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Just bought a 1994 Toyota Camry with the 2200 4-cylinder off a guy I work with for $200. Needs a new crankshaft pulley, timing belt, and outside door handle. ~$150 worth of parts and a few hours worth of work, should be able to sell for $1,500 or more. Win. Any of you got any great success stories of turning a car around for a quick buck?
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I got a 1991 240sx for doing some stereo work to someones other car. Their mechanic told them the head gasket was blown and needed a new motor. I took it home and put new plugs in it because the mechanic removed them so the customer wouldnt be able to start it. After that i replaced the alternator and put a brand new battery in it, and sold it for $2,500.
Cha ching!
Buying broken cars and fixing them can almost be a full time business.
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I bought a camry exactly like that with 75000 kilometers on it few years back for 1500. I cleaned it, repainted the front bumper with a spray can and sold it for 5000
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i got a Lumina for nothing. did nothing to it other than put tires on it and gave it away for $500.
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I bought a Ram Van 2500 at an auction for $100 bucks, cleaned it up and sold it six months later for $1800. 
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People flock to a clean looking used Toyota for a decent price... that should be a decent little money maker.
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i bought a 1989 Jeep Wrangler for $5,500 i drove it for 4 years, and sold it for $5,500
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My best ever was an '84 BMW 318i... bought it for $300, drove it all summer, sold it for $1000, had it given back to me the next summer, and sold it for $400.
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Turns out the keyway somehow broke off of the crankshaft and took quite a chunk of the crank and pulleys with it. Not worth fixing to me...Still worth the $200 I paid for it, win some lose some I guess. Probably a long shot, but anyone need any parts off of it? I'm gonna part it out then scrap whatever's left.
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Bought a turbo Conquest from a drunk friend for $20 bucks ( it needed a head gasket ) and sold it back to him 3 weeks later for $500 when he relized what he had done. Bit of a drunk that boy.
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Bought a turbo Conquest from a drunk friend for $20 bucks ( it needed a head gasket ) and sold it back to him 3 weeks later for $500 when he relized what he had done. Bit of a drunk that boy.
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a guy here has been trying to sell an 89 Conquest TSi for $1500... needs front end work, turbo work and I believe a head gasket.
it's still sitting there.
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Had a 64 Impala SS that I bought for $800 (or was it 400) and sold for $1500.
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