View Poll Results: HOW MUCH WAS YOUR FB
FREE!!!
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12.54%
<$500
94
30.23%
<$1000
76
24.44%
<$2000
85
27.33%
you both it new!
17
5.47%
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how much was your FB?
06-24-03, 10:08 PM
#101
I got mine for free from my mum. God knows what she payed for it. We're second owners of the car, the first owners being an elderly couple that bought it new and only drove it to church. The car picked up alot of dirt and grit in the 10-odd years we've owned it, and picked up alot of siezure in the 4-odd years it's sat in that one spot in the driveway doing nothing. By the time it's on the road (late this summer or early next spring) I will have put about 3g of work into her including full Brake System (minus drums, master cyl and booster), Springs, Shocks, Sway Bars, Gas Tank Repair, Filters, Wires, Lines, Hoses.......
Jon
Jon
06-28-03, 03:02 AM
#102
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I found my '85 GSL for $400.00 cdn and spent $8.50 getting it running. I put a new rad $300.00 cdn and a used water pump $8.00 in it. Other then the tires it ran great for 2 years. I just did one of the wheel bearings and a seal this week.
Not to bad I would say.
Vic
Not to bad I would say.
Vic
06-28-03, 07:10 AM
#103
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Re: $4200 for new SE
Originally posted by 1984se
how did you get so much???
how did you get so much???
06-28-03, 12:00 PM
#104
Rotary Freak
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Paid $12000 for my new 83GS in 83: 116k and still running and looking good!
Paid $1700 for the 85GSL last year. Running and looking good at 55k (really!), and getting new clutch right now.
Paid $0 for the red 83 I got last week. Guy gave it to me because it looked so awful and he couldn't pass smog and he couldn't tune it right because the timing mark disappeared. Also, the trans bearing howls.
I cleaned up the body, punched out dents, straightened, Bondoed, and now it looks great! Almost ready for new paint. Found the timing marks and daubed them and re-timed the engine. Now it should pass smog, or at least I'll have a good reason why not, rather than general despair. Then I'll cleanup the interior (repair/replace seats) find a good used trans, and sell the car (or keep it if I can convince my wife).
Another one saved from the crusher!
F
Paid $1700 for the 85GSL last year. Running and looking good at 55k (really!), and getting new clutch right now.
Paid $0 for the red 83 I got last week. Guy gave it to me because it looked so awful and he couldn't pass smog and he couldn't tune it right because the timing mark disappeared. Also, the trans bearing howls.
I cleaned up the body, punched out dents, straightened, Bondoed, and now it looks great! Almost ready for new paint. Found the timing marks and daubed them and re-timed the engine. Now it should pass smog, or at least I'll have a good reason why not, rather than general despair. Then I'll cleanup the interior (repair/replace seats) find a good used trans, and sell the car (or keep it if I can convince my wife).
Another one saved from the crusher!
F
06-29-03, 01:25 PM
#106
Rotary Freak
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$9200, SA not an FB. Bought it new in 80. Still have it, twenty three years later. Just restored it.
$550 for my first GSL-SE, $600 for my second. First one was perfect, but the mechanic told the girl who owned it the engine was blown. It just needed new battery cables.
$550 for my first GSL-SE, $600 for my second. First one was perfect, but the mechanic told the girl who owned it the engine was blown. It just needed new battery cables.
08-13-03, 07:37 AM
#108
Heck Yes!
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My '85 GSL ($650.00 CND) was a Grad Gift from my Parents in 2000 from the second owner, a bit of rust and a bad clutch master cylinder 113000 KMs on OD. Fixed all thoes problems and Drove it for tow years the then slod it for $1600 back to the origanal Owner.
Bought Emaculate '84 GSL from Origanl Owner's Grand Son for $3500 CND (~$2200 USD). 103000 KM (64000 Miles). Worth Every penny. I just love these cars.
The "85 is the Blue one, the '84 is the Orange one in my Avatar
Bought Emaculate '84 GSL from Origanl Owner's Grand Son for $3500 CND (~$2200 USD). 103000 KM (64000 Miles). Worth Every penny. I just love these cars.
The "85 is the Blue one, the '84 is the Orange one in my Avatar
08-17-03, 03:12 PM
#109
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Purchased New
1985 GSL-SE Purchased July 1985 for USA$14,000; sticker price was $16,XXX.
The day I purchased it, the Mazda service manager came out to my car to tell me not to even read the "breaking in" section of the manual. He said it was best to "run the hell out of it". The car still runs great.
The day I purchased it, the Mazda service manager came out to my car to tell me not to even read the "breaking in" section of the manual. He said it was best to "run the hell out of it". The car still runs great.
08-19-03, 12:03 PM
#110
Mine was given to me from my aunt. 79 gs, 91k, silver, very little rust, 5 sp, sunroof. I paid $40 to get it to my house, and ive spent about $100 so far on stuff that i need like battery, plugs, ect.
09-26-03, 10:08 PM
#112
Back from the dead
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wow, a lot of you guys got your cars for free like me. i got mine from the dean at my school. it wasnt shifting right and the dealer estimated a $700 job. so she gave it to me couple of weeks ago. took the tranny down last week and found a worn clutch and bent pressure plate fingers. hehehe...
10-14-03, 04:37 PM
#117
Beware Of Squirrely Wrath
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After taxes, I ended up paying about $575 for my 82 GSL in May 2002. She had just shy of 78K on the clock, and bent needle valve seals. The owner of the lot said he'd have been asking $1300 if it was running right. He thought it was a bad fuel pump, but was too lazy to investigate. 
Since then I've sunk probably less than $400 into her, and she's running pretty damn well at just over 91K on the clock now.
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Lazy Car Lot Owners: zip
Brian
Since then I've sunk probably less than $400 into her, and she's running pretty damn well at just over 91K on the clock now.
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Me: 1
Lazy Car Lot Owners: zip
Brian
11-05-03, 01:03 PM
#119
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Mine was free!!!. Well kinda, I gave my brother a loan to buy it, he repaid the loan and then gave me the car when the engine died. When my brother bought it he paid $1,300.
I always drink beer at funerals.... This thread was dead ages ago!!!
11-06-03, 11:30 AM
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I recently picked up an 85 GSL for $350 in great running condition.Interior no rips! Just needed a clutch master cylinder and paint. Included RB header, Blaupunct head unit plus 6 disc changer!
Drove it home. Quick
Drove it home. Quick
11-06-03, 10:59 PM
#125
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I paid $3800 for my 81' gsl 1 owner 58k miles the cleanest all original I've seen most guys start with beaters and spend the difference getting them to look like mine.