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tymer Samba Member
Joined: June 29, 2010 Posts: 6 Location: portland, OR
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Posted: Mon Nov 21, 2011 11:02 pm Post subject: SVX donor |
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I was wondering what you guys thought on the price of a donor SVX I have a line on. Its a complete car with 184k. I plan to fully rebuild the motor prior to installing. I'm thinking I can get the car for about 800. Is that a good deal? |
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Howesight Samba Member
Joined: July 02, 2008 Posts: 3262 Location: Vancouver, B.C.
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Posted: Mon Nov 21, 2011 11:31 pm Post subject: |
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I reckon that's not a bad price. If the engine and wiring harness were out, it would be a great price. The beauty of getting the whole car is you can sell the trans, if it is still working, to one of the SVX guys (they have their own forums) and let the buyer test the trans, and then sell the rest of the carcass to other SVX guys, leaving you with a free engine AND all the peripherals.
I have found that almost any SVX engine sold separately from the car is missing a few choice parts which you then end up buying at the dealer. You'll have everything. I spent about $700 getting all the missing bits, and that was before the cost of the re-seal parts that I had to buy new. _________________ '86 Syncro Westy SVX |
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iltis74 Samba Member
Joined: November 20, 2003 Posts: 826 Location: Anchorage, AK
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Posted: Tue Nov 22, 2011 5:35 am Post subject: |
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Assuming there is a title and it runs that's not too bad, though not exactly a steal, for the whole car. Of course, you're only interested in part of the car, which if you intend to rebuild the engine anyway can be considered a core and accessories, so really there's different ways to approach it.
Buy what you need, piece by piece, and hope they don't add up as bad as they probably will.
Buy the whole running car and sell the parts.
Find one that's not running, likely because the transmission gave up, buy it on the cheap and ask yourself if you really want to bother parting it out.
Realize that you're talking about hundreds, not thousands, of dollars here, and if someone thinks you spent a few too many, console yourself by calling them a cheapskate.
I check the local Craigslist all the time for these even though I have one in the driveway. I haven't seen one running come up that low in years now, though I also haven't seen one not hang out for months. Here's some more research for you-
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danfromsyr Samba Member
Joined: March 01, 2004 Posts: 15129 Location: Syracuse, NY
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Posted: Tue Nov 22, 2011 7:10 am Post subject: |
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let's see they only imported ~14k units.
and you can sell the scrap carcas for $200+
not to mention value in the hood/fenders/grill/seats/trunk/rims/trans
sounds like a fair price. _________________
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Gobbles Samba Member
Joined: November 19, 2009 Posts: 46 Location: Raleigh
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Posted: Tue Nov 22, 2011 6:11 pm Post subject: |
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Its a great deal if you do the following
buy the donor vehicle and buy a low mileage block-less than 1K if you know where to look
Then, you use all of the bits from the donor and sell the donor for 4-500 afterwards
The SVX is a great choice and good luck! |
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insyncro Banned
Joined: March 07, 2002 Posts: 15086 Location: New York
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Posted: Wed Nov 23, 2011 7:39 am Post subject: |
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I have parted 5 SVX cars during Syncro conversions.
I always make money on the car
I buy nicer running and driving SVXs, ~$4000, to be able to come out ahead. |
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