OK so I saw this wagon posted up on craigslist about a month ago for $700 with a bad trans. Its a 2.4L, fwd auto. The guy didn't post a contact # and I guess all of my replies went to his spam box or something because I could not get in contact with him to buy it to save my life. I see him update the ad every few days so I know its still for sale but I can't get up with him. So weeks go by and I basically give up. We see the 94 Mighty Max and decide to go and take a look and end up buying it. Yes, you guessed it. The following day I get a call from the owner of the summit saying it was still available.
So I basically tell him that I'm no longer in the market since I bought the truck but to send a few more detailed pics anyway if he would. So he does and I look it over and its in pretty decent shape. I talk him down to $500 over the phone but after sleeping on it I still decide to pass since I don't need another Mitsu in the yard, much less one that I can't drive. A few more weeks go by and he still has it and lowers the price to $400. I kindly offer him $300 just to see what would happen hoping he would say no. Well he does but a few days later he counters with $350 and we drive to the beach to check it out.
Once I see it in person I knew I just had to have another one of these things. I figure I could either rebuild the auto tranny or do a manual swap on the cheap. Especially since it ran so good and only had 150k on it. Plus he did a lot of maintenance and stuff on it. So we go back the next day on my birthday and load it on the dolly and bring it home. Other than a little clear coat fade on the roof and hood and the cheesy fake civic hubcaps its not bad. I popped the hood and saw that it was one of the ultra rare ABS models which means it had rear discs on it
.I have no idea where this project is going. From past experiences I know that total rebuilds on cars never really work out so I hope I can just get it running asap and drive it. Then I'll go from there. Anyway here are some pics of the beast.
