WTB: Ti on the west coast, willing to travel for great car

[dug]

Hi,
I'm looking for the best Ti I can find in California or at least the West Coast.

All the obvious things I want...
Car must be manual. Leather preferred. Sport package a plus. California top would be cool.

My color preference in order is White, Silver, Blue, Black, Red (no Green). I really only would go for Red if it was a real Club Sport edition.

I want a car that has been taken care of by an enthusiast in original condition or with streetable mods. DASC would be great if it's a clean install and has been tuned correctly. 6 cylinder swap only if it's already passed CA smog and has it's BAR sticker for the swap.

Ready to buy and pay what's necessary to get a great car. Please PM or email me with what you have.

thanks,
dug

[jca]

Good luck with your search. I looked nationally for my dream ti and when I found it I jumped on a plane and had ball driving it home. I mention this to alert you to the fact that you may have to expand your search geographically to get what you really want. John

[macilona]

if you have not checked yet, there is a 98 on ebay in your area that meets your specifications.

[dug]

Thanks for the input you guys.

I went to see the 98 on ebay last week. He's a totally cool guy and the car is pretty nice, but the salvage title had me on the lookout for anything weird. I noticed that it has adjustable camber plates and the passenger side is maxed out, but the driver side is set in the middle. So I had it checked out at an alignment shop and the passenger side has 1 degree of negative camber and the caster is out of spec by a degree. The driver side has almost no camber, although there was room to add a little on the adjusters, and camber was in spec.

In the long run, a salvage title is going to be value challenged, and even more so since the frame is definitely a little bit bent.

I did find a car tonight (it was the white 96 also on ebay.) I'll post more when I take some pictures tomorrow in the daylight.

cheers,
dug