Re: Donor vehicle

["Neil Wicai" <neilwicai@peoplepc.com>]

Mark,

I know this is not a truck, but I have a 1987 Honda CRX with a ka-put engine
and a body/interior that is in excellent condition.  It has been in Arizona
and New Mexico for its whole life.  These are very light and would make a
great conversion.

I bought it to make an electric drag car out of it, but as I am still
working on getting my 1990 Honda Civic conversion completed, I would be
willing to let this one go.

Albuquerque is not that far from Austin.  I can let it go for $750.

Neil
>From the Land of Enchantment
Albuquerque, New Mexico


----- Original Message -----
From: "Mark Farver" <farver@texas.net>
To: <ev@listproc.sjsu.edu>
Sent: Monday, January 29, 2001 9:43 AM
Subject: Donor vehicle


> The search for a decent donor vehicle continues and it is getting quite
> frustrating.  I'm wondering if this is mostly due to market forces in my
> town (Austin, Tx) or just my unusually bad luck.
>
> I've been trying to find a light truck, ideally with engine problems to
> lower the cost.  Oddly enough I've been told by nearly every auto recycler
> in town that any truck that can still roll is towed to Mexico the moment
> its price drops below $3000.  I haven't had any luck in befriending one of
> the recyclers enough to get them to keep an eye out for any car/truck in
> nice condition (I'm tempting to start delivering donuts).  Instead I get
> the.. "We've got nothing now... but call next week".  Cars in the under
> 3k price range always seem to have body damage, Austin has a rather high
> accident rate.. mostly due to our large contingent of Bay Area and Boston
> drivers.
>
> I've though of going to a few recyclers and trying to mix and match parts
> to build one decent car, but this would require a paint job to match
> everything up.  How much will a full repaint cost?  (Maaco has quoted as
> low as $500.. but I've heard way too many horror stories)
>
> Are there any sources I've missed?  How long did it take the average
> person to find their donor?  Did you find it from a friend, newspaper, or
> recycler?
>
> Mark
>
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> "The greatest dangers to liberty lurk in insidious enroachment by mean of
> zeal, well-meaning but without understanding."
> -- Justice Louis O. Brandeis, Olmstead vs. United States
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