Recent content by lwha

I could, but I don't have the time, I could get one shipped up I suppose, but there is no good reason for me to do that unless I plan on restoring or fully hotrodding a car.

Alrighty, I'll give you some candy :). So the car looked okay on the outside... from a distance, all of that white around the body was bondo. The inner fenders were rusted to hell on all four wheels. It had a vynl top originally because there are giant gash marks where they slapped a solid top...

Oooof, that was a rough car, don't even want to talk about it. Well, thanks for all the help I guess! No more A Bodies around me.. About the burn outs comment, this thing would have fallen apart trying to break launch it.

Did you say take the $4500 he is asking? Then take it out for errands? Hahaha, well, I suppose I will at some point, I do have a nice daily driver though :). Or I suppose you could have meant take sedan's offer up and buy him gas/groceries for his time, which would definitely be in order, though...

Wow great ideas everyone! Thank you for all the things to check, I should have my work cut out for me. @Sedan, it is down in Zumbrota so I doubt you'd want to make the 2 1/2 - 3 hour drive to see it haha. It will take me about an hour and a half or so to get down there through Saint Paul...

Yep, hoping to bring my father along if he is available to drive down. I'll be giving her a good look over. I'm not experienced at telling when rust is to the point where you really need to replace a section, of course, if there are holes through it that would do it.

Hmm, well depending on how much the engine and the after market parts cost him, and the time and labor he put in, it may be worth more than $3000 as it stands. The thing is, I am looking for something that will run now, and run good. If the rust is not too bad, and not on the frame I could...

Thank you for the kind words cosgig! For some reason my last message did not post... yeah I expect to do some work on it, I'm not short changing myself. I hope to get some time to go see it later this week! Anything major I should look at?

Thank's for the reply cosgig! I was getting pretty down after reading the replies on this car. Hopefully I can go take a look at her this week! I'd probably be able to get the price down a fair amount. What do you think would be in order for the car if I buy it? Looks like floor pan at some...

Well, it's a bit different up in the rust belt unfortunately. Anyting here that does not have previously cleaned up sheet metal is almost guaranteed to have rust issues...unfortunately. That is why it is a big deal when we see "California Car" or "Arizona Car."

Darn, so I would have to at least replace the rear axle to get some summer fun out of it eh? I wonder how much that runs, and if I should attempt it with no experience... :d. How does the rest of the vehicle look? Floorpans are not an issue, I'd rip the carpet out anyways at some point so I can...

I will ask, looks like it is a "7 1/4 suregrip" rear. Here are some pictures he sent. Sorry if it lines them up in a row here, I hope it does not...

Space duster eh? Yeah I will email him and check on the rear, thanks for the tech tips!

Hello everyone, first post here as you can see, I may be purchasing this duster depending on the rust situation, he said over the phone that it has some rust in the wheel wells, and on the driver side floor. Wondering what you all think? I'm looking for a cruiser to drive around in the summer...