http://losangeles.craigslist.org/sfv/cto/1616169965.html

I've been corresponding on and off for a while, and the car has been for sale for a while. I'm working on getting some pictures of the undercarriage, but the owner's frustration in not having sold the car is showing in his writing; he's not up for much more having to do with anything but someone buying the car. Anyway...

Is anyone in the North Hollywood area? It's over 2 hours for me (assuming no traffic) and I'd like to see the car but at the common-sense advice of fellow forum members I'm not going to make the drive up and back without getting the basics.

Wish it was closer, I would look at it for you. Some parts look great, others make me suspicious (Clean cars don't usually stay on the market very long)..

Owner says the problem is flaky buyers failing to come through with the money they offer, but who knows...I'm pretty sure I'm pi&&ing him off with the email I just wrote explaining as politely as I could that z car buyers need to know the chassis is solid before they start, but oh well. If he don't wanna sell it, he ain't gonna sell it. Shouldn't be a show stopper to request a few minutes' worth of pictures.

Did you ever bid on this car?

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=230439703487&viewitem=&sspagename=STRK%3AMEDWX%3AIT

Did you ever bid on this car?

I did, I put two bids down that were promptly outbid by someone's automatic price cap. The "what if" bundle in my head got to me after the price got above $4k, I figure if I'm going to pay that much for a car I at least want to see it in person first.

I understand wanting to see it in person, but I'd much rather buy a slightly worn but original car like the eBay one than a clean but refreshed and color-changed car.

Just a final note, I never could get the owner to send me any pictures of the undercarriage. He's pretty ego-bruised from the whole ordeal of having restored a car and, aside from realizing he's not nearly as into restoring cars as he thought before he took on such a big project, realizing he's not going to get the car's total cost out of its actual worth and he's taking it out on prospective buyers. Heck with him, no time for people who don't operate within the spectrum of the real.

Well, on his behalf, I'd get tired of having lots of people ask him for stuff and never even bothering to make a day trip to look at the car in person. If you made a day-trip to look at the car in person you might be surprised at the change in attitude. I drove 500 miles round-trip to look at one in person before I bough my first Z. Well worth the small effort, in my mind, as pictures can hide things that in person inspections will show. This guy might be willing to deal if someone would bother to meet him half way.