When I read the article about Kyle MacDonald who traded a single red paperclip for a house I knew I wanted to try it someday myself. I am not interested in starting with a red paperclip and my end goal is not a house. I am going to start with my 1984 M635csi, a reasonably collectible car, and I want to end up with a extremely collectible car, ok, maybe not even an extremely collectible car, but something that is super cool and I would enjoy driving on a regular basis. I am not looking to fleece anyone on a trade either though. I don’t want this to be an exercise that leaves a bitter taste in anyone’s mouth, but an exercise that leaves both parties of the transaction happy and satisfied.

I recently purchased my 1984 M635csi Euro model from a local guy off craigslist who had a baby on the way and needed to punt his project. The shark was in already mechanically decent shape and the interior definitely needed to be redone(seats, dash, headliner). This felt like a project that I could take on. I feel like I might be cheating a little bit because this car is already so cool, but this will make the trade easy to swallow for anyone looking for a badass Shark, especially during Shark Week. So Interwebs, who has a cool ride they would like to trade!?




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