[V8] Super Low Mile 5K

[cobram at juno.com]

You hit the lottery, I must have parted a couple dozen of the automatic
5KS's back in the day, almost all of them because of a dead transmission.
 The seal leaks into the diff and vice versa.  It was the Achilles heal,
that and the Pento$in system.  
 
Without a stick and Quattro, keeping a type 44 on the road isn't
something I consider worth it, plenty of other lumps out there which
won't attack your time and wallet like a type 44 will.  
 
BCNU,
Experience is the name everyone gives to their mistakes.

Dave C <dconner at gmail.com> writes:
> Cobram,
> 
> With all due respect, I differ with you on a number of points.
> 
> I do agree with you that the lack of title may be a problem.  
> However, that
> car does not have steel wheels, the dash is typical, and there is no 
> reason
> to assume the low miles are due to an auto transmission problem.  I 
> believe
> that indented dash pad was on all non-turbo type 44's prior to 
> 1989.
> 
> The low miles >could< be due to an IC or odo swap, but based on the 
> photos
> the car looks like the miles could be real.  I've had a couple of 
> these
> cars with over 200K miles on auto transmission (AT), and still have 
> an 87
> 5KS with over 200K miles with no transmission problems.  What I've 
> heard is
> that some cars had early AT failures, and some didn't.  None of mine 
> had AT
> problems and in my opinion, these are great cars.  The only obvious 
> prob
> with the one on ebay is lack of title.