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Old 08-12-2016, 07:36 AM   #50
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Originally Posted by Emu View Post
I'm Kensu's cousin. So the seller literally buys salvage titles and flips them for a profit. He has mechanics and electricians do the work and he finds buyers. This guy was convinced that just because it is a 10 series someone would pay that much just to do an engine swap. I explained to the guy that the wiring harness would need to come direct from toyota and would cost $2,000+ (got that info from b is for build Kensu made me watch before I made an offer on this car). Brought up the whole enthusiast community and even told him it was posted to a forum that got a lot of attention and he wouldn't budge from $7k at the lowest. Still wish I could have gotten it, not gonna lie.
Well if his own mechanics and electricians only took the car to the point that you need to short the starter to get it going then that says something.
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