Some/Many of you might have seen this on the Facebook, but I thought it was worth cross-posting here as FB posts have the life expectancy of a mayfly and this is worth keeping
A guy in Lake City FL posted that he had just picked up a “rough running” D for “under $2k, and posted several shots of a reasonable looking car parked by a house in southern Georgia.
I was interested as it is VIN 02739, only 4 from mine and one of the few +/- 5 VINs that I haven’t found yet. And it was still in the SE area (apparently sold new in Birmingham AL.
There was considerable doubt that the guy had paid $2k until he posted the engine bay.
Apparently the PO had hacked away at the fiberglass to shoe horn a “Caddy 500” engine – 8.1L V8 of indeterminable horsepower. Our V8 transplant heroes, Nick R and Josh, had to sit down out of surprise.
The new owner’s initial pan was to “shine it up a bit, drive it around and then flip it”, but 2 days later he had it listed for sale at $7,000.
Will be interesting to see what becomes of this one.