Should I convert to manual for higher resale

[Ben Swann]

Thanks Huw.

I guess my justifiable frustration is that I bought the car to fix up and
sell, and am hard pressed to even get the parts costs out of it, never mind
the labor.

If someone were to buy this car for even as little as I paid, they would be
probably in even deeper as I have my parts cars resources.

I will probably not do any more of these.  Just let these perfectly nice
vehicles get sent to the crusher.

Regarding the quattro conversion - I have an entire quattro with
drivetrain, engines, etc.  But it probably is not worth it if I can get a
slightly neglected Ur Quattro for - did someone say 2 grand?

Ben

On Friday, October 25, 2002 7:30 PM, Huw Powell [SMTP:human747 at attbi.com]
wrote:
>
> > I have been trying to sell this '86 GT Coupe now for some time.  I have
the
> > thing near immaculate, but am not getting any serious bites.  I know
part
> > of the problem is that it is an automatic.  I have been asking $2K.
>
> I think you may be asking more than the car is worth.  Have you checked
> the book values for it?  I paid $2300 for my '82 coupe, in great shape,
> at 140,000 miles... nine years ago.  These days I think changing its oil
> doubles its book value...
>
> > My question is:
> >
> > Would it be worth my time to convert this thing to a standard
transmision
> > since I have the complete drivetrain from an '89 model 80??
>
> That's an awful lot of work - doesn't strike me that you could really
> recoup your time/money investment there.
>
> > On that note, I also have the drivetrain from an '87 4kq, but I think
that
> > undertaking would require floorpan modification, etc. right?
>
> Yes, you'd have to swap the floorpan as well as the drivetrain - but
> that would be much more interesting!  Of course you would also need to
> drop in a 20v turbo engine...
>
> > I wouldn't be asking these questions if this weren't such a nice
looking
> > car.  Keep in mind here, due to my present work situation I have more
time
> > than money.  So if I were able to get like $3k for the car as a manual
it
> > might be worth it.
>
> I could see that happening, with the absolutely right buyer - but they
> might be looking for a non-customized car, too.
>
> I think you should get a nice 4kq floorpan and build a nice sleeper
> monster with all that spare time!
>
> --
> Huw Powell
>
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