Thread: Hi, my name is Don and I'm a car idiot.

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Sorry to keep everyone wondering, we went to the shop after meeting with the guy today and just got home. Bottom line, I passed on the Buick. It was way rougher than he said, and had quite a bit of rust. The car is savable, but not without a lot of metal work. Funny how he thought it was so rustfree.

Anyway, here are some pictures I took. I'll have to post them in several posts since you can only put 5 in each one. Richard, if you are still interested, PM me and I'll give you the guys name and phone number. Someone can save it, but it isn't something I want to get involved with right now.

Thanks for everyone's input and suggestions.

Don

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No thanks Don, I would pay top money for a rust-free car like you thought it was to begin with, but observable rust is like looking at an iceberg. You only see 10% of it.

Yep, I concur. From the way he described it, the car was totally rustfree. When I mentioned that to him he said "well, it is, for 71 years old!"

To be honest, I was relieved. If it were nicer I would have bought it, and not only don't I need it, but the car isn't one I had on my "must own some day" list.

Don

That would be considered rust free in the Northeast.. if it were up here, it would be about the best you could get.. my '51 Chevy is only a slight bit nicer condition because it had an ok original interior, with usable seat covers and 3 good door panals ( stained but they might have been cleanable ).. It still needed a lot of body work

I know what you mean about it being pretty good in some parts of the country.......even here they rust. This one can definitely be saved, and should be saved, but it is just more than I would want to undertake. Now, if this were a 32 Ford 3 window......................

Don

Put som new tires on it and some seats and you have yourself a great rat rod.

Good decision to pass Don.... especially at any kind of premium price... Looks like it would require lots of hours of patch panel time!!!

That's a shame that the car turned out to be in such sad shape. I thought you were finally going to get a nice old car to drive without getting rain on your head and your seat filled like a wading pool. From the looks of the Buick that might not have been the case.

Originally Posted by Itoldyouso

....... Funny how he thought it was so rustfree.

Don

You probably misunderstood him...........he probably meant he was throwing in the rust for free!

Stop it Bob your killing me.LOL. Kurt

You DO have your moments, Bob.


Don

Just curious, since you're not getting it......what was his ballpark price??

He was asking $ 2500.00. If it was as clean as he described I wasn't even going to counter offer, didn't want to make him mad and maybe lose out altogether. Now, I think he might be open to taking less.


Don