[V8] Allroad anyone?

[toml99 at todomundo.com]

My ex-girlfriend's dad replaced BOTH 1990 Lago V8's(one to me) back  
in 2002 with a 4.2 and a 2.7T.  I got to drive that 2.7T shortly  
after I had become familiar with driving the V8, and I remember  
thinking that I can't wait till it get's handed down to me ;-)...,  
and have always wanted one.  For $1200 Arnott Inc. makes a Bilstein  
Coil-over to get rid of the Pneumatic system, and I believe they  
still make a Pneumatic that's supposed to be more bomber than the  
original's.  Since my girlfriend was on a mission to spend a chunk of  
money on that Subaru, I was recently looking at alternatives, and was  
amazed at the low book value of the Allroads.  I looked at one in  
town that had 68K/2.7T/6-speed and just had the Pneumatic pump  
replaced/front CV booties/fluids, and it was around $12K from a  
dealer.  When I got home, the KBB Private party high figure was  
around $9500, which made all this other crap I'd been looking at look  
cheap.
For $2500 Roger, even if it needed a $2000 tranny(there's one in RI),  
the 100K still makes that sound affordable.  Wonder how much work it  
would take to stuff a V8 5-speed tranny/newer 6 speed into it.....Hmmmm