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What i would do... Posted by nicknick [Email] ![]() ![]() In Reply to: Restoriation/Rebuild, BTG88, Thu, 12 Nov 2009 10:09:49 Members do not see ads below this line. - Help Keep This Site Online - Signup |
with relatively unlimited funds is buy a beautiful CA or similar car (somewhere with money and sun), low mileage (50-75k), manual. Preferably '88 or '89 so no ABS unit to fail ($1500), but unfortunately no airbag either. Get a nice SPG, or maybe a 'vert? Expect to spend $5-8k. Then, if at all needed, replace the leather, the dash, and get a no expense spaired rebuild on the trans and turbo, with all new parts including alternator, water pump, seals,timing chain, etc,also brakes, maybe shocks, new rubber all around will cost a total of maybe $8k. You will have a car that will last practically forever, and the restoration hasn't been half used up by the previos owner.
Don't completely pass on the ABS cars (90-93,94 cvt), just be aware it is a system that bugs many, and i, personally, am very happy that neither of my '88s have ABS waiting to give me problems each winter, when the air is damp. Also, when i replaced a MC recently, it cost around $100, and was very easy to do. Do a search on cost and labor to replace ABS unit...
Or, just drop $10-20k on a gem-instant happiness! good luck
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