Do you guys think this car is worth 1600.00? - Page 2

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ORIGINAL: Gorn

As a X-GM master tech I have helped friends with a lot of first time car projects. Some projects worked out great other end up sold for parts. One thing I heard more then anything else is. "I wish I would have looked around and started with a car with less rust" Rust is like a ice burg normally you only see a small part of it. Undercoating, other layers of steel, gas tank, carpet and lack of light all hide rust. Last thing you want to find out when you replace your quarter is that there is not a soild edge to weld to. It does not have to have a hole to not be strong enough to weld to. So then you need the inner quarter opp's the trunk area is not solid,,,,,

I am not criticizing you for wanting a 83 V8 5sp I know what its like to want that car in your garage. Hell I had a 82. I am just trying to help.  

This seems like a good deal near you?, One quarter pannel and you spend the rest of you project bugget making it yours not fixing stuff.

http://cincinnati.craigslist.org/car/492606380.html

i went to the dealership today to get a better look at the car, got underneath it farther than i did before and noticed that the floor board has a rust hole on the passenger side. so im holding off on buying this, and another thing i found on it was that the rear sway bar wasnt even hooked up on the drivers side. im just gonna keep checking around for a better car. thanks for the advice gorn.

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ORIGINAL: MadMikeZ28

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ORIGINAL: Camaro 69

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ORIGINAL: MadMikeZ28

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ORIGINAL: Camaro 69

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ORIGINAL: 305GIRLIE
Negative...

HUH?...

When a person says "Negative" that would usualy mean they are saying "NO". "Affirmative" would be "YES".

No sh@# Sherlock! But negative (no) to what point?

Maybe to the title of the thread Einstein

Did somebody say something smart-azzy? I must have missed it! Thanks for clearing that up Mike. I asked Huh? because 305Girlie jumped in with a simple negatory in response to my post. And because there was a post between hers and mine, that made it look like she was responding to my response, and not the topic in general. Einstein out!!

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ORIGINAL: Camaro 69

Did somebody say something smart-azzy? I must have missed it! Thanks for clearing that up Mike. I asked Huh? because 305Girlie jumped in with a simple negatory in response to my post. And because there was a post between hers and mine, that made it look like she was responding to my response, and not the topic in general. Einstein out!!

Who knows. Maybe I am the one off my rocker and it was a negative in response to your post. I will check for more clues after tea time.

A general rule of thumb when buying a used car.  Can you turn around and sell it for the same price tomorrow?  Another rule of thumb, unless it's an extremely rare vehicle worth restoring, rust only makes it a parts car.
 
 

I wouldnt buy this even if it is for a Father/Son project you will spend more in the price of the quarter panels and Fenders than the car is worth I would find something with just minor surface rust ( the rust you can brush off with your finger) or no rust at all the car looks like the rust is very deep and would most likely be in the doors and underbody. It would be a very bad deal to me!!!!!

If your wanting to do a decent ammount of body work i''d go for it, but really who wants to do all that work unless you have to. hold off you''l find something better, and if for some reason your really diggin that car, please dont pay any more than 700$ for it.

yo i got a nice 1 that needs a trans rebuild for 1500 if your interested 86 i roc full exhast and stuff