Car buying suggestion and help

[2000Gator 10+ year member]

http://baltimore.craigslist.org/car/360741214.html looking at this 1970 duster with a slant 6 in it. I was thinking if its in pretty good condition and runs well i'll offer him 1,000 would this be a good investment? my dad had a duster before i was born and it would be cool just to buy it to drive to work and stuff.

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[CRAZYCORNUTS18 10+ year member]

yea since if you wanted to buy even a decent restored one it would cost bout 60,000

 

[2000Gator 10+ year member]

yea i was thinking the same i could just drive it for a couple years and still easily be able to sell for like 1,500 prolly

 

[CRAZYCORNUTS18 10+ year member]

shoot if you fix a bit of it you could make some good profit

 

[2000Gator 10+ year member]

bump any other opinions?

 

[Rich B 5,000+ posts]

Friend had one in the late 70's, good car.

 

[Prowler573 5,000+ posts]

A) The 225 Slant-6 engine was one of THE best six cylinder engines ever produced. Even if you decided to leave it as is rather than retro-rodding it or cloning a more performance-minded model it could/should make for a reliable daily driver with a bit more personality than most other vehicles on the road today.

B) If that Plum Crazy purple is the factory paint (or even a repaint of the OEM color) that's somewhat rare as well. Plum Crazy was generally saved for the bigger motor cars (though it was an option on all of them)

C) People do strange things when someone shows up waving cash under their nose. Add to that the fact that most people trying to sell a car privately list something higher than what they're actually willing to accept as a starting price to allow some wiggle room for negotiation. If you were to carry ten Benjamins with you I would wager you'd be able to take home a new (to you) oldschool Mopar...

I'd buy it....

 

[Rich B 5,000+ posts]

A) The 225 Slant-6 engine was one of THE best six cylinder engines ever produced. Even if you decided to leave it as is rather than retro-rodding it or cloning a more performance-minded model it could/should make for a reliable daily driver with a bit more personality than most other vehicles on the road today.

There are a lot of performance parts made for those.

Crossram induction with dual Holley carbs was real popular on the street/strip scene back in the day.

A modern day ricer wouldnt stand a chance!

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[Prowler573 5,000+ posts]

There are a lot of performance parts made for those.
Crossram induction with dual Holley carbs was real popular on the street/strip scene back in the day.

A modern day ricer wouldnt stand a chance!

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That would require changing the internals as well, though.

Dump a dual carb setup (or even an average-sized 4bbl) on top of a bone-stock Slant6 and it will drown every time you mashed the go pedal all the way to the mat....//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/crap.gif.7f4dd41e3e9b23fbd170a1ee6f65cecc.gif

 

[2000Gator 10+ year member]

haha well i guess i'll go check it out today. I might just buy it and park it at my buddies house until i can sell whats left of my 94 gt so i can keep it at my parents house

 

[2000Gator 10+ year member]

awww someone put a deposit on it

 

[crunktimes.com 5,000+ posts]

I don't think I could pull off a purple car.