You guys are great! All this feedback is exactly what I needed to bolster my resolve a bit.
The guy did end up sending pictures. Mostly of the trunk and floors...few of the interior, none of door jambs et as I had asked...no pics of the undercarriage up front....but he did make the effort i guess to send something.
Would you guys mind giving me yet some more feedback on a car? (Or should I start a different thread for this?)
I guess i would clasiffy this car as a "20 footer".... ?
There is a hole in the top of the front fender (rust) and what appears to be bulges from bondo (or else REALLY bad rust) in the rear quarters...which means body work and paint needed right away.....I am not a fan of doing major bodywork...was originally a blue interior (lots of those I guess) and the dash was sprayed black and it is coming off in numerous spots....looks like it has a leaking tailshaft on the tranny.....some rust stains seeping down from the seams where there is undercoating....it looks like there is undercaoting on the floorpans but NONE on the frames where it meets them at all..is that "normal"? Seems like there would at least be overspray?
He said it was originally a blue/blue car......But I think the blue was a second paint job...there are spots hwere the frame was blue and then undercoated...and in spots where the undercotting has been worn away you can see blue and then black under it....(see the pics)....that would seem to indicate that it was repainted blue before it was red....
I also think that the exterior pictures of the car (the wide shots) are pictures of when it was first redone....and the closeups are newer pics.
I hate that.....give me CURRENT pictures...not pictures from 10 years ago when it was first done.
So a lot of work....but is this what I should expect for a $5k car? Maybe I am being unrealistic in my expectations....
Here is the description he gives and the pics he sent....
70 Plymouth Duster
-Small Block 318 with 340 X Heads, Aluminum intake and Holley 4bbl
-Headers with brand new exhaust
-904 Trans with reverse manual valve body
-8 ¾ 3.55 Sure grip rear
-Large 4.5 Bolt pattern Weld Draglite wheels, skinny up front BFG Drag radials on rear
-Black bucket seat interior
-Runs high 13s ¼
$4995.
http://s349.photobucket.com/albums/q391/shadango_bucket/70 duster maroon/?albumview=slideshow