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    Eddie Griffin Enzo Bumper Lives On As LeMons BMW Wing, Could Be Yours!

    Nice Price Or Crack Pipe: The $29,595 1995 Mitsubishi 3000GT SL Spyder?

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    Image of mechimike mechimike
    03/01/09

    In reply to Eddie Griffin Enzo Bumper Lives On As LeMons BMW Wing, Could Be Yours!
    After a LOOOONG day of wrenching on the LeMon for Kershaw in ~1 month, we headed inside for some good German grub and a few hours of perusing this w/e's leMons activity. When we stumbled across this E36, teammate Rob (who drives a 525 wagon) exclaimed "That thing's in better shape than my wagon was when I bought it!" Newer, too.


    I did find it refreshing, however, to find that the race was otherwise bereft of modern Sporters of the Roundel. The only other Bimmer to be seen (at least in M. Martin's pictures) was a decrepit-looking 1600/2002, which i thoroughly *heart*.

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    Image of mikedrawcar mikedrawcar
    03/01/09

    In reply to Eddie Griffin Enzo Bumper Lives On As LeMons BMW Wing, Could Be Yours!
    That's awesome. Bet that bumper could actually fetch some dough on the interwebs.
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    Image of Novaload Novaload
    03/01/09

    In reply to Eddie Griffin Enzo Bumper Lives On As LeMons BMW Wing, Could Be Yours!
    Well, I guess the whole is more than the sum of its parts because abandoned that way, the bumper looks like it could have fallen off an early Firebird.
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    Image of Leeeeena the Jalopchick Leeeeena the Jalopchick
    03/01/09

    In reply to Eddie Griffin Enzo Bumper Lives On As LeMons BMW Wing, Could Be Yours!
    Someone should try to cobble together a LeMons car from pieces they pick up on-site when celebrities inevitably crash their cars. I'd call it the "McLamborrera Enzonda."
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    Image of Schweppes - Now with more school work Schweppes - Now with more school work
    03/01/09

    In reply to Eddie Griffin Enzo Bumper Lives On As LeMons BMW Wing, Could Be Yours!
    Buy it, break into Eddie Griffin's house and leave the bumper tucked in under his bed sheets?
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    03/01/09

    @Schweppes - Now with more school work:
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    Image of MushyHeirloom MushyHeirloom
    03/01/09

    @discontinuuity: I hadn't seen that commercial since the Super Bowl last year. Great!
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    Image of Mad_Science Mad_Science
    03/01/09

    In reply to Eddie Griffin Enzo Bumper Lives On As LeMons BMW Wing, Could Be Yours!
    Too bad that bumper isn't better to look at. As it is, it really just looks like something you'd find on the side of the 5 freeway.
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    03/01/09

    In reply to Eddie Griffin Enzo Bumper Lives On As LeMons BMW Wing, Could Be Yours!
    My roommate just came up to me and asked, "What can we put on our front porch to get another notice of violation?" (There's an old letter from the city taped to our wall telling the previous tenants to remove an arcade videogame from the porch. We keep it up for laughs.)


    All I had to do was point to the Enzo wing.


    PS: I think we've decided on an old organ, kinda like this one:[denver.craigslist.org]

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    Image of TurboRefrigerator TurboRefrigerator
    03/01/09

    @discontinuuity: a used toilet always works wonders around my neighborhood.
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    Image of PatFromGundo PatFromGundo
    03/01/09

    @TurboRefrigerator: Dead hooker.
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    Image of IN THE FACE! IN THE FACE!
    03/01/09

    @discontinuuity: If you want another notice ASAP, a flaming couch is a sure fire way to get the job done. ;D


    @TurboRefrigerator: Yes that one works in my neighborhood as well, they seem to like it even less when you fill it with potting soil and plant a sunflower in the bowl (the resulting fine indicated as much to me anyway).

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    Image of something_unique_and_descriptive something_unique_and_descriptive
    03/01/09

    @discontinuuity: LeMons Racecar...
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    03/01/09

    @discontinuuity: I'm pretty sure there must be an ordinance where you live against leaving your organ exposed on the porch. Unless you reside at The Mustang Ranch of course. Where it's required...
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    Image of MushyHeirloom MushyHeirloom
    03/01/09

    @bpapa9013: I hope you informed 'em that their actions were tantamount to fascism and refused to remove the loo from your yard?
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    03/01/09

    @TurboRefrigerator: He said he wants something "classy." I'm not sure what's classy about an arcade game or an organ, but I suppose any of those things are more classy than a dead hooker or a toilet.
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    Image of MushyHeirloom MushyHeirloom
    03/01/09

    In reply to Eddie Griffin Enzo Bumper Lives On As LeMons BMW Wing, Could Be Yours!
    Wait, it's that bumper?


    Glad to see it got a BS penalty, 'cause I've never seen a running E36 go for under a grand, regardless of title.


    I take it the grille came from another car he restored?

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    Image of something_unique_and_descriptive something_unique_and_descriptive
    03/01/09

    @Foozy Ploosh Room: The Auction listing makes no mention of a salvage title, instead it says that it left active duty due to an inability to pass emissions... which is a far more likely scenario to get it down into LeMons territory in "running" condition.
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    Image of MushyHeirloom MushyHeirloom
    03/01/09

    @something_unique_and_descriptive: Yeah, I noticed that too. Fishy-scented, very much so.


    Even if it wouldn't pass emissions, it's worth an easy grand in parts.

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    Image of something_unique_and_descriptive something_unique_and_descriptive
    03/01/09

    @Foozy Ploosh Room: Not necessarily to the person selling it. For us, yeah, there's an easy grand to be made there, probably more... for a lot of people it's "in the way" and they want it gone so they sell 'em cheap... that's why there are so many <$500 race cars in the bay area, where I live (where there are no emissions) those cars would be going for $1,200+ easy. Where I live you're lucky to find anything running for <$800, and a lot of the legit LeMons are in better shape than what I share the road with.


    But yeah, the different stories... I smell carp.

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    Image of MushyHeirloom MushyHeirloom
    03/01/09

    @something_unique_and_descriptive: Yeah, that's true - smog testing effectively drives up the price of decent used cars, which is bad for the lower class, but good for LeMons...


    Still, though, something's up.

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    Image of Novaload Novaload
    12/22/08

    In reply to Nice Price Or Crack Pipe: The $29,595 1995 Mitsubishi 3000GT SL Spyder?
    Not a huge rock of crack, but crack nonetheless.
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    Image of bygeorge bygeorge
    12/22/08

    In reply to Nice Price Or Crack Pipe: The $29,595 1995 Mitsubishi 3000GT SL Spyder?
    By the way, who started the modern retractable hardtop trend? I seem to remember it was Mercedes, but this Mitsu has to be among the "first" in the contemporary era (no, not counting the 50's Ford Skyliner, etc., but the current fascination with this feature)
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    Image of pauljones pauljones
    12/22/08

    @bygeorge:


    I am relatively certain that the original concept goes back to the 30's, but the earliest example that comes to my mind is the 1957 Ford Skyliner.

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    Image of brandegee brandegee
    12/22/08

    @bygeorge: Off the top of my head, this Mitsu and the M-B SLK were the very first mass-market example. The Lexus SC430 followed soon after.


    I saw a very nice red VR-4 folding hardtop with about 80K miles for $13K or $14K this past summer. $30K is total crackpipe.

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    Image of layabout layabout
    12/22/08

    @bygeorge: The first car to have the folding metal roof was the 1934 Peugeot 401 Eclipse.
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    Image of pauljones pauljones
    12/22/08

    @layabout save trees,eat_a_beaver:


    I'd rock me one of those.


    I knew it was in the 30's, but I could not for the life of me remember which company first came up with the idea.

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    Image of theeastbaykid theeastbaykid
    12/22/08

    @bygeorge: Fun fact: A full-tilt 3000GT Spyder was heavier than the '57 Skyliner.
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    Image of Turbolence88 Turbolence88
    12/22/08

    In reply to Nice Price Or Crack Pipe: The $29,595 1995 Mitsubishi 3000GT SL Spyder?
    Automatic, non-VR4, 30 grand? Crack Pipe Fo' Sho'.
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    Image of Six Flags Over Tomsk Six Flags Over Tomsk
    12/22/08

    @Turbolence88: Agreed. If it was a VR4 5-speed, I'd say "Nice price; lock it in a climate-controlled bunker and take it to Barrett-Jackson in 2035."


    As it is? Booth two all the way.

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    Image of Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet
    12/22/08

    In reply to Nice Price Or Crack Pipe: The $29,595 1995 Mitsubishi 3000GT SL Spyder?
    Was the convertible made at the factory, or is it an aftermarket piece? I'd be worried about the car's structural integrity. Regardless, it probably has so much chassis flex that it's only suitable for touring, when the point of the 3000 was that it had rather hight performance limits and was a nicely sorted driver's car.


    But the car does look very good, and the convertible is quite unusual. Thought this does make the rear look a bit long. Condition seems to be excellent. It's too early for a smoke this morning...

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    Image of P161911 probably shoudn't have P161911 probably shoudn't have
    12/22/08

    @Van Sarockin: The convertible was from the factory, but I'm pretty sure that the conversion was done off-line by ASC, same with the Nissan 300ZX convertibles. I might be wrong on this though. It was cataloged in the factory brochure and sold with full warranty etc.
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    Image of AmishJohn AmishJohn
    12/22/08

    @P161911: So was my '86 Dodge Dakota convertable.
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    Image of WilliamG. WilliamG.
    12/22/08

    In reply to Nice Price Or Crack Pipe: The $29,595 1995 Mitsubishi 3000GT SL Spyder?
    Just think, you could buy this, swap out the front and rear bits for a Dodge Stealth, but a "Yep, it's got a Hemi" bumper sticker on the back, and double your money at the next Barret Jackson auction. I mean, in crack pipe land, ANYTHING is possible.


    Actually, though, I think the price is closer to reality than a lot of the Nice Price / Crack Pipe contestants we've seen. I'd say a reasonable offer of $25k would bring this thing home, and it just might be worth it.

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    Image of layabout layabout
    12/22/08

    @WilliamG.: Tell me where these people are willing to pay that much,i'll send a load of them over. I'll take their money. $25k is £16,800 i can't stop laughing at that price.
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    Image of layabout layabout
    12/22/08

    In reply to Nice Price Or Crack Pipe: The $29,595 1995 Mitsubishi 3000GT SL Spyder?
    Just a brief look around i found several with under 50k miles for under £3.5k about $5.2k.
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    Image of WilliamG. WilliamG.
    12/22/08

    @layabout save trees,eat_a_beaver: Wish I'd read that before I posted my comment. *sigh*
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    Image of layabout layabout
    12/22/08

    @WilliamG.: Haha,i guess it's just one of those things,some cars in America that have a high value are worth a lot less in the U.K. & the same the other way around.
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    Image of UDMan UDMan
    12/22/08

    In reply to Nice Price Or Crack Pipe: The $29,595 1995 Mitsubishi 3000GT SL Spyder?
    Gorgeous car, unique hardtop convertible (at that time), kind of a boulevard cruiser though. And no where near the asking price. Maybe 1/2 of the asking price....
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