93 Corolla Wagon

Guy is offering a 93 Corolla Wagon manual in part trade for one of my cars. Has 146 on the odo, but that broke a couple of years ago. Recent t belt, water pump and clutch. 4th gear pops out. If I take the offer it will be for sale. Value? 

Roof rack and coilovers included 

I bought an auto, from a grm member out of MD with 200+ on it back in 2014 for $400. Drove it for nearly a decade. These little E36 M3s are bulletproof. 

That being said - values are all over the place. A SUPER minty one could fetch a couple grand, especially down where I am, damn things have a cult following. Everywhere else, being a northern car with a sketchy unknown quantity trans? $500 maybe. It'll still be an r12 car and unless it's been serviced I can almost guarantee the ac compressor will be seized. It will also probably have a flex pipe exhaust leak (both of my ae101s did these things, they're kinda notorious). I BELIEVE parts exist on some of the later ones to cobble together a homebrew r134 ac conversion, I never looked super hard. Excellent little cars, should outlast the heat death of the earth with proper care and feeding. 

I was hoping maybe 1.5 to 2k. Otherwise it's probably not worth it on my end 

In reply to Docwemple :

I'd love one as a cheap beater. And very much need a cheap beater, after accident. 
But, I may be TOO cheap! (or too broke, depending on the point of view)
Definitely interested , though, so keep me in mind. 

In reply to 03Panther :

What kind of price point are you thinking 

I'd have to refer you over to my "life" post. After the wreck, I drove the 03 Merc up to ga to start a contract last week; I'll get my first paycheck on dec. 11. So budget of zero today 

Sorry,  man. Well, I haven't made a deal with the guy, so no rush

This job, despite only being 5-10's (short hours , for being out of town) will catch us up quite slowly, but better than none 

And despite dragging along this far, I think I finally have some movement on the claim. 
If you'll need top dollar for it (If deal works out) I certainly understand. If we work something out, that's good too!

Docwemple said:

I was hoping maybe 1.5 to 2k. Otherwise it's probably not worth it on my end 

I would need to see the car to make that call. It's entirely possible it's worth that much- all i got is a 30(!) Year old Corolla with an unknown quantity of a transmission and not much else, y'know? If the body was pretty minty for the age (and given you said it's got some sort of coilovers on it....that might be possible, knowing what I know about the folks that get down with those) and everything else was straight, it could fetch that pretty easily. Too many variables as it sits. I'd get pics at the very least if I was you. 

The GOOD news is, they made about a billion of these things so parts are still pretty available, even if they discontinued production while Clinton was still in office. 

In reply to Mndsm :

No noticeable dents or holes from the pics. Really kinda clean for a non southern car. Most of these are a pile of dust. If it was an alltrac I'd keep it.

In reply to Docwemple :

If it was an alltrac you and I wouldn't be talking about what it was worth publicly. 

Unfortunately they quit making those in Corolla flavor with the previous generation- at least in the US. They DO exist as AWD wagons elsewhere, but thems unicorns. 

Edited to add- if you think you can sus out the trans situation and it ends up being a fork or something simple, it could be an EXCELLENT deal to work out with our friend 03panther up there. strangely enough, every one of these I've ever owned has managed to be an automagic, so I'm not super familiar with the manual trans. 

In reply to Mndsm :

Funny thing is that I've never seen a Corolla, Tercel or Camry manual with a bad trans. Usually they are so understressed so they last forever. Wonder why they replaced the clutch but didn't fix the trans issue 

https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/1723522728160040/?mibextid=dXMIcH

Same color as the car I've mentioned. The trade would have stock steel wheels. Random find.

In reply to Docwemple :

If they replaced the clutch and it's popping out of 4th I almost wonder if it's not some sort of post reinstall alignment issue. I'm not a trans expert though so ???

That's a good lookin' wagon. Well, the rims are not my tastes, especially on that blue, but I know that's a popular look. 
Hopfully (only for me being selfish ) the upcoming one ain't as nice!!!  For doc, I hope it is. 
Also not a fan of that blue interior, in that; but for what I'm needing, I don't mind if it's orange with baby poop green 

In looking a bit, I think I saw that all the us wagons that gen. were MT? Only the cars got AT as option? 
I think 5 speed? I have skipped gears before, for a DD. 

In reply to 03Panther :

I can 100% confirm the wagons in the US got an AT option- my last one was an automatic. 3spd with AOD. there was also a 4spd option iirc but it was pretty rare. Mine was not this pretty, but it was just as strong. 

In reply to Mndsm :

I'm reading that modern small cars actually get better mpg with the auto tragic. I've even come to prefer (gasp!) them in my big luxo-boats (gasp! I actually LIKE a big ol' 4 dr?) 

But small cars require stick in my mind!

Did you decide not to move fwd. on the wagon, or is bit still on negotiations? 

In reply to 03Panther :

I hadn't decided.  You interested in it? If I could turn it into cash quickly, that'd help

In reply to 03Panther :

Remember,  it has coilovers so you can lift it for winter fun

Docwemple said:

In reply to 03Panther :

Remember,  it has coilovers so you can lift it for winter fun

All I need is a beater; between L. A. (Lower Alabam') and this contract in GA, it might have to plow through a whopping half inch of snow, on the rare occasion. And, as an appliance, coil overs are not a upgrade for it. But it'd make a good DD, if it came in at a price point I could actually afford. Don't know if you read any of me posts on my "life" thread, but as I said here, cash is pretty tight. I just need cheap and reasonably dependable. I'm definitely interested, but so far, I haven't seen if you'll be able to offer it to me cheap enough. I did DM you as well, with a phone number, if it came through ok. Thanks 

Do DMs go to email?