1989 Formula 305 white 64k miles [Archive]

Retroratone

04-01-2008, 01:05 PM

I am selling my 3rd gen that I bought in 1992 - Ohio
Never drove in snow and seldom in rain. It has always been garaged and a second (or third) car. It has been in California since 1995 - clean car fax with one false entry about it being in a accident with another car in 1994.

Looking for help from fellow 3rd generation owners about the possible value and even looking for possible offers.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KiOv7TgOpBM

4 wheel disk
3:23 (from an automatic yes)
5spd
TBI
Under drive pulley kit (not installed)
New (rebuilt) rear-end - with original available for rebuild
K&N filter
SLP Cat back
High flow cat
New Alpine strereo - 2 amps /10" base in custome box - JBL 6x9 / alpine plates
-- all quick disconnects on the stereo - in and out in two minutes.

Retroratone

04-10-2008, 03:05 PM

I would like to address some questions here from various emails. Not sure if all the emails are from this site or others but here it goes.

1) Pictures: Yes, I can send you more pictures or videos. Please be specific as what you would like to see and what quality (image size) you would like.
2) Trades: I am not interested in your motorcycle, your truck or your wife….ok, send a picture of your wife there may be exceptions to this rule. Generally speaking I am not interested in any trades. I have too many cars now and am only selling this to reduce the fleet.
3) My car:
a. Is it perfect? No, there are flaws on the paint and interior. It could be made perfect with very minimal work if you would like…however I am not interested in doing any more work on this car. Most people that see the car think it is “perfect” but I guess that I am just a bit more critical and consider “perfect” something nearly unobtainable.
b. Stereo – the stereo is custom built for this car. I have absolutely no other use for it, consider it a bonus item. The price of the car has nothing to do with the stereo. If you don’t want it I can pull it out before shipping the car but you will NOT have any sound when you get the car. I have the stock radio but I am sure it is not working because it has been in my dusty garage for 12 years.
c. What doesn’t work? Nothing doesn’t work, everything does work. Maybe I didn’t make that clear in my post, sorry about that.
d. I have the original owner’s manual but not the build sheet or window sticker.
e. The 305 has never had any modifications and yes the valve seals leak like sieves. That is how they were designed by GM I guess because this thing has smoked on start up since it was new. I have been putting in Duralube every 15 thousand miles (every third oil change) since the car had 20k miles. I am a strong believer in oil additives. I say this because I had a Z71 lose all its oil on a trip to Mexico which overheated the engine and caused it to shoot flames out of the intake (serious pre ignition from having red hot pistons) . I fixed the leak, added five quarts of oil and continued on my trip. I put another 50k miles on that motor and as far as I know it is still running strong today.
4) Shipping, delivery and meeting ½ way. Not my deal. I can pick you up at the airport if you want to fly out and drive it home. I can deliver it to whatever shipping location you find in the Bay Area. I think there is a rail head in Milpitas CA 95035 and I would be happy to drop it off there once you make all the arrangements. I will not meet you half way to anywhere. The last time I did this (with a motorcycle) the guy said that he would buy it but then started to negotiate payment terms and apparently thought I was GMAC financing. Ended up making me ride my motorcycle 2 hours and my wife drive her car two hours then didn’t have any money. Payment terms are simple, pay me then you can have the car and we will all be happy (mostly my wife).