# Did I miss a good deal? **URL:** \ **Category:** PittSpeed Automotive\ **Created:** [April 23, 2007, 8:01pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/did-i-miss-a-good-deal/189478 "2007-04-23T20:01:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![imported\_gearhead](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/imported_gearhead/32/5957_2.png) [@imported\_gearhead](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/imported_gearhead)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2007, 8:01pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/did-i-miss-a-good-deal/189478/1 "2007-04-23T20:01:18Z")
I was watching this and intended on bidding, but missed the end of the auction. :bash: [http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=270110846273&ssPageName=STRK:MEWA:IT&ih=017](http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=270110846273&ssPageName=STRK:MEWA:IT&ih=017) ---
**Author:** ![Lazylaser](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/lazylaser/32/6033_2.png) [@Lazylaser](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Lazylaser)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2007, 8:03pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/did-i-miss-a-good-deal/189478/2 "2007-04-23T20:03:56Z")
looks like a ton of work, I’d be happy if i missed that ---
**Author:** ![nitroice40](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7bcc69/32.png) [@nitroice40](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/nitroice40)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2007, 8:21pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/did-i-miss-a-good-deal/189478/3 "2007-04-23T20:21:40Z")
looks like a death trap! ---
**Author:** ![JackdUp](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jackdup/32/6015_2.png) [@JackdUp](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JackdUp)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2007, 11:50pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/did-i-miss-a-good-deal/189478/4 "2007-04-23T23:50:42Z")
looks like a POS to me ---
**Author:** ![obi-1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ac8455/32.png) [@obi-1](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/obi-1)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2007, 5:58am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/did-i-miss-a-good-deal/189478/5 "2007-04-24T05:58:25Z")
> [@H22a in EK hatch](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/h22a-in-ek-hatch/29648/16): > > looks like a ton of work, I’d be happy if i missed that ---
**Author:** ![slowcamaro](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/slowcamaro/32/5975_2.png) [@slowcamaro](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/slowcamaro)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2007, 8:10am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/did-i-miss-a-good-deal/189478/6 "2007-04-24T08:10:06Z")
don’t you have a lot of unfinsihed projects all ready ---
**Author:** ![imported\_gearhead](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/imported_gearhead/32/5957_2.png) [@imported\_gearhead](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/imported_gearhead)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2007, 11:09am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/did-i-miss-a-good-deal/189478/7 "2007-04-24T11:09:46Z")
it doesn’t look like that much work at all to me… :dunno:. I do have a lot of projects, but I’ve been looking for a chassis car to put my 68 nova drag car guts into since the rear end shifted over. I mean, you couldn’t build that ebay car for 1700… ---
**Author:** ![A468Bu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/278dde/32.png) [@A468Bu](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/A468Bu)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2007, 11:32am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/did-i-miss-a-good-deal/189478/8 "2007-04-24T11:32:08Z")
That thing is junk. The back half is no where close to being right. Only worth scrap value. ---
**Author:** ![obi-1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ac8455/32.png) [@obi-1](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/obi-1)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2007, 11:39am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/did-i-miss-a-good-deal/189478/9 "2007-04-24T11:39:16Z")
> [@Firefox problem](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/firefox-problem/29704/3): > > it doesn’t look like that much work at all to me… :dunno:. > > I do have a lot of projects, but I’ve been looking for a chassis car to put my 68 nova drag car guts into since the rear end shifted over. I mean, you couldn’t build that ebay car for 1700… I got my '55 off of eBay and it looked better than that. I wanted a cheap home for an engine and transmission. The cheap way definitely wasn’t cheaper… ---
**Author:** ![imported\_gearhead](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/imported_gearhead/32/5957_2.png) [@imported\_gearhead](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/imported_gearhead)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2007, 11:57am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/did-i-miss-a-good-deal/189478/10 "2007-04-24T11:57:59Z")
guess its a good thing i didn’t bid it! ---
**Author:** ![obi-1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ac8455/32.png) [@obi-1](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/obi-1)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2007, 1:05pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/did-i-miss-a-good-deal/189478/11 "2007-04-24T13:05:52Z")
Yeah. Little by little it adds up. On the '55, we replaced the front suspension with drag springs/shocks, drop spindles, disk brakes. Replaced the ladder bar cross member and coil-overs. New cage. Fiberglass doors and body work. The list goes on and on. Good learning experience. But, next time, I’d save up for a rear frame kit with 4-link and a whole front subframe with mustang ii rack and coil-overs. Connect them and use a fiberglass body. I’ll bet it would be cheaper and less time consuming in the long run. ---
**Author:** ![tjZ28](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/9de0a6/32.png) [@tjZ28](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/tjZ28)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2007, 1:18pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/did-i-miss-a-good-deal/189478/12 "2007-04-24T13:18:37Z")
Good miss, it’s a pile. It looks like half-assed “fabrication” with mail-order parts. That’s not a 4-link, it’s ladder bars. And I wouldn’t trust any of the welding in there. It’d ALL need re-done. Now, if ALL of the sheetmetal was solid would it still be worth $1700 even knowing you’re going to cut it all out and start over? Probably, it is a 1st gen and the 9" rear would be re-useable w/ freshening. But it wasn’t a steal. -TJ