mblue240
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- Joined
- May 22, 2007
- Location
- Portland, Oregon
Laying awake with minor insomnia I grabbed my phone to surf OfferUp. The first car I saw was a 72 142E listed for cheaper than it should have been. I messaged the seller that happened to be up late too and set up a time to see the car in the afternoon. When my Dad and I showed up we learned the seller had received 48 messages about the car, but I was the first to respond about 2 minutes after the ad posted. The seller is a stand up guy that didn't raise the price after he got so many messages, didn't try to start a bidding war, and agreed to hold it 24 hours while we set up a tow. Truly a dying breed when dealing with OfferUp/CL/marketplace.
The seller's 93 year old Dad was the owner of the car. He had owned it since 1986, parked it about 3 years ago, and now the son is handling the living estate. After it got a tow notice the son decided it had to go. The son drove it across town to get it to his house 3 months ago, but said it ran rough. We threw in a battery and what little gas the seller had in a can and gave her a go. The engine caught, but didn't want to run. It has typical grime and mold from sitting, surface rust on paint scratches throughout the car, and some small soft spots on the floors right by the doors.
20210424_160717 by M. Blue 240, on Flickr
20210424_163114 by M. Blue 240, on Flickr
20210423_150912 by M. Blue 240, on Flickr
20210424_164116 by M. Blue 240, on Flickr
20210424_164154 by M. Blue 240, on Flickr
Right now it's tucked in with Dad's '69 144S waiting for us to dig in on Monday. Step one is getting it running, then we'll deep clean, then a stage 0. After that we have to decided if it bumps one of our cars to the chopping block or goes up for sale.
20210424_163646 by M. Blue 240, on Flickr
The seller's 93 year old Dad was the owner of the car. He had owned it since 1986, parked it about 3 years ago, and now the son is handling the living estate. After it got a tow notice the son decided it had to go. The son drove it across town to get it to his house 3 months ago, but said it ran rough. We threw in a battery and what little gas the seller had in a can and gave her a go. The engine caught, but didn't want to run. It has typical grime and mold from sitting, surface rust on paint scratches throughout the car, and some small soft spots on the floors right by the doors.
20210424_160717 by M. Blue 240, on Flickr
20210424_163114 by M. Blue 240, on Flickr
20210423_150912 by M. Blue 240, on Flickr
20210424_164116 by M. Blue 240, on Flickr
20210424_164154 by M. Blue 240, on Flickr
Right now it's tucked in with Dad's '69 144S waiting for us to dig in on Monday. Step one is getting it running, then we'll deep clean, then a stage 0. After that we have to decided if it bumps one of our cars to the chopping block or goes up for sale.
20210424_163646 by M. Blue 240, on Flickr