The Craigslist/eBay/AutoTrader Thread

[93JC]

I did NOT realize they were putting 6-cylinders in (average) cars so early.

Generally only cheap cars like Fords, Chevys, Plymouths and Willyses came with four-cylinders. Many had sixes, and luxury cars like Cadillacs and Duesenbergs had eight or more (Caddys introduced their V8 in 1915, and by 1930 built V12s and V16s).

The 'Stovebolt' Chevy engine—"a six for the price of a four"—upped the ante over Ford, who had been building four-cylinders exclusively since 1908. Old Man Ford adamantly refused to build six-cylinders because his last one, the Model K of 1905-1907, had been an unreliable sales failure. Instead of matching the Chevy they decided leapfrog it with the Flathead V8 (introduced in 1932).

[93JC]

Speaking of four-bangers, here's a *cough* bargain: https://www.kijiji.ca/v-classic-cars/edmonton/pontiac-acadian-scooter-for-sale/1309395448



An '87 Pontiac Acadian Scooter for the low, low price of $3,000.

[Payman]

Speaking of four-bangers, here's a *cough* bargain: https://www.kijiji.ca/v-classic-cars/edmonton/pontiac-acadian-scooter-for-sale/1309395448



An '87 Pontiac Acadian Scooter for the low, low price of $3,000.

Lol, "mechanic's dream".

[Soup DeVille]

Speaking of four-bangers, here's a *cough* bargain: https://www.kijiji.ca/v-classic-cars/edmonton/pontiac-acadian-scooter-for-sale/1309395448



An '87 Pontiac Acadian Scooter for the low, low price of $3,000.

At $1000 it might be an interesting diversion. At $3000 it's a joke.

[CaminoRacer]

At $1000 it might be an interesting diversion. At $3000 it's a joke.

"I KNOW WHAT I GOT!"

[Soup DeVille]

"I KNOW WHAT I GOT!"

Read it again. He claims he's already been offered $3000 (he's lying), but thinks he can get more (he can't).

[giant_mtb]

If he was offered $3k for it, why didn't he sell it to that guy for $3k instead of listing it on the internet for $3k...

[CaminoRacer]

If he was offered $3k for it, why didn't he sell it to that guy for $3k instead of listing it on the internet for $3k...

Because that offer was back in 1988

[93JC]

If he was offered $3k for it, why didn't he sell it to that guy for $3k instead of listing it on the internet for $3k...

Because he/she's an idiot who thinks that lying about having already been offered $3,000 will entice someone else to offer an amount even close to that.

Because that offer was back in 1988

FYI I actually have an MSRP list for model year 1987 cars sold in Canada, and I can tell you the price of a five-door Pontiac Acadian was $7,205. It's likely the last time this car was actually worth $3,000 was in the early 1990s.

The only cars that were cheaper in '87 were: the classic Lada (by then called the Signet in Canada; started at $4,995 for a 1.3 L, $6,895 for a 1.5 sedan and $6,995 for a wagon), the then-new three-door, front-drive Lada Samara ($5,995), Dacias ($5,795 for a 1310, $6,395 for a 1410), the Hyundai Pony ($6,795), the Dodge Omni Expo (what was known as the Omni America in the US) and identical Plymouth Horizon Expo ($6,995), and the three-door Chevette and Acadian ($6,997).

[93JC]

https://www.kijiji.ca/v-classic-cars/calgary/showroom-1966-chrysler-300/1320406244



'66 Chrysler 300; $19,700   

[mzziaz]

That looks underpriced

[shp4man]

That Chrysler is nice. Looks like somebody took really good care of it.  Is it 20 grand worth? Maybe to the right person.

[CaminoRacer]

That looks underpriced

Nah. They're nice but not super sought-after. $19k sounds right.

[FoMoJo]

Something I salivate over...http://www.autotrader.ca/a/ford/galaxie/newmarket/ontario/5_32449640_on20080123125306507/?showcpo=ShowCpo&ursrc=hl&orup=1_1_1&sprx=-2&thumbURL=http://az413908.vo.msecnd.net/5/photos/import/201706/0920/5748/cc91fe39-e13c-4f13-8db3-4dcf1a4126ab.jpg





Looks like it might be a legit 427.

[Payman]

Something I salivate over...http://www.autotrader.ca/a/ford/galaxie/newmarket/ontario/5_32449640_on20080123125306507/?showcpo=ShowCpo&ursrc=hl&orup=1_1_1&sprx=-2&thumbURL=http://az413908.vo.msecnd.net/5/photos/import/201706/0920/5748/cc91fe39-e13c-4f13-8db3-4dcf1a4126ab.jpg





Looks like it might be a legit 427.

If it were original and numbers matching, maybe. I have a feeling this one is $20,000 overpriced.

[CaminoRacer]

If it were original and numbers matching, maybe. I have a feeling this one is $20,000 overpriced.

+1

[Payman]

Now this... this is a deal. $21,500. Want. 

https://www.kijiji.ca/v-classic-cars/hamilton/1955-imperial/1323326196?enableSearchNavigationFlag=true

[CaminoRacer]

Oh wow

[FoMoJo]

If it were original and numbers matching, maybe. I have a feeling this one is $20,000 overpriced.

As you say, numbers matching, but  a 427 in a Galaxie is a pretty rare bird.  If it was an R code, it would be a lot more.

[Payman]

"Absolutely MINT". 

https://www.kijiji.ca/v-classic-cars/peterborough/1982-porsche-94/1323521685?enableSearchNavigationFlag=true

[Soup DeVille]

"Absolutely MINT". 

https://www.kijiji.ca/v-classic-cars/peterborough/1982-porsche-94/1323521685?enableSearchNavigationFlag=true

Gotta give the guy credit for having the balls to say "mint" and "needs x due to a fire" in the same description without a hint of irony.

Love the Tyvek windows on that; I assume they came standard.

[93JC]

Now this... this is a deal. $21,500. Want. 

https://www.kijiji.ca/v-classic-cars/hamilton/1955-imperial/1323326196?enableSearchNavigationFlag=true

[93JC]

Nowhere near as good a shape as that Imperial, but very compelling all the same: a '56 Continental Mark II.

https://www.kijiji.ca/v-classic-cars/calgary/1956-continental-mark-2/1315771960?enableSearchNavigationFlag=true

[FoMoJo]

Nowhere near as good a shape as that Imperial, but very compelling all the same: a '56 Continental Mark II.

https://www.kijiji.ca/v-classic-cars/calgary/1956-continental-mark-2/1315771960?enableSearchNavigationFlag=true

Great cars, but it would be an absolute money pit.

[Payman]

Badass. Reminds me of "The Car".

https://www.kijiji.ca/v-classic-cars/barrie/1974-lincoln-limo/1323678992?enableSearchNavigationFlag=true

[Gotta-Qik-C7]

Badass. Reminds me of "The Car".

https://www.kijiji.ca/v-classic-cars/barrie/1974-lincoln-limo/1323678992?enableSearchNavigationFlag=true

Crazy movie......

[93JC]

Great cars, but it would be an absolute money pit.

Obviously this particular example has seen better days, but otherwise I would think this would be a hell of a lot simpler to repair and maintain than, say, a comparable Rolls-Royce or Bentley of the period. After all, doesn't it share a ton of parts with Lincolns?

[Soup DeVille]

Obviously this particular example has seen better days, but otherwise I would think this would be a hell of a lot simpler to repair and maintain than, say, a comparable Rolls-Royce or Bentley of the period. After all, doesn't it share a ton of parts with Lincolns?

Yeah, but as I've learned with the wagon, it isn't the easy to find parts that are the problem.

[93JC]

Of course, but that's par for the course for any old car.

[93JC]

Speaking of old cars with hard-to-find parts...



  '75 Gremlin X, $5,300



A rare bird: a '65 Acadian Beaumont. A Canada-only version of the Chevelle sold at Pontiac-Buick-GMC dealers. Dude wants $18,000 which is, um... hopeful. They're rare, but fundamentally it's still just a bare-bones Chevelle with a straight-six and a Powerglide. Kinda cool, but not $18,000 cool to me.