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Beware...Before You Buy a Car

Beware...Before You Buy a Car. About a year ago, I was flipping through Thrifty Nickel paper looking for another restoration project. I found an ad for a "69 Pontiac GTO repaired and prepped for paint. Just needs paint. $5, 000 or best offer." I called the guy and asked what he meant by "repaired and prepped." His response was "it just needed to be repainted and was ready to go."The vehicle was only 20 miles away so I decided to take a ride and check it outfor myself. Me and one of my buddies went over and inspected the vehicle. The description the man gave the impression that this was going to be a great car and wouldn't need much, but when we arrived we quickly found out otherwise.We started with the top side of the car and inspected the hood and underneath. First visible bad sign was the carburetor was missing.

The guy said it was a nice driving car, yet there wasn't even a carburetor. His answer was.."Oh I have it off cleaning it." How do you advertise a nice driving car without a carburetor?As we inspected further we started to notice how he had used spray paint to make it appear that the engine was new, but the reality was it was just a fresh spray paint can job.We pulled up the carpet to find rust pitted holes that he had smeared Bondo over, but it had squeezed through the floor board, which we could see through the other side. He must have used 2 gallons of Bondo on this car. This was just the beginning....I could go on and on, but will stop here. The lesson here is don't believe everything you read. Go and visibly inspect any car you are looking to buy or pay a professional to complete the inspection for you. It may cost some money to have the vehicle inspected, but you will find it to be money well spent because you can easily get ripped off.
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auto restoration software?
What's the best software for old car restoration? I'm looking for something that is good for more than time, budget, and materials planning. Maybe something that will conceptualize what things like different grills, and rims would look like. Is there something like that?

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Old Car Restoration Project?
I have this crazy idea... What if you were to buy an old car, (late 60's early 70's muscle car), and put a viper engine in it? I have seen quite a few older muscle cars, selling with no engines, and in need of some body/interior work, selling for under a grand. How hard would it be to swap a viper engine (1994 probably...), into the older car? You can find these engines, with transmissions, for about $4000-$7000, depending on mileage. Would this be possible? I have never restored a car, but I have family members who would be willing to help me... Thanks much, I look forward to seeing some answers here! ***BTW- I'm not looking to completely restore this car, just put a new engine setup into it, and slap some new seats in it. The car I'd be getting has a decent interior, needs paint, and has no engine/transmission with it. I was just wondering if it would be easy enough to slap the Viper engine in it... But thanks for the answers so far, I am by no means an expert on this subject, and I have no wife or neighbors to worry about!

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Old Car Restoration Project? (Crazy)?
I have this crazy idea... What if you were to buy an old car, (late 60's early 70's muscle car), and put a viper engine in it? I have seen quite a few older muscle cars, selling with no engines, and in need of some body/interior work, selling for under a grand. How hard would it be to swap a viper engine (1994 probably...), into the older car? You can find these engines, with transmissions, for about $4000-$7000, depending on mileage. Would this be possible? I have never restored a car, but I have family members who would be willing to help me... Thanks much, I look forward to seeing some answers here! ***BTW- I'm not looking to completely restore this car, just put a new engine setup into it, and slap some new seats in it. The car I'd be getting has a decent interior, needs paint, and has no engine/transmission with it. I was just wondering if it would be easy enough to slap the Viper engine in it... But thanks for the answers so far, I am by no means an expert on this subject, and I have no wife or neighbors to worry about! ***BTW- I'm not looking to completely restore this car, just put a new engine setup into it, and slap some new seats in it. The car I'd be getting has a decent interior, needs paint, and has no engine/transmission with it. I was just wondering if it would be easy enough to slap the Viper engine in it... But thanks for the answers so far, I am by no means an expert on this subject, and I have no wife or neighbors to worry about!

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1966 Mustang Restoration?
I bought a 1966 Mustang Convertible but I have no idea how to work on it. I want to restore it and make it look nice, but I also want to modernize the engine and other mechanical aspects. Any ideas of courses i could take (and where) or books that would specialize in this type of older car restoration?

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old car restoration question?
is it possible to get rid of rust on an old car (surface rust)

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