Exactly. He said 9K was his absolute bottom dollar. My being on SS limited income and cant drive the dang thing anyway (due to my meds) seems to have plucked his heart strings. He says his local dodge dealer installed new water pump and radiator about a year ago. Has receipts for it. My junior can renew the top end for around a grand (giving me the labor charge).
As far as the gamble, I never have been much of a gambler other than buying used vehicles.
In this case I'm going to lay my chips on copperhead pearl coat metalic. There wasn't a lot of them produced. A 2017 sport model in that color was a limited production. That paint is expensive as hell. I hope Andy can strip it back to base coat and renew the pearlcoat at some point in the future.
I'll still use that big 2 letter word, IF we drive to Charlotte on Sunday. I'll post picks of it here on Monday.
