Hello!
Around last year I bought an '83 X as a Covid project that was perhaps a bit overly ambitious. I bought a bunch of performance parts for it, and then a few days ago a similar car fell into my lap with most stuff already done to it. So I'm looking to divest a lot of X1/9 bits, some new some old. The '83 X has ~37k miles, and most stuff on it is in decent shape, except it got sideswiped in an accident about 30 years ago, so several of the panels on one side are damaged. Will add specific pictures tomorrow when it's light out. I'm going to be parting that one out, since I ran into a titling issue with it, and it has a lot of good parts on it (Red leather interior is in good shape, if anyone is looking for that, again, adding pictures when I can get light on it.) I also have some parts coming with the new project that I may be unloading, including some doors and tops, possibly some suspension components as well. Will update the post when I have those in hand.
More importantly, I just bought a performance head for the car from Midwest Bayless-- here's the listing for what I got: https://www.midwest-bayless.com/Fia...81-85-fi-10-bolt-w223-degree-cam-rebuilt.aspx
Now, I'd love to use this on the project X I just bought, but it already had head work done to it that was more severe than this, and it's an '86, so it's not directly compatible. The best thing I can think to do is sell off the head I got at a bit of a loss-- my loss, your gain. With the head I also have the adjustable cam gear that Midwest recommends for fixing timing, a new set of bolts, pretty much all the stuff to do the install. At the moment, I'd like $1000 for the head, with the install bits.
If you don't have an engine that would be compatible with the head, I'll also happily bundle in the engine from my '83 for a bit more. Like I said previously, it's sitting at around 37k original miles, and I have the stuff to mail in the head core to Midwest for the $100 store credit core charge. DM me and we can work something out! I'm located in upstate NY, I'd prefer to avoid shipping this stuff, since it's quite heavy and expensive, but I'll happily deliver to most places in the northeast for a reasonable charge. Anything lighter/smaller that you'd like pulled off the '83 I'd be happy to ship.
I'll get some pictures up of the car and other parts tomorrow, but if you need anything pulled from an '83, let me know and I can work with you on it.
Thanks for looking!
Around last year I bought an '83 X as a Covid project that was perhaps a bit overly ambitious. I bought a bunch of performance parts for it, and then a few days ago a similar car fell into my lap with most stuff already done to it. So I'm looking to divest a lot of X1/9 bits, some new some old. The '83 X has ~37k miles, and most stuff on it is in decent shape, except it got sideswiped in an accident about 30 years ago, so several of the panels on one side are damaged. Will add specific pictures tomorrow when it's light out. I'm going to be parting that one out, since I ran into a titling issue with it, and it has a lot of good parts on it (Red leather interior is in good shape, if anyone is looking for that, again, adding pictures when I can get light on it.) I also have some parts coming with the new project that I may be unloading, including some doors and tops, possibly some suspension components as well. Will update the post when I have those in hand.
More importantly, I just bought a performance head for the car from Midwest Bayless-- here's the listing for what I got: https://www.midwest-bayless.com/Fia...81-85-fi-10-bolt-w223-degree-cam-rebuilt.aspx
Now, I'd love to use this on the project X I just bought, but it already had head work done to it that was more severe than this, and it's an '86, so it's not directly compatible. The best thing I can think to do is sell off the head I got at a bit of a loss-- my loss, your gain. With the head I also have the adjustable cam gear that Midwest recommends for fixing timing, a new set of bolts, pretty much all the stuff to do the install. At the moment, I'd like $1000 for the head, with the install bits.
If you don't have an engine that would be compatible with the head, I'll also happily bundle in the engine from my '83 for a bit more. Like I said previously, it's sitting at around 37k original miles, and I have the stuff to mail in the head core to Midwest for the $100 store credit core charge. DM me and we can work something out! I'm located in upstate NY, I'd prefer to avoid shipping this stuff, since it's quite heavy and expensive, but I'll happily deliver to most places in the northeast for a reasonable charge. Anything lighter/smaller that you'd like pulled off the '83 I'd be happy to ship.
I'll get some pictures up of the car and other parts tomorrow, but if you need anything pulled from an '83, let me know and I can work with you on it.
Thanks for looking!