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1997 Acura Integra Type-R

• 64,000 original miles
• 100% stock
• Clean title
• #208 of 320 in 1997 (1st year of production)
• VIN # (please e-mail)
• 2nd owner since 2008
• Factory AC, radio and keyless entry (dealer installed options in ‘97)
• NEVER tracked, NO accidents, matching VIN tags on all body parts.
• All original paint except for front bumper cover (scratched), have receipt.
• Full service history since new, including window sticker.
• Recent service (in last 500 miles) includes new timing belt, water pump, engine mounts, brakes, hoses, plugs, wires, battery, etc. Receipts for everything.
• Injectors blueprinted by RC
• AEM CAI, also including factory air box with sale
• Always garaged, no winters, clean inside & out & under

This car is living a charmed life. Mercifully free of dents, chips and scratches. No rust anywhere. I love detailing my cars – the engine and underpinnings are spotless. The original owner was a car nut like me, in his 60s. This car was never abused. I dreamed of owning one of these cars since I first saw one on the floor of the Chicago Auto Show back in 1997. I still have that brochure!

PRICE REDUCED
Asking $15,500 OBO

Please inquire at olesgarage@att.net

Nice car! You shouldn't have any problem getting $16k for it. I wish my 2001 was that prisitne!

SO IMMACULATE!! She is an absolute gem! GLWS

Beautiful Hope she goes to a great home. Best of luck with the sale!!

WOW, what a nice example you have there. Shouldn't last very long at that price at all. GLWS.

WOw clean itr...are you looking for any trades?? LMK thanks!

Corona Powered wrote:1997 Acura Integra Type-R

• 64,000 original miles
• 100% stock
• Clean title
• #208 of 320 in 1997 (1st year of production)
• VIN # (please e-mail)
• 2nd owner since 2008
• Factory AC, radio and keyless entry (dealer installed options in ‘97)
• NEVER tracked, NO accidents, matching VIN tags on all body parts.
• All original paint except for front bumper cover (scratched), have receipt.
• Full service history since new, including window sticker.
• Recent service (in last 500 miles) includes new timing belt, water pump, engine mounts, brakes, hoses, plugs, wires, battery, etc. Receipts for everything.
• Injectors blueprinted by RC
• AEM CAI, also including factory air box with sale
• Always garaged, no winters, clean inside & out & under

This car is living a charmed life. Mercifully free of dents, chips and scratches. No rust anywhere. I love detailing my cars – the engine and underpinnings are spotless. The original owner was a car nut like me, in his 60s. This car was never abused. I dreamed of owning one of these cars since I first saw one on the floor of the Chicago Auto Show back in 1997. I still have that brochure!

Asking $16,000

Please inquire at olesgarage@att.net

Was the header sheild and bolts re-sprayed? Also the braket on the front side of the valve cover, which is bolted on, seems re-sprayed...is this correct?
thanks

The engine bay was in excellent condition overall. The nuts and bolts still have their original gold chromate platings. A few items here and there that are routinely subjected to engine heat did need some tidying. But it is almost all original.

The heat shield and bolts were removed, bead blasted and sprayed with a high-temp coating identical to OEM appearance. The cast iron manifold underneath was coated with a temp-resistant manifold coating, cast iron gray. The bracket for the PS pump was removed, media blasted and sprayed with a high temp semi-gloss paint similar to OEM.

I am a stickler for details. My pet peeve is "rattle can restorations" where people do a sloppy job "fixing" things by spraying right over corrosion. I believe in doing things the right way, no expenses spared. I think the pictures speak for themselves.

Nice. If only you lived in the west coast, I'd go for it!

Dave_B wrote:WOW, what a nice example you have there. Shouldn't last very long at that price at all. GLWS.

QFT

If I was in a different place...

Thanks for all the positive comments. Here are a few more pictures.

Love this '97

WOW . do want!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Price reduced.

$15,500 OBO

Lots of interest, but nobody has even come to look at it yet. When I first saw this car, I fell in love with it. It was pampered. It's even better now - all service normally performed at 90K has been attended to.

prestine!!!

Very nice example of what a 97 can still look like. :thumbup:

I wish mine was that clean, not that I wouldn't track it anyways, but still

Ok... new mission: come up with the money to purchase this R.

Lots of interest, but nobody has even come to look at it yet.

If only you were closer...

KEEP IT! the value will only go UP! AND UP! I own #40 with 40K and pristine too... without the intake tube.... bone stock.

The header bolts are not correct... it looks sprayed. Is it?

I also noticed the battery skirt/shield is missing.... It is an easy part to misplace when changing out your battery. I have mine and I need to re-install it! I better not forget!

huey9ball wrote:I also noticed the battery skirt/shield is missing.... It is an easy part to misplace when changing out your battery. I have mine and I need to re-install it! I better not forget!

Thanks for the heads up on the battery shield. The car didn't have it on when I got it - I'll have to source one, even though I don't think it is necessary. I never even noticed that part before...

As far as the heat shield bolts, those are OEM - I bead blasted them, sprayed them with a semi-flat temp resistant coating and reinstalled with a heat-resistant anti-seize. I was going to replace them with stainless, but it didn't look "right". In the pictures of ITRs with 800 miles, the bolts are black. On just about every driven ITR I have seen, they turn rust colored quickly. The OEM black paint on them was not durable enough apparently.

As far as sale activity, two people have come to actually look at this car. They both agreed that it was in top condition. After having a soft hold on the car for a month, no replies. Kinda rude. I think people either don't have the cash right now and/or can't get a loan. Lots of sight unseen offers for 14K but I'm not letting it go for that.

Leaning more and more towards keeping it. If it doesn't sell this summer, I'll just hold on to it.

Keep it...you'll regret letting heR go. It's becoming more and more difficult to find a '97 in this good of condition.

someone is trying to pull off a scam using your R

http://losangeles.craigslist.org/lac/ct ... 03159.html

WTF?!

Thanks for the heads up. This is the SECOND time this has happened (that I know of). Craigslist has been alerted. Craigslist is obviously an easy place to get away with this sort of thing. Very upsetting.