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I bought my Starfire on eBay.
I had a '62 Starfire convertible. I sold it, because I would never have been able to make a nice car out of. Then I had a couple of '67 Toronados. Sold them because I got offers I couldn't refuse. Then I looked for a '54 98 coupe. Couldn't find one that suited me at a decent price.
One day I started thinking about another Starfire. I thought that convertibles were getting way too expensive, so I could settle for a coupe, if it was blue, and if it had air conditioning. The next day one appeared on eBay. And, it was in Michigan, and this was about a week before I was heading there for the 105th in Lansing in 2002. I waited until the last few seconds and sniped it. Mine was the only bid. The seller agreed to wait a week until I would in Michigan.
And now it sits in my garage.
But it wasn't without it's problems, and I don't know if I would purchase a car that way again. I would have left the car there, but my brother-in-law was impressed with it, so I went through with the deal. I don't think he was as impressed when it puked transmission fluid out the vent all over the exhaust manifold and caused a huge cloud of white smoke - not to mention spewing fluid all over the windshield of the chase car he was driving. The next day we sucked 3 quarts out just to drop the level to the full mark. It ran poorly and I was glad to get it home (drove it home to PA from Michigan).
One of those '67 Toronados was found on eBay, but it didn't sell, and I was able to inspect it in person before making the decision to buy it.
Paul
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