Caution- Ebay VIN#6922

[Iznodmad]

Just a few weeks ago, someone kindly posted a warning for a DMC for sale on Ebay. I would like to do the same here. I found this car about 3 years ago for sale local to me. It was for sale forever, somebody obviously bought it and is now trying to "flip it" without doing a damn thing to the car. It is listed for a starting bid of $18K, too much for this car. It has all the typical mechanical neglect, but it is rather sound cosmetically. Sadly, there was a complete write-up and pics on the old dmctalk.com website when I found the car. Oh well. This is a buyer beware! Link for the curious....
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/DeLor...fCarsQ5fTrucks

[Dangermouse]

ebay username "vonturd222"

[DMC3165]

Interesting how the fuel distributor is orange. Wonder where that came from. What was the writeup on the old site?

[dmc6960]

Interesting how the fuel distributor is orange.

Orange is the color of rust.

[DMC3165]

Orange is the color of rust.

possibly, at first glance i would've assumed it was a rebuilt unit or something. it is an exceptionally clean engine bay in the pic. The FD was the only thing that caught my eye.

[Marty]

What about that coolant hose incorrectly mounted over the a/c?? yikes.

[Ron]

ebay username "vonturd222"

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"Deposit...within 72 hours....Full payment within 3 days."

[Iznodmad]

Interesting how the fuel distributor is orange. Wonder where that came from. What was the writeup on the old site?

I had found the car for sale, went to look at it, took lots of pics and made a list of things that needed attention. I posted all of that to the old dmctalk.com website. It was close to $8,000 worth of parts alone to make the car roadable (not including labor).

What about that coolant hose incorrectly mounted over the a/c?? yikes.

Exactly. Those were the only 2 replaced coolant hoses on the car, all the rest were original.

[Roman Legion]

Orange is the color of rust.

Rust is also known as oxidation, which occurs when oxygen comes in long-term contact with certain metals. over time, the oxygen combines with the metal at an atomic level, forming a new compound called an oxide.

[Notifier]

Rust is also known as oxidation, which occurs when oxygen comes in long-term contact with certain metals. over time, the oxygen combines with the metal at an atomic level, forming a new compound called an oxide.

So it's got an "oxide coated distributor" - you pay extra for that!