by Dr.Grillz » Fri Apr 05, 2013 5:47 pm
I really considered this wagon a while back until I talked to Jon White. I then researched a bit more and found some threads on this car... you'd be surprised to see how much this wagon was talked about online on various sites/forums. What really put me off is what happened between the current owner and the prior owner. There's a story on that on some site/forum but can't find it at the moment. The current owner paid about $2k for it, but did not do anything to the car since he purchased a few years back. At first it was listed at $10k with wheels... now its missing some of the parts it originally had and is listed at $3500.
Needs work, yes, but its a really interesting and nicely spec'd 280TE. The downside is these 280 wagons really don't have much love as the diesel counterparts. So even though they're rare, this is a perfect case where rare does not mean its $. Another thing to think about if you're a California owner is the car seems to be running with the old CA plates and doesn't appear to have been smogged/registered since it left the state. If thats the case, you might want to check on back fee's/smogging issues.
I really considered this wagon a while back until I talked to Jon White. I then researched a bit more and found some threads on this car... you'd be surprised to see how much this wagon was talked about online on various sites/forums. What really put me off is what happened between the current owner and the prior owner. There's a story on that on some site/forum but can't find it at the moment. The current owner paid about $2k for it, but did not do anything to the car since he purchased a few years back. At first it was listed at $10k with wheels... now its missing some of the parts it originally had and is listed at $3500.
Needs work, yes, but its a really interesting and nicely spec'd 280TE. The downside is these 280 wagons really don't have much love as the diesel counterparts. So even though they're rare, this is a perfect case where rare does not mean its $. Another thing to think about if you're a California owner is the car seems to be running with the old CA plates and doesn't appear to have been smogged/registered since it left the state. If thats the case, you might want to check on back fee's/smogging issues.