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Old 09-12-2006, 09:00 PM
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Opinions? Good starting point. While it looks OK cosmetically I see several things that indicate to me they didn't spend much time on the "details"-- which is what really makes the car and is where the real money and time is.

Little things like not polishing out the gauge lenses, the hacker looking wiring on the firewall and alternator, the old yellowed window crank knobs, universal flexy-radiator hoses, plug wires that look to be laying on the headers on the passenger side, and so on all scream to me that while the car looks good in pics you may have a handful with half-assed or rushed stuff in the mechanical (and maybe bodywork) department when you finally see it in person. Looks like they took the easy way out and a lot of corners were cut either for time, effort, or money reasons, and hopefully they didn't cut any big ones.

I've seen many a heap (mechanically and build quality) lurking under shiny paint, and while this one isn't necessarily a heap I would count on going over it very carefully and spending some money on it to fix what's wrong. Hopefully not much more is wrong than what the pictures show...
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