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    i bought a whole car for less than a paintball gun

    1991 miata $500
    2 year old ice-x tires on steelies $250
    6 cans of paint and some sand paper $45
    Some rubber tubing $15

    Total spent $810

    Having just about the greatest winter car I can imagine: priceless

    Because when everyone tells you you need awd or fwd to live through an mn winter, you can just drive sideways, everywhere, all the time.

    Started like this:



    Now looks like this:



    fixed: coolant leak
    repainted the front

    still to be done:

    adjust parking brake
    bleed brakes
    social conservatism: the mortal fear that someone, somewhere, might be having fun.

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    Hebrews 13:8 going_home's Avatar
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    Very nice.

    Might want to edit the license tag out of the pics though.

    Bought this from my company, retired fleet vehicle for $100 bucks.
    Needed a battery and starter, bought the wheels and tires on craigslist for 450.
    Got about 1k in it.



    Last edited by going_home; 10-09-2014 at 11:14 AM.
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    doin it rite gordo

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    Quote Originally Posted by going_home View Post
    Very nice.

    Might want to edit the license tag out of the pics though.

    Bought this from my company, retired fleet vehicle for $100 bucks.
    Needed a battery and starter, bought the wheels and tires on craigslist for 450.
    Got about 1k in it.





    I need to find a deal like that. I don't need a truck as a daily driver, but there are definitely times when I need a truck and nothing else will do.

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