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| Tweet Topic Started: Jul 10 2010, 02:44 PM (719 Views) | |
| Cern | Jul 10 2010, 02:44 PM Post #1 |
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a grog
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Boots is her name and she is a 1998 Chevy Metro 1.0 TBI Standard. Coloured like no other and purchased for dirt cheap. I payed $600 dollar which got me an engine with about 94,000km, light surface rust on the under body, good brakes, great transmission, and like new tires. Boots was owned by two owners, both in the same family. Boots was won through a contest held by the local shopping mall and driven home a week later to a happy new owner. Boots was given away to the original owners father who took great care of it as he was a transport truck mechanic. The father drove the car to the liquor store and back, rarely going on long trips to far away places. When I heard it was for sale from my friend (who is the son of the original owner) I immediately jumped on the opportunity and went to go see the car. It was beautiful. The car started and ran with ease, drove it around the block and it drove smoothly. The shifting and steering were a bit hard but the car had been sitting for four months. Everything checked out well! Here are some photographs. One Two Three Four I look forward to learning a lot more about this car and cars in general, through tinkering and learning how to fix things through this forum. Oh yeah, she doesn't start. |
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| Coche Blanco | Jul 10 2010, 02:48 PM Post #2 |
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Troll Certified
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You lucky bastard! Looks really good dude, hope you have fun here. |
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| bennie442 | Jul 10 2010, 06:17 PM Post #3 |
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I can't help myself from asking, how did you drive a car that won't start? |
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| Murf 59 | Jul 10 2010, 06:26 PM Post #4 |
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Nice looking ride. Welcome to the forum |
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| Cern | Jul 10 2010, 07:38 PM Post #5 |
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a grog
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Boots started flawlessy both times I went to see the car. The second was a week later. Made arrangements with the owner for her to drive it up to a garage for safety purposes, started fine, ran fine, got up to the garage and stalled in the parking lot. |
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| Johnny Mullet | Jul 10 2010, 11:41 PM Post #6 |
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Fear the Mullet
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Even if the car need work, as long as the frame is solid (Read the FAQ) it's worth fixing up no matter what. In the long run, it will pay you back many times over. |
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| bogs | Jul 11 2010, 12:36 PM Post #7 |
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Duct tape heals all wounds
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Very nice looking, thanks for the pics ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]()
Edited by bogs, Jul 11 2010, 12:41 PM.
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| Bad Bent | Jul 12 2010, 11:19 AM Post #8 |
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Facetious Educated Donkey
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Welcome to the forum, Cern! Make yourself at forum.
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| pacopperhead | Jul 17 2010, 02:44 PM Post #9 |
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welcome |
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| Jittney | Jul 17 2010, 02:53 PM Post #10 |
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Anchorage 92 XFi
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Welcome to the forum. With all the help here, you'll get it in top running form. Nice looking car. |
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