_ALWAYS_ ask before you go look , if it's O.K.to get it up on a hoist and have a Mechanic look at it .
Any other response than : ' why yes , of course ' means it's junk or the seller is crooked .
I do my own inspections and a flashlight and crawling underneath is fine , you can alaus carflly drive to side wheels up on a curb to lift it and get more crawling under neath space .
Last week Tom and I stopped to look at a Jublieee Edition 1979 MG Midget , it looked pretty darn good for a car left sitting for a decade or more , the flors were cherry rockers bubble free etc.
etc. .
Then I crawled underneath it to view the spiders , I mean to remove the special 3.72 ratio ' high speed ' pumpkin and saw gaping rust holes on the inside of the rear body/frame " kick up " arch that goes over the rear axle ~ fixable yes but who wants to put a $3,000 rust repair on a non running $900 car ? .
Point being : LOOK HARD and BE SUSPICIOUS .
-Nate
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> I have seen at least one '60s merc convertible offered for $65k+/- around here in the Northeast. A couple winters ago, a guy was selling a 180d here for about $900; it had a rusted out rear shock mount..... a little more of a repair than I am willing to take on.
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> There is a series of episodes called "Wheeler Dealer" from Discovery or BBC, many of which can be found on YouTube, where a couple of British guys fix up classics and resell them...pretty entertaining.
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> When you guys are trying to decide whether to buy a car, do you ask the owner if you can get it on a garage lift? I guess I'm asking if this is a reasonable question....I'm not going to buy a car, but I was wonderin' In the past I've just tried to look at the underside using a flashlight lying on my back.
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