I was looking at a '89 Formula tonight, it was a 305 tbi, Auto, t-tops, it has "WS6'' on the wheel center caps, has 151k, was painted purple, but it was originally Red, body is rust free, but has dents in the door and fender and some on the hood, runs good. the spid label is gone. is it worth a second look?

 

Well, if it is truly rust free top and bottom, then that is a big plus.

305 tbi auto isn't that impressive of a drivetrain.

The most important question might be: can you live with the color and the dents? If not, then you are looking at thousands in body work, and therefore it isn't a good deal at all.

 

sounds like a pretty good deal, and what color pruple cause call me crazy but I like the purple haze heritage camaro's but not sure how purple would look on a formula yeah as bull said the 305 tbi leaves much to desire I was never happy with the old tbi way too slow

 

To be honest, its worth it, I would probably use it for a parts car personally, and offer him $700. Any running car is worth $1000 any more.

As for the paint, its hard to tell, what is under the paint unless he has pictures of before it was painted.


I would not buy it as an investment....

John

 

Thanks for the info, I thought it was'nt to bad of a deal, but I would'nt had restored it, I would have bought it to re-sell it,if it was a TPI car. Its still up for sale, I bet he'd take 700 bucks if someone waved cash in his face ....... Chris