My first 240 buy.

[zoohu]

so im looking buy buy my first 240 and i happen to find one for 800$
its a 1990 but has some issues and im just posting on forums trying to find out if its a good buy or not.

the title is clean and in his name,

the paint is an 8
the body is a 7
interior is a 5
it drives, has 230k miles
its an auto but it doesnt shift right.
the only way i can make it shift is if i use 1. 2. 3. and so on
I hear a ka24e and transmission isnt expensive
autos dont bother me but i hear an auto to manual swap isnt too much money but im not sure

when i go to look at it im going to get the vin and check up on the car to make sure that if there is any wrecks that it isnt too major

im aware that this car will need work but im wondering if i should but it and if 800 is a good deal.

also, im requesting information on fixing it up like engine cost and so on.
keep in mind that all i need this thing to do is get me to work and back home until i can get it fixed.

thank you

[frapjap]

I think the real question here is if this car can not get you to work and back home, can you still get to work?

Do you have enough cash to fix this car? IE buying a transmission, or a manual swap? If not, it will bet expensive quickly.

Do you have (or are willing to learn by doing) any automotive experience? If you have the time, money, patience, and knowledge than this car can be very rewarding for you. If you're not ready to take on a project that will suck up all four of those things, I'd suggest looking for a different vehicle that is in better initial condition.

This forum is LOADED with article and DIY step-by-steps that can aid you in repairing this car, but again, be prepared to do so since it sounds like it needs some TLC.
Here is a link to the articles section:
http://www.nicoclub.com/archives/nissan ... wners.html

[zoohu]

Yeah i have a 2009 scion at the moment.
i live with my parents so i dont really have many bills so ill be able to put money into the car when needed.

I dont really have a lot of knowledge but i am willing to learn and i have friends who know what they're doing and are willing to help.
I have the time, money, patience.

here's the car.
I'm going to look at it tomorrow.

[Eddiemac]

Just a heads up, if that car is a 90, the nose and wheels have been swapped from a 91-94. Always check the door jam and firewall vin plates, if the dash has been swapped the vin on it wont be correct. But it looks like a decent buy if it doesn't have any serious rust issues.

[mechanicalmoron]

Looks like the wheels might just have been swapped. They look recently polished. If this is the case, try to use the transmission as a barganing point, and offer to take away the original bumpers and wheels (then you have an alternate look, possibly a valuable and decent looking lip from the other bumper, possibly some spare bald tires or something, etc). Or it was detailed. But I'm not sure they'd spend that money to sell a car for 800 bucks.


If you're not afraid of the work, sounds decent.

You need to understand that having a daily driven project car tends to REALLY put a damper, alternately, on the project or driving aspect of it's usefulness. As in, if you want to rebuild the interior and wash stuff and all, you can't take a week with the entire interior ripped out, you need to drive it to work in the morning.... how will that work? Let me tell you, it doesn't work You can apply the same scenario to motor work, chassis work, suspension work, body work.... whatever. It is hard to do a good complete job when it needs to be ready in the morning.

The bumpers look like they may have bad paint, as many of this age do. Might be why you only got side shots: the paint on the sides always looks great, it doesn't take much sun, or road debris, or have a whole bunch of plastic bumper paint, to go bad.