So I sort of saw the car.
We left my house at about 1:30 to get there, but the guy texted me at 1:47 saying he was too busy with “family stuff” going on, and wanted to know if I could come tomorrow.
Unfortunately, I didn’t see his text until we were at a gas station about 15 minutes away since I was driving. I tried calling him, but he has a weird setup where his number has no caller ID and no voicemail, so I texted him back and asked him if I could take some pictures of the outside and he never got back to me.
I figured it couldn’t hurt to at least see where his shop was since we had come all this way, so we drove on and the car was sitting out front exactly where it was in the ad. I got as many pictures as I could, but a lot of the underbody shots ended up being blurry because of the small space, darkness under the car, and awkward angle. I looked as much as I could at the frame rails, and they look crusty. Complete, but crusty. The shock towers look ok, but I couldn’t get a good look at the trouble spots without opening the hood (the car was unlocked, but I didn’t want to climb inside and mess with it without his permission).
There were some other things as well. The passenger’s side door handle is broken, there’s overspray on the cowl vent along with a nice big dent, the back tire was flat, and parts of the front bumper have cracked off. It also looks like the T-top doesn’t quite fit right, but I don’t know if that’s a sign of a twisted frame or if it’s just how the car was made.
The steering column cover was off and it looks like he was or had just finished installing a new ignition switch, so the story about the keys checks out.
The underbody looks ok, and there’s no body rot that I can see other than a few bubbles, so I’ll post what I have and see what you all think. It looks like it needs a lot of work. I was really planning on seeing under the hood and driving it, since that would have answered most of my questions about the car.
It’s also worth mentioning that I never got those frame rail pictures from him.
The for sale sign in the windshield says 4800, so he’s really come down on this already.
I’ll post some photos when I get home.