cutlassjim

Not mine//lansing.craigslist.org/pts/2821168041.html41.html

jaunty75

Here's a clickable link. The one above doesn't work.

http://lansing.craigslist.org/pts/2821168041.html

I believe this is actually a Jetstar I. He just says "Jetstar" in the ad and doesn't mention "88" or "I". He's selling himself short by not clarifying this as the car might get more interest if it is a Jetstar I.

In the top photo here there is some script on the fender behind the front wheel. On the Jetstar 88, the script was not located there. It was above and forward of the front wheel opening. Also, the engine in the bottom photo looks like the Starfire engine that came with the Jetstar I.

cutlassjim

Buckets and console as well, its only listed under parts as well.

jaunty75

You're right. I missed the console and tach comment. Most certainly a Jetstar I.

You're right, also, about the category he's got it listed under. "Auto parts," not autos for sale. It's almost like he's doing everything he can to make sure the car doesn't sell.

slantflat

I've done that before.







Mike

jaunty75

Why?

slantflat

Oh, when I was a kid I wanted this cool convertible. And my Mom said she'd loan me the money, but I had to sell my Valiant, which my Grandmother bought new and gave to me when she quit driving. I said sure no problem without skipping a beat.

My plan was, and it worked, to not sell the car at all and the 40 bucks I spent on an ad was well worth it. People would come out and I'd ask, what are you planning on doing with it? And whatever they'd tell me, I'd say oh this car isn't a good choice for that. I actually wasn't lying. The car, and I still have it, has no AC, no radio, no nuthin' . One guy wanted to drive it cross country in the summer. I said oh no. One guy came out and nit-picked the heck out of it and I told him to get lost. So after the ad ran out I said sorry Mom, I tried. Of course the convertible was already in my hands. I think Mom was on to me, but she never said anything.

I know this makes me sound like a bad kid, but this is about the worst of anything I pulled. Except maybe when Mom wanted to sell the house and I didn't want to move, so I wrote "you don't want this house oh no" on a high dusty shelf and turned it upside down and it could be seen pretty well. Don't know if that's what kept the house from selling but we were there several more years.


Mike

jaunty75

I'm guessing she was, too.


Good story.

joe_padavano

The roofline and 394 indicate a J-I. The J88 only came with a 330 and used the same roof as the Delta.

jaunty75

You mean Dynamic, right? No Delta until 1965.