04-14-2014, 06:23 PM
#452
(04-12-2014, 11:45 AM)mbz123 (04-10-2014, 10:03 PM)lgreeley83 Bring it to me assembled in Chicago and I'll take it at 3k ;-)
I don't have a garage :*-( no major overhaul here yet.
2K to drop in a motor! SRSLY?
One problem seems to be that no one except me trusts that if Zeitgeist (the seller-to-me) says it's a good engine, it really is a good engine.
Another problem is, there are a lot of junker rustbucket '87 300TD's running around in Oregon. As often as not, there's one on Portland or Eugene CL for $1,700 to $2,000. Therefore, people presume that $1,700 is a reasonable price to pay for a fully assembled, smoothly-running one, and they hope they will get one with an interior as nice as this one's for that price.
Zeitgeist himself quoted me $900 to install the engine. That's actually a bargain. The local indie wants $4,000 to swap a good OM603 into a car which has a blown OM603.
So I'm thinking, what I'll end up doing is, I'll assemble it, see if anyone will take it for $2,500, probably not, so I'll settle for $2,000. And then if lgreely83 or winmutt wants me to drive it 1,500 miles to Chicago or 2,000 miles to Atlanta, I'll charge $1,000 for the fuel, time, hotels, and airfare back.
Ergo, three grand. Seriously.
Make sense?
Gone but not forgotten: two W123 sedans and two W124 wagons.
W124 1987 300TD wagon, for sale, $1000 (some assembly required).