Looking for a project car, Where to look?
 

I'm looking for a project car, already have my FR-s, but I've always wanted to have a 'toy,' that I could put rebuild into my own custom vehicle. I've looked around on vwvortex, but I'm not aware of any other sites with a decent classifieds section where I can look for 1985-95 year cars for ~1 grand.

Like I said, I've already got my FR-s, but its my daily :happyanim: I love the car but I'm reluctant to much more than a exhaust/tune because I'm driving it every day and would rather it be reliable than fast/on expensive wheels.

Figured I could ask y'all if you knew anywhere I could find a project car. The craigslist in my area sucks (NJ/PA/NY) right now for preowned cars, and I'm reluctant to purchase much off of craigslist as I've been burned. There's only one or two junk yards by me so I don't have a large amount of options there.

what brand are you looking for exactly. ocasionally you may be able to find cheap stuff on bringatrailer.com

i got a 72 corona for 3000.

but it all depends. ebay.

1stgencelica.com

japanesenostalgiccar,com

classic-celica.com

bringatrailer.com

I'm not looking for a specific car really. Just something that needs work that wont break the bank. Trying to stay away from BMW/Audi/Porsche cause it'll run too much money..

That's what's awesome about http://bringatrailer.com/
So many cool cars. Stuff you don't even think of until you see it.

I'm diggin bringatrailer.com , Spending a large amount of time on there scrolling through old posts getting giddy from the plethora of options out there...

Turbo Miata /thread.

This! Pretty user friendly project with tons of community support. Plus it will put a serious smile on your face. :happy0180:

when I'm feeling in the mood for a project I alternate between the honda-tech forums and vwvortex. Every summer I either get up saying "I need a mk2 VR swap" or "I need a k20 eg"

A track prepped MK1 GTi would be a cool and fairly simple project too. Depending upon your engine choice. :thumbsup:

FD3S
MK4 SUPRA
:P

These would be nice but rather difficult to find for 1k lol. How about a Merkur XR4ti or perhaps an E30 BMW? Both will go slightly over your budget but are very neat cars.

I'm in the same boat as you buddy, been looking for a project car in NY/NJ area for about a month now. I've heard a lot of good find are to be found in Suffolk County on long island, don't know if its true. Good luck and well...keep trying craigslist.

E36s are fairly cheap nowadays... I got mine for $800 and I bought it in long island.