avoid this seller at all costs

[dtlionsfan]

Heres the original link.
http://classifieds.stangnet.com/showproduct.php?product=44257&cat=17

I bought this car a few weeks ago and my God it was a mess.He lied his arse off about what mods had been done and about a "lite tap" in the front with no sheet metal damage.I got the car home and and upon getting it on a lift was pretty dissapointed in what he sold me.The clutch was down to the rivets and a stocker/crank pulley had 2 broken bolts,this was loose when I looked at the car,he said he tightened them/balancer keyway was 1" wide and loose,ruined front crank snout/not an original 5 speed car/VSS loose and trans lost most of the fluid on the 100 mile trip home,he put too long a bolt in/seat bolts loose and screws missing everywhere when he put the interior in/bottom radiator support replaced and hacked in bad/floor sheet metal rippled,torn from impact/wrong crossmember [auto] hacked in/new rack installed and left washers off,rack was half way off rubbers/loose,missing bolts everywhere.
I know I probably can't do anything except fix it but I have a packet of photos and need to decide what to do.Just thought I would warn people to look close at a purchase and avoid this guy.

 

[dtlionsfan]

Oh,the waterpump wasn't new and the headers were stockers also.I'm pretty sure the springs are stock also,the car sits way to high and even for B/C springs.

 

[Roland69]

did you even look at it before buying it....so it needs a little work. FIX IT looks like a nice enough car

 

[4G-KDMP]

not trying to be a dick here but he probably doesn't have another to sell to anyone, he found you.

i'm guessing you bought it sight unseen then?
if you had seen the car in person you would have known he was FOS.
Sorry to hear about your misfortune though.

 

[dtlionsfan]

I called him on the headers and got the price down,I've got the car apart and on the road to making it copacetic.I'm just putting the word out. I guess all the things jacked around are my fault?I missed some things because the car was rust free,my bad he lied to me.

 

[Roland69]

maby he didn't see any rust.....you maby looked in spots he never did.

 

[BK_CAULEY]

The sticker on the back glass does say "team hack"

 

[skunk21]

when you picked the car up was it dark out? if you jacked it up even with a flash light you would have seen the rad support, tranny cross member, floors stuff like that. it sounds like you didn't look it over really well until you got home so you shouldn't call the guy out. never buy a car without crawling through the thing.

it's hard to describe a car totally like some of the others have said what I see you may not, now selling a car with a new motor w/o one not telling you it got hit stuff like that is another story. tough call I don't know, but maybe your more in the wrong for turning your cash over w/o looking it over harder .

 

[SVT32VDOHC]

He said it was wrecked in the front, he didn't say it didn't have sheet metal damage. Why did you pay him for the car if it had all this stuff wrong with it? Did you Pay Pal him or did you pay him at the time of pickup? I would never buy a car that was finished sight unseen. BUYER BEWARE!!!

 

[dtlionsfan]

Look guys,I bought the car because it was rust free and knew it had a few issues.He lied about the damage/clutch being a FRPP KC/PS pump is used/headers are stock/2 pulley bolts were broke and he said he tightened them.I'm fixing the car and it'll be fine,I just didn't budget for the massive things that were f/up.Just warning people.I'm done,thank you.

 

[SVT32VDOHC]

I still don't understand why you would have bought it anyways seeing this stuff wrong with it. Why didn't you back out of the deal when you went down there?

 

[Matt's 03 GT]

It's a 19 year old car that you paid $4,200 or less for... You can expect to put $1,000 into it just to get it running right before you fix any of the previous owners "Repairs"

You can't expect perfection. But on the other hand that car is beautiful. If I could find a Notch with all of that work for that price around here I would ****** it up in a heartbeat.

You will come out better in the end... after all you have a very nice looking Notch.

 

[RsStanG1987]