Cheapest car you ever bought. (vehicle, van, tires, pickup)

[reed067]

I once bought a 78 Dodge Charger with a Mitsubshi 2.6 liter engine in it. The guy was asking $200.00 for it but it wouldn't start. He asked me if he put a battery in it & it started would I give him $50.00 for it. I said yes. I drove that car into the ground. I put tires on it later down the road I had a bolt that was missing out of the driveshaft so I pulled it onto a curb ran into a store & put the bolt in it. Never had a problem with the car & I turned around & sold it for $300.00 two years later.

[bmd69]

68 chevelle for $75.00 ran good three on the tree.

[duster1979]

-$100.

The local Chrysler dealer had been trying to sell my dad a K-Car for a year. He knew I was looking for my first car, so when he got an old Dodge Dart in on trade he offered to throw it in at no charge which closed the deal. A year later when I was ready for a nicer vehicle the same dealer gave me $100 for it on a trade.

I've bought several cars for under $100 over the years that I've driven for awhile and sold for what I had in them or a little more.

[Gimme3steps]

'62 Ford Fairlane. Paid 25.00 for it. Good engine, junk body. Later, found another body in good shape for 20.00. Swapped good engine into good body one evening after work in a little over an hour and drove it home that night.

Sold junk body for 25.00 so that made 20.00 invested in the car. Drove it for a few months and sold it for 200.00.

[HandsUpThumbsDown]

I had a fleet of sub $500 80's volkswagens for awhile.

[rational1]

$50. 1964 Pontaic Tempest with a well-aged partially consumed box of Colonel Sanders in the passenger seat.

[GnomadAK]

$50 Ford Torino GT purchased at an impound auction, for the wheels, I had planned to ditch the rest of it. I did get curious, charged up the battery and it fired right up. Drove that car for a year and sold it for $400.

[Rawkfist]

$200 for a 1987 Saab 900. Ran like a top. Sold it for $1400. Wish I would have kept it.

[reed067]

Originally Posted by Rawkfist

$200 for a 1987 Saab 900. Ran like a top. Sold it for $1400. Wish I would have kept it.

I had a Saab 900 3 door once I loved that car.

[robkay]

This is a partial listing.I lost the list of 150+ since I moved.
63 comet $0
63 beetle $0
polara $100
mitsu pickup $50
2 dodge d50 pickup $150 & 300
4 dodge van $100ea
vw ghia $50
nissan stanza $0
vw gti $150
5x 10 trailer $0
4x8 trailer $0
pontiac sunbird $75
Olds Firenza $75
2 plymouth duster $75 & 100
68 gto $30
65 impala ss $25
55 chevy pickup $200
67 chevelle $200
67 camaro ss $200
dodge diplomat $50
mb diesel $300
Most were in backyards,impound lots or from barroom chat.