You are either into it or not. The fact that you are polling/undecided tells me that you don't really want to spend the effort that it requires. Perhaps you have other priorities right now. No shame in that.

Personally, I would not give more than $1000 for what is essentially a metal box filled with parts. If you have space, it may be worth keeping as a parts car for your other TD.

It has taken time but I have had to come to the cold harsh reality that the moment we buy a car, we began the journey of taking on yet another project. Even if the car has new brakes, new engine, new transmission, new paint, new everything, at some point in time those items will need repair/replacement.

At that point we have a decision to make; break out the wrenches or find an indy and part with our hard earned $$$$$$$. It is always time and money.

As for myself, I'm considering selling all of it and ubering around town. That way I don't need to purchase car parts, use my valuable time or buy yet one more tool for that 'special project' to deal with cars........

As long as you have the time, I vote put it back together. Not only will you be able to sell it for a decent price, most likely it will be bought by someone who appreciates these cars. In disassembled condition it is prime target for someone wanting a few parts/drivetrain and scrap the car. If the body is in as great a condition as it looks, it would be great to see it back on the road.

I'm approaching this as well. I'd like all of my stuff were it finished. As is, it's become a burden. There is too much for me to finish and I apparently want to ride my bike more than work on my projects. The bike keeps me healthy - unless I bounce off the ground or a car.



Perhaps you'd trade me 2 SDs for 1 TD. That way, I'd be rid of 2 projects and wouldn't have to sell any. Nah, that won't work either.

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85SD 240K & stopped counting painted, putting bac together. 84SD 180,000. sold to a neighbor and member here but I forget his handle. The 84 is much improved from when I had it. 85TD beginning to repair to DD status. Lots of stuff to do.

For advice, stick with people that have actually stripped cars bare and rebuilt from ground up.

There are a few issues with putting another persons take apart project back together.

1) Missing parts. Sure the dash might be there but where are the screws and small brackets? Or other small bits that stop the project cold.

2) What sequence does everything go back together? Unless one has intimate knowledge of this car, it will be lots of work and extra time.

These are a few reasons why shops refuse / charge extra for " I took it apart , ran out of time " projects.

I'm attempting to use a spreadsheet approach to make the final detemination. Adding up the sums of fuel, parts, time and insurance to come up with a 'cost per mile' number. Then, calculate the cost per mile for uber or a taxi cab and see which comes out on top.....

After 15 years of living in Manhattan with 0 cars, I really wanted to avoid having to purchase 2 cars for the family when we moved. So while my wife definitely needed a car, I tried the Lyft/Uber thing for my commute.

Even with the ridiculously high cost of parking where I work, car services were more expensive, with a ton of extra stress/hassle (constantly wondering how long the wait will be for a driver, whether the driver will be able to find you, whether surge pricing will suddenly double the cost of your ride, etc.) Add to that a huge lack of flexibility (need to stop at the store on the way home? that's an extra lyft ride, with the waiting and cost that entails).

So end of the day, I found it was better both for convenience and cost to buy a relatively cheap and (so far) reliable car.

As for the original car in this thread, I think it depends on what the sunk costs are. In its current condition, as someone else said, I think it would be a stretch to get $1000 out of it. If it were reassembled and the interior presented well, with new paint and a freshly-rebuilt engine and transmission, I could see it fetching 10 grand or more. So taking sunk cost plus the time and effort necessary to get it into good condition to sell, do you stand to make some money off the deal?

Yes, it's a huge job, I used to build used cars so I know it well, Rich here has the skills and previous exact model experience to do the job plus parts cars to reference the little fiddly bits .

_However_ it's pretty clear he'd really rather not take the enormous time and effort to see it through .

More's the pity .

I don't find this a good color but if the market likes it that's all that matters .

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1982 240D 408,XXX miles
Ignorance is the mother of suspicion and fear is the father

I did then what I knew how to do ~ now that I know better I do better

Well if it's cheap enough, I'll buy it from you and put it back together. If not, you put it together and sell it!


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- GreaseCar Veg System

Its only worth it if you keep it. Sell.

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