My boss's neighbor is selling her 96 Cobra. Haven't driven it yet to see what kinda condition its in but its got a few rough spots on the front end appearing like she may have bumped in to something and a spot on the upper rear quarter panel that is missing some paint but doesn't look like it was struck by anything. It's white with black leather interior. Manuel transmission. She says there is a problem with the reverse. Sometimes the shifter will slip out of reverse when backing up. She was asking 7,000 for it.... Without driving it, I told my boss that I wouldn't even talk to her about it unless she came down to 5,000. He called me yesterday and said she would come down to 5,000. Is that a good deal? What should I look for when I go over to speak with her? Any tricks to the trade to find out how good of a condition its in without taking it to a shop?
And we are still going to be putting money and time into the GT. Another good thing about having the Cobra is that it'll free up some miles that I would have been putting on the GT and allow me to do more extensive work without relying on it to be a daily driver. The lady told me that it has 3.73 gears in the rear end but she wouldn't let me really get into to to find out what all I am working with. But for the most part, I think its one heck of a deal for now!
But, good news for some of you that are interested. She is putting it back on the market but is still asking 7k. Now, if I talked her down (as a complete stranger to her), I see no reason why someone else couldn't either. But she is asking 7k OBO. Her number is 808-783-0811. I forget her name but as I see it, for that price who cares what her name is... lol.. Anyways, if anyone is interested, give her a call. She is located on Fort Lewis. If you have problems or need assistance getting on post, just give me a call and I'll lend a hand getting you through the gate. My # is 253-301-0931. Let me know if anyone buys it.
