When the manager had it, he DID put in another engine, but he had the useage
of the building out near the well to put the car into and use an A-fram
engine host and all, that area is his storage now and full and all I have is
the area infront of my trailer. I could get a rebuilt chevy short block
engine for about $200, the cars not old enough yet to skip the smog testing.
When the manager had it I drove it on trips to town to pick up stuff for
him, so I know it.

I am thinking one thing, in the car ads these things go for good $$$, and
I'm thinking I could get it and then turn around and sell it for a good
amount to pay for another good car. The old Mad Max V0.5 car I run now is
one that everytime it starts, I say Thankyou to the big junkyard in the sky.
With the holly 4bbl it'll pass everything on the road but the gas station,
($3.21 a gal now).


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"lal_truckee" wrote in message
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Starlord wrote:
Was sitting out by the gathering table and a few of the other people
where there too. I was offered a car to buy, only $300.00! Wow, figured
it couldn't be as bad as the one I'm running now, that was until I saw
it. It's a blue Chevy El Camro(sp?) you know that pickup that's not a
pickup, a car that's not a car. The joke? 1st it was first owned by the
park manager and then sold and that guy sold it again to a guy who drove
it like H*ll and now it has a blown motor.

It would be good for the scopes, but that bad motor is a stoper.

Are the car gods trying to tell me something or just having fun on me?

If you were a car person, you could grab a running motor from the wrecking
yard, drop it in in an afternoon and have a vehicle. Old cars from the 60s
and early 70s are trivial to work on and can be kept running indefinitely;
comfort is another matter. Insurance is just liability, and registration
charges are low. In this case I'd look at interior and seating, which are
difficult to fix up, and at the body for rust (out where you are it
shouldn't have any rust no matter how old it is - you easterners hear
that?) and tires. You can get that old running motor for $150 and pay a
local kid $100 to drop it in.

Solves the telescope transport problem.
Only problem is having the time/energy/knowledge/tools to do auto work
yourself.