How much in my totaled mkIII worth?

[Ranma]

How much do you want for him? What are all of the specs? I live oh about 400 miles from you.

[cre]

The core support may no longer be available new. You'd either need to have that one straightened or find a donor to cut from and get it welded in by a qualified welder. Both of these can be MUCH cheaper if you get all the prep work taken care of before the craftsman takes over.

Either BTWilson or Bill UK posted the Supra chassis measurements from Toyota's Collision Repair Manual... If you're interested in seeing how far off it all really is.

At any rate, given the time I'd have to put into it, not knowing how true the rest of the chassis is, not knowing if the bumper support or sub frame were damaged and not knowing how it's running, I wouldn't offer more than $1000. Given that it sounds like you've had overheating issues (that wasn't clear) and that you say the interior is in mediocre to poor shape I'm thinking more like $700 to $800. But this is one of those things that's always contingent on first hand appraisals and varies per the local market.

[pandrade]

Deal. When can you pick it up? I don't think there's any frame damage. Everything still seems to line up like it did before and I didn't notice the handling being affected.

as much as i would love to have a running parts car ( and i really want one) i cant afford it. i was responding to how much i thought it would be worth imo. and i have a 7mgte a ge wouldent really help me, and besides that i live in fort myers FL a long ways away from you. the car looks like minor damadge whats to stiop you from fixing it besides cash. so state farm did mark it as a compleate loss and wreck. is there any way for you to fix it and maby get a salvage title since your driving it who cares what its worth

[Ranma]

Originally Posted by pandrade

as much as i would love to have a running parts car ( and i really want one) i cant afford it. i was responding to how much i thought it would be worth imo. and i have a 7mgte a ge wouldent really help me, and besides that i live in fort myers FL a long ways away from you. the car looks like minor damadge whats to stiop you from fixing it besides cash. so state farm did mark it as a compleate loss and wreck. is there any way for you to fix it and maby get a salvage title since your driving it who cares what its worth

Oh take they money and tell them you will fix. Sure I could straighten that part. That or get a replacement. They will pay you some money, right? Tell them to stick it with the title.

Could you take more pictures?

[I h8 Hondas]

Originally Posted by pandrade

as much as i would love to have a running parts car ( and i really want one) i cant afford it. i was responding to how much i thought it would be worth imo. and i have a 7mgte a ge wouldent really help me, and besides that i live in fort myers FL a long ways away from you. the car looks like minor damadge whats to stiop you from fixing it besides cash. so state farm did mark it as a compleate loss and wreck. is there any way for you to fix it and maby get a salvage title since your driving it who cares what its worth

I wasn't being entirely serious there. If I had the cash I would have fixed it already and been driving it instead of my Jeep. I don't have the means of fixing the core support (well I guess I do but they involve trees and tow straps, maybe a truck or tractor, and are likely to do mare harm than good) so I would have to take it to a body shop, which costs money that I don't have.

I would love to get it road worthy again but my dad wants it out of his shed and I don't have anywhere to put it while I get the funds rounded up.

Ranma, if you're talking about insurance money I used it to buy my Jeep. What do you want more pics of? I'll take some when I get home if I don't forget.

[Green7mgte]

Originally Posted by I h8 Hondas

I don't have the means of fixing the core support (well I guess I do but they involve trees and tow straps, maybe a truck or tractor,

^ lol. I would pay to see that.

[Ranma]

Originally Posted by I h8 Hondas

I wasn't being entirely serious there. If I had the cash I would have fixed it already and been driving it instead of my Jeep. I don't have the means of fixing the core support (well I guess I do but they involve trees and tow straps, maybe a truck or tractor, and are likely to do mare harm than good) so I would have to take it to a body shop, which costs money that I don't have.

I would love to get it road worthy again but my dad wants it out of his shed and I don't have anywhere to put it while I get the funds rounded up.

Ranma, if you're talking about insurance money I used it to buy my Jeep. What do you want more pics of? I'll take some when I get home if I don't forget.

More of the bent support. Got to look at my guy tonight but think that part can be removed. If I had the oven could do it my self. Would need to do a hardness check, if it is 1\4 hard it would surprise me. Step 1 make it malleable to repair. second straighten it out. Then heat it to remove stress and finally heat treat to desired hardness.

Not sure how much it would cost though perhaps you could get a aircraft mechanic school to use it as practice.

Why on Earth would you want a Jeep in Florida?

[Green7mgte]

Originally Posted by Ranma

Why on Earth would you want a Jeep in Florida?

havent you ever seen the movie "wild things."

[I h8 Hondas]

Originally Posted by Green7mgte

^ lol. I would pay to see that.

We've "straightened" (a relative term, obviously) some old trail rig type vehicles that way. No video of it though.

Originally Posted by Ranma

More of the bent support. Got to look at my guy tonight but think that part can be removed. If I had the oven could do it my self. Would need to do a hardness check, if it is 1\4 hard it would surprise me. Step 1 make it malleable to repair. second straighten it out. Then heat it to remove stress and finally heat treat to desired hardness.

Not sure how much it would cost though perhaps you could get a aircraft mechanic school to use it as practice.

Why on Earth would you want a Jeep in Florida?

All that stuff is way over my head. Forgot to take pics yesterday. Try to remember tomorrow. I'm more of a powertrain person than body/frame expert. And I don't live anywhere near an aircraft mechanic school so that won't work either.

I also don't live in FL. I live in northeast Missouri and I have a Jeep because it gets around good in snow, it's reliable, and I can play around off-road (preferably with snow on the ground) with it. Plus you can't really be considered a real member of my family until you have owned a Jeep. Every person on my dad's side has had at least a couple at various times. My uncle has three (XJ,WJ,WK), my cousin has one (ZJ), my great uncle has one (WK2), my dad replaced his XJ with a truck, my other uncle had a CJ7 for a while...it's a very long list.

[cre]

Originally Posted by I h8 Hondas

Plus you can't really be considered a real member of my family until you have owned a Jeep. Every person on my dad's side has had at least a couple at various times. My uncle has three (XJ,WJ,WK), my cousin has one (ZJ), my great uncle has one (WK2), my dad replaced his XJ with a truck, my other uncle had a CJ7 for a while...it's a very long list.

Well, I suppose it's a better tradition than incest.




No offense intended for any members married to a cousin, of course.