Purchasing a car from a private seller. Nightmare.

That area is notorious for rust out around here. If one side is rotted the other is likely rotted as well.
As you can see here there's nowhere for the dirt and muck to go if one never cleans it out...…..



Maybe a Mopar guy can take a look at it for you. There's a few around the area.

Is/are the bracket/s junk or can be repaired. I have a fairly decent pair if you decide to replace.