Someone school me on Jalpas

Pics? I'm interested

 

You asked first. If you want, I'm out

You asked first. If you want, I'm out

 

Here's a pic.

You asked first. If you want, I'm out

 

After discussion with him, it doesn't look like it's in the cards on a trade right now. Looks like its time for me to seriously plan out how I am going to reach a near future goal of Lambo ownership. That said... if you still want it, go for it!

 

I do want to say it means an awful lot to me though that you were willing to let me give it a chance at potential Lambo ownership, I know you didn't have to do that, but it means a lot. I've been dreaming of it since I was a kid and I'm full fledged determined to nail it. If it isn't in the cards right now, it isn't in the cards.

 

Just another reason I love this community.

After discussion with him, it doesn't look like it's in the cards on a trade right now. Looks like its time for me to seriously plan out how I am going to reach a near future goal of Lambo ownership. That said... if you still want it, go for it!

 

I do want to say it means an awful lot to me though that you were willing to let me give it a chance at potential Lambo ownership, I know you didn't have to do that, but it means a lot. I've been dreaming of it since I was a kid and I'm full fledged determine to nail it. If it isn't in the cards right now, it isn't in the cards.

 

Just another reason I love this community.

 

You're a good guy Derek. You'll get there.

You're a good guy Derek. You'll get there.

Yes, he's one of the good guys here. He's def going to reach his goal.

I am coming to this discussion pretty late, but I have a "worst case" scenario for consideration. What can happen if you get a poorly cared for car or a project. After my experience, I cringe when I see newbies considering a project car.

 

My story is scattered around this and other forums, but in short I got a poorly maintained car. I paid 33K for my car in 2006. I have put about 70K into getting it sorted. That includes some optional extras like Stainless exhaust, but other than the engine rebuild, it is a mile long list of little things. A few parts were expensive, but a large chunk of that was labor. If I was more handy, I could have saved some money, but there was a lot of things like rebuilt carbs, rebuilt brake booster, rebuilt water pump, welded aluminum pieces that broke, missing keys made, and other things better left to specialists.

 

Also for consideration, here is a funny story.... A belly plate was missing when I got my car. It left the transmission tunnel exposed from underneath and I could see the road thru the gated shifter. A new plate was $850 dollars. I could get one made for about $500 to $650. I decided to go with the original, since I was sure it would fit and it would be factory correct. My car was being rebuilt at Evans Auto when I added this to the list. Evans recommended getting the plate ASAP since it was a structural element and would help reduce the flexing of the car. He called me laughing a few days later. It turned out that the new plate did not fit. The bolts on one side did not line up. On further inspection, he found that the floor pan on one side of my car was in the wrong place. It had been welded on about an inch off from where it was supposed to be. All indications were that it left the factory that way. It most likely did not have a belly pan because it was put together wrong and the belly pan would not fit. Evans had to grind the mounting holes oblong on each side to fit the offset. So a simple belly plate that cost $850 dollars took a couple hours labor to be installed because the car was assembled wrong at the factory. This is just one in a long list of stories.

70k is a lot of money but it happens

i wanted my diablo as nice and good as possible and spent more or less 60k$ in worcks and parts

 

and was not a bad car at all