A white 1997 850 T5R came up for sale in Wichita right before Christmas. The young lady selling it was asking $1500 for the car. The mileage on the car was unknown, but she estimated it to be around 200k. The body was in rough shape. The front spoiler was broken and the hood has a large number of rock chips that had started to rust. The trunk had been hit by a falling tree and the rear wing was missing. Other than the drivers seat side bolster the seats were in great condition. It was still rolling on the original Volans. I told her it wasn't worth $1500 and I would give her $500 and probably part it out.
She didn't like my offer so she ended up trading it in to Don Hatten. When I found this out I called them up and asked them what they wanted for the car. They tried to tell me that it had to go to auction. I pressed some more and they said they would get back to me. Two days latter they hadn't called me back so I called again. They said they had to get $600 out of the car and I told them they had a deal. Since it was in Wichita and I was in KC I had my mom go pickup the car for me.
This is the start of the odyssey of bring the car I think I will call Stormtrooper back to life. I know that Lucky at IPD already has a 850 called Stormtrooper but by god I can have one too.
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