friend is think about this SY

typhoonscuba

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Item number: 4522366151 on EBay. sorry for not posting link i'm not that good with computers. we whent to look at it tonight and we really liked it. my question for you guys is do you no any storys about this truck, good your bad. the owner is named frank and he seems like a nice guy but i just wanted to know if anybody knows about this truck. it would be great to have a good friend of my to go cruising with when i'm driving the TY.

thanks in advance
 

supersports10

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:eek: :D oh you must be talking about the sy in lombard ill.....

i drove it.. er his kid drove it they wouldnt let me drive it :evil: what a waste of a trip!!

anyways the truck is mostly stock, but has a few major issues....

1. fog lights suck and are the wrong ones, there yellow cheapys

2. front bumper lookes like someone hooked on to it with a chain and a 4x4 truck (gap at bottom was like 3-4 inches

3. battery relocate in the bed was THE WORST COBBLE JOB IVE EVER SEEN!!!!
it was placed inthe middle of the bed, in a marine storage box, and never bolted down. so every time you stand on it, or stop the battery slides like 6-8 inches front or back. and... the holes for the battery cables look like they used a coal miners pick to punch them in the floor of the bed on a 18 pack night!! :rotf: :rotf: the holes were punched in the floor, not drilled!!

4. while were on the subject of battery, the cables were run on the outside of the frame, and hang down 4 inches below the frame in two spots.

5. right window switch is tore all to f@%K!! even the factory connector has been destroyed,, he says its just the switch, but...... just assume its got a bad window motor, and adjust the price accordingly.

6. lumbar support bladder pumps are missing on i believe both seats :x

7. no tonnau cover

8. rims have seen there better days.

9. dont believe for a second that this truck has been maintained flawlessly, from day one, it was drove and drove everyday, and drove hard by the son on more than one occasion.

10. if your looking for a perfect sy for like 10k this isnt the sy for you, ...on the other hand if your looking for a fixer upper, like i was when i was looking, this truck would be worth like $5k-6500, no more.

i offered him like 7k and he said more like 10 k i came up to 8500, and he went to 9200, and looking back i shouldnt have offered him more than $6500, but i was new to sy/ty and saw red... errr black that is and wanted it no matter what the cost.

i want to say though that frank was one of the nicest people to deal with that ive ever come across, and that goes for the rest of his family too!! including his son.(they were expecting when i was there in like 1or 2 months, i hope there baby is healthy!! :D :D ) his son has a nice black ty in the garage that needs a tranny also.

:2cents: :2cents: :2cents: :2cents: :2cents:

heres my 10 cents, my two cents is free!
:tup:
 

VermontTy

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Good info :tup:

I was wondering about it too; meticulously maintained, stock, battery relocated, 1 bad switch for $10k?

If it sounds too good to be true, it probably is.
 

typhoonscuba

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thanks supersport10 thats a lot of info. now i am glad that i asked you guys before he buys it. frank dropped the price to $8500 for us but it sounds like he has done that for others as well. i didnt get a very good look at it last night because it was too dark when we got out there.

thanks again for all your help
thanks nitrodrip for posting the link for me
 

VermontTy

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If your friend is much of a wrencher, you might just want to keep an eye on it. Auction doesn't seem to be going anywhere (1500 views) with no bids at 7k. Once the baby draws near and the auction comes and goes, you might be able to get it for a decent price.

....and what's the story with the black ty needing a tranny? For sale? :wink:
 

typhoonscuba

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no my friend is not that much of a wrencher but i like to think that i'm a decent with a wrench. the black ty is in his garage tore apart. he says he wants to go 9s with it. GOODLUCK
 

Cameron

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If I am going to spend 8.5k on a car, I'll be damned if I am not going to drive it. I would honestly think that it would have something wrong if they wouldn't let you drive it.
 

VermontTy

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9'$ eh? Gue$$ everyone ha$ goal$, but 9'$. Better have $ome deep pocket$. :D

Best of luck; we'd all love to see a Ty in the 9's.
 

Cameron

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What are you talking about and why are all your "s" $?

Fill me in I was talking about $8,500, not 8.5 sec 1/4 /boggle
 

Jersey 91/93

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Cameron said:
What are you talking about and why are all your "s" $?

Fill me in I was talking about $8,500, not 8.5 sec 1/4 /boggle
He was referencing typhoonscuba's comments about his friend wanting to run 9s 1/4 miles in his Typhoon. So far, there are a handful of Syclones in the 9s with the AWD, and all of them have a huge amount of money and time invested. I might be wrong, but I don't think anyone has gotten a Typhoon quite that quick yet.
 

VermontTy

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Jersey 91/93 said:
He was referencing typhoonscuba's comments about his friend wanting to run 9s 1/4 miles in his Typhoon. So far, there are a handful of Syclones in the 9s with the AWD, and all of them have a huge amount of money and time invested. I might be wrong, but I don't think anyone has gotten a Typhoon quite that quick yet.

Correct. You'd better get your trustfund ready if you want to hit 9's! I think the fastest I've heard in a ty is 10.7ish?
 

typhoonscuba

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frank is the guy selling the syclone on Ebay. but he also has a typhoon and he is hoping for 9s. he says he is not on this board so i dont knows that about them. i say GOODLUCK to him.
 

supersports10

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:D actually the ty is franks son's the last i knew.

the ty is mostly stock right now, atleast it still had the stock turbo on it the last i knew :D
 

supersports10

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:D actually the ty is franks son's the last i knew.

the ty is mostly stock right now, atleast it still had the stock turbo on it the last i knew :D
 
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