Re: 604 Turbodiesel (US model)
From: brian@bjwhite.net
Date: Fri 02 May 2008 - 10:16:26 EDT
So you bought that car! I saw it and was going to go down to the
auction but didn't have time. A 604 TD 5-speed! Sweet! And I was
only about an hour away in Seattle. (The auction was actually in Grand
Mound, WA...about 80 miles away).
Mind my asking how much you paid for it?
Quoting gunnarramonet <gunnarramonet@yahoo.com>:
> I have just purchased at auction in Seattle a pristine 1982 delft
> blue over blue leather 5 speed 604 Turbodiesel. I am only the car's
> second owner; the original owner recently passed away after a long
> illness I was told. Apparently the car has been garaged and undriven
> for well over 10 years (there's just 118k on the odometer).
>
> I managed to get the car back to the San Francisco despite the
> alternator failing after just one hour on the road (everything else
> worked perfectly even though I needed to keep all the accessories
> turned off). I never imagined that the 2.3 turbodiesel would be such
> a great freeway engine -- it sailed over the Syskiyou and Shasta
> summits on I5 right beside all the gas cars (I thought that I'd be
> relegated to the far right with all the big rigs). To my shock, I
> even received a speeding ticket in Grant's Pass OR for doing 80 on a
> 55 mph zone!
>
> My question to anyone who might know where I might be able to obtain
> a new/reconditioned alternator quickly. En route home, I stopped at
> an auto parts store and discovered that the 70 amp alternator new
> would set me back $290.00. I'm happy to pay this price unless I can
> find the equivalent for a cheaper price.
>
>
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