I went to the local Goodwill auto auction today with the hope of snagging a cheap westfalia. It got bid up too high but I did get this 95 Montero LS for $400. It needs a brake line(s) and has some cosmetic passenger side damage but it runs good and seems to drive ok at the low speeds to the parking area.
The plan is to fix the brakes and put a hitch on it for towing the Miata.
Goodwill has auto auctions?!
Not sure if all areas do it. The local one has an auction 2 times a month usually but February and March they are doing one every week because they have so many cars to move.
Why have I never heard of Goodwill Auto Auctions.
Switching to the real interwebz!
Nice!
The nice thing is that the DOHC 3.5l from a Kia will bolt right in.
The sucky thing is that it will still be a nightmare swap because Mitsubishi is the pinnacle of Japanese bracketitis.
I mentioned at work that this was the first Mitsubishi i have owned. I forgot about the summit.
Knowing what kind of power a sohc 12v 3.0 6g72 will reliably make, I wouldn't bother swapping in a dohc 3.5 if it was going to stay n/a. Easier and more powerful to turbo what's already there.
I liked my 94. It was just a little too rough to like enough to keep when nice ones are still cheap. Then i got an 87. 
The Volunteers of America auctions are a good source too.
I'm hoping one of these pops up for cheap as a trade-in at work. Nice buy, build thread time? 
sethmeister4 wrote: I'm hoping one of these pops up for cheap as a trade-in at work. Nice buy, build thread time?
It's still sitting at the auction site, I pick it up tonight. There is a possibility that it will be too tall for my garage. In that case a build thread will have to wait until it warms up.
How is the buyer experience for the goodwill auto auction?
It was pretty easy. When you get the winning bid they give you the info sheet on the car, take it into the office where you pay and they do the paperwork to transfer the title. After the auction you get the keys. It took me maybe 5 minutes to do the paperwork and get a temp tag.
Did they hit you with a ton of fees like CoPart?
I think it was around $15 paperwork fee, tax for the county I live in and $18 something for the temp tag. Total was ~$480 with the $400 winning bid.
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