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Anks329
Well-Known Member
- Anks329 Well-Known Member
I had done a bunch of research into this back in the day, never actually did the conversion. Tl;dr it is possible. Here’s a post with the research: http://dfkitcar.com/forum/index.php?threads/auto-to-manual-conversion.1644/post-29700
Desert Sasqwatch
Bigfoot Goblin
- Desert Sasqwatch Bigfoot Goblin
Patience, the SS TCs are out there. It just takes a lot of looking in all of the right places to find the right one. Police auctions are sometimes overlooked. The auto auctions (copart, etc.) can be a better bet sometimes, since many cars that have severe chassis damage, beyond what anyone would attempt to fix, are the best candidates for a Goblin - namely side and rear impacts, stay away from the severe frontal impacts. Keep looking, your donor will find you and then you can help it evolve into a Goblin! 
comegetjoe
Goblin Guru
- comegetjoe Goblin Guru
Man.... FB is LITTERED with them, although I'm sure you don't want the $19,000 one that's posted currently lol
Mirage775
Active Member
- Mirage775 Active Member
An auto was the last thing on my mind when I bought mine, but the only other one I saw it was @Robinjo's and my left foot was on both the clutch and the brake, I think his was mostly due to the stock SS seats and double side bars, but at the time, that just wasn't going to work out for me, so I moved on to building something else.
Hind site, what I have in Rich's car now, I could've built my own extended chassis kit... But I definitely do not have to get rid of it though.
The 2.2 engine on my car only has about 45-50k miles on it and runs great and my Goblin only has 4300ish miles on it and titled as a 2017! But after seeing @Anks329's post today when I got home, from the car show today, I would actually consider doing the manual swap into my car and installing my supercharger! But even then, if I do all that, the sell price would go up...
- Kshaw Member
Copart and IAA have been my main searches because the ones I find in FB marketolave are 200k miles and the person still wants 5k for it.Patience, the SS TCs are out there. It just takes a lot of looking in all of the right places to find the right one. Police auctions are sometimes overlooked. The auto auctions (copart, etc.) can be a better bet sometimes, since many cars that have severe chassis damage, beyond what anyone would attempt to fix, are the best candidates for a Goblin - namely side and rear impacts, stay away from the severe frontal impacts. Keep looking, your donor will find you and then you can help it evolve into a Goblin!
comegetjoe
Goblin Guru
- comegetjoe Goblin Guru
There are currently FIVE SS/TC on copart.
#3 and #5 look like good prospects. My donors were all hit harder than #3 and #5.
While the #1 Snobalt looks ok from this picture...the other side shows a COMPLETELY different story, but probably still very usable for your intentions.
#2 looked like a mid hit, my first donor that I gave away (yes it was made into a goblin) had ears broke off of the trans from a hit like this.
I wouldn't personally buy #4 unless it's local and you're doing an F23 swap, that thing might have some trans problems lol
#3 and #5 look like good prospects. My donors were all hit harder than #3 and #5.
While the #1 Snobalt looks ok from this picture...the other side shows a COMPLETELY different story, but probably still very usable for your intentions.
#2 looked like a mid hit, my first donor that I gave away (yes it was made into a goblin) had ears broke off of the trans from a hit like this.
I wouldn't personally buy #4 unless it's local and you're doing an F23 swap, that thing might have some trans problems lol
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comegetjoe
Goblin Guru
- comegetjoe Goblin Guru
The miles on the white one? Did you carfax or something? The auction and photos show no odo.
