Craigslist Finds - March 2020

[DieselScout]

https://portland.craigslist.org/mlt/...082131545.html

https://sacramento.craigslist.org/ct...084441131.html

[v8volvo]

Looks like the Sacramento car has sold but the wagon in Portland is still available. Apparently that one is owned by Kevin W (forum member Slobodan here) and he knows D24s very well so it should likely have all the critical work already completed and probably not have major needs. It's been for sale for a while, surprised it is not gone yet, good deal at that price.

Here is another one that made it onto the Turbobricks Orphan thread: 1985 740 TD M46 sedan with some engine upgrades (NA manifold and looks like maybe a big turbo) with 160k miles in Missouri. Silver paint and blue interior, both of which look like they have spent a lot of time in the sun, pretty badly cracked dash. But could be a decent beater driver or engine/trans donor for a swap to a nicer later year car.
https://www.facebook.com/marketplace...2990442890730/

And here is an ad for a bunch of D24T parts in Maryland. Overheated turbodiesel engine and ZF automatic trans offered for $20 each, but wants $50 for the turbo and exhaust manifold.
https://www.facebook.com/alex.habers...eply&ref=notif

Looks like Facebook Marketplace is where everything is going nowadays, at least from the folks who are laziest. I had to create a fake account in order to use it. The average standard of punctuation and grammar looks to be even lower than on the regular ad sites unfortunately. Craigslist and newspaper classifieds are now almost completely dead, at least in my area.

[anders]

Great parts find! I messaged the seller as I’m in need of turbo manifolds and associated parts. Doing all those D24+T ‘s put a huge Impact on my stick pile
:-(

Very sad about Craigslist, it’s really dead. It seams once they started charging for private party vehicle listings it went down hill.

[v8volvo]

Yeah, seemed like CL was already starting to lose listings to Facebook and then when they started charging for ads that really killed it. It's a bummer because the Facebook listings are much harder to search and usually less complete and detailed. But I guess a lot of folks find it much easier, so fair enough.

That stuff in MD looks like a good deal, glad you might get some of it!