guess at a fair price without looking the car over. Remember no matter
how good you think the car is you'll end up putting more money into it.
These things are now 20+ years old and you never now what is going out next,
and you can't be really sure of any all the components unless you do a total
rebuild.
As long as you keep up a good attitude and remember that a couple of
hundred dollars a month into the car, with occasional down time is still a
BETTER deal than a new jellybean car at $20,000 + (considering you get to
drive a classic automobile that is ALOT of fun)
Trick is not to pay too much for the car as it is on the day that you buy
it - meaning that if the diff is fine when you buy it but goes out next week,
don't kick yourself, its just the luck of the draw. It would have gone out
on the PO too had he kept the car. But don't pay more than you should for
obvious defects , or defects that you should have been able to determine at
the time of sale.
If you haven't already, visit the VTR home page on the net, there is some
information on there about what to look for when buying a car, some of the
trouble spots etc. I won't go into it here.
If you have any specific questions there are alot of guys on here that can
give you alot of good advice.
Good luck, and P.S. where are you looking at the car??
JoeSimcoe
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