I know I have to be patient and try not to feel like I have to settle for something just because I can't find what I am looking for. The plus side of waiting another month is that I will have more money saved up to be able to afford something a little more so I am trying to look at that side of it.
You should be Able to find a nice one for that money. I had to drive three hours to find mine. Clean originals are out there.
That cowl damage is probably easily fixed by a good body man but the car isn't worth anywhere near $4500 with those repairs needed.
He had replaced the radiator, hoses, shocks, tie rods. Like I mentioned before, it does have an exhaust and gears. He's not sure what gears but they don't feel to be stock(he's had other mustangs in the past) He's pretty sure the clutch has been switched out because the pedal seems to be stiffer. He's willing to take any kind of pictures I want of the car. He did say there's minor surface rust under the car and took pictures for me. As you can see the torque boxes are in good shape.
I'm taking the three hour drive down tomorrow morning. If all goes well I will be coming back with it. What I was mainly concerned about was finding a good solid car to start with. I don't really care for the paint job myself. It looks like whoever painted it just painted right over the black/grey paint, but at least there's paint and doesn't have different color body parts or dents/scratches. I think it would be cool to return it to the original paint.
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