http://dallas.craigslist.org/dal/cto/3418653501.html

belongs to a friend its rough but some nice options

 

So, does that mean you are recommending the car? The ad says it needs almost everything. If you were buying it to fix up, what would you pay, and how much would it cost to do it up right?

 

Amazing how good it looks in pictures, doesn't seem to be a bad price though it would take a lot of effort to part that thing out and make 4800. I think its worth more whole.

 

It may look a lot better than it is, but I don't see any rust.

Last A-body convertible I bought ('72 Skylark in 1990, $525, drove it cross-country) had no metal to the middle of the doors and drove just fine (looked okay, too after a few slabs of sheetmetal and a few dozen pop rivets ).

- Eric

 

Trying to help a buddy out. If someone was good with metal work I think it could be an OK deal. If you are paying someone don't even think about it.
You will need a nice solid donor car to build this one.

I went to look at it for a few minutes in the dark tonight. I think the car could probably be bought in the low 4K range but I did not make an offer because I couldn't sell it for much more. I agree the car will not part out for the asking price but I think if someone wanted to build a long term project or make it a quick in dirty bondo buggy they could.

It needs 1/4's, hood, decklid, floors rockers, trunk and maybe even a frame. I don't know if it's the original block but it does have #8 heads so those are wrong. I did not drive it but it pulled in and out of his garage fine. Did notice it has bold on center caps.

The guy that owns it is not an Olds guy. He ended up with it in some horse trading.

 

looks like a rusty car from tx = clean car from pa
I'd love to see some pics of the rusty area's if you have some.

 

Yeah. When he says "WIll need floor pans," what does he mean?

Can you put your feet down on the road (or the exhaust pipe, or the emergency brake cable) if you remove the old piece of plywood under the rug?

'Cause around here, if you can't put your hand or your foot through it, it ain't rusty.

- Eric

 

Its not Texas rusty its salt roads rusty. I don't have any pics because it was dark.

 

On a lift you could stand under the car and fix wiring under the dash.

 

Just curious, is this a TX car?

 

Thanks for your friend being honest about the car. Many are not. This illustrates how difficult it is to judge the condition of a car by photos. I have sold parts over the internet that had some flaws, and no matter what I did, they never showed in the photographs. Only an honest description could convey the true condition.

 

Had to have come from up North.

 

As said, it looks like a good project for someone with metalwork experience.
John in Oregon has all the extra sheetmetal one would need. Underhood and interior look better than mine did when I got it.

I got a good chuckle out of that!

 

Sounds like something i would drive .

I, too, am glad to hear an honest description of a car's condition (not that I would expect any less around here).

Good luck selling it - sounds like it's got some potential for the right buyer.

- Eric