Guest medisyn Posted August 21, 2007 Share Posted August 21, 2007 Hello sorry another newb. I have been thinking of doing a v8z and have found a local 71 that is going for cheap. It of course has rust. My question how bad does the car need to be before its not worth getting for a v8 swap? Here is a few pictures. The price we have talked about so far is around 500 or less. The engine is 100% dead. Of course I am going to inspect the car tomorrow. I just wanna make sure what it is exactly, that will make it a NO BUY. I am willing to attempt to fix rust but I dont want to replace the whole car piece by piece. Ha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark Posted August 21, 2007 Share Posted August 21, 2007 If you lived in the rust belt, that would be a decent car. Since you are on the west coast, I would say find another car. However, the biggest factor for me is the framerails and battery tray area. If the battery tray and the framerail under the tray are bad, I run! Find one that has lived a lot of it's life in the desert. The initial cost of that car will be the least of your expenditures. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest medisyn Posted August 21, 2007 Share Posted August 21, 2007 Well lets just say that somehow the rust is only in the pictures shown and the battery tray and front rails are ok, think its a good buy? Oh the agreed price is now like 200 haha. Lets hope its not rusty. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrkopsho Posted August 21, 2007 Share Posted August 21, 2007 Well lets just say that somehow the rust is only in the pictures shown and the battery tray and front rails are ok, think its a good buy? Oh the agreed price is now like 200 haha. Lets hope its not rusty. I'll give you 500 for it right now! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark Posted August 21, 2007 Share Posted August 21, 2007 Well lets just say that somehow the rust is only in the pictures shown and the battery tray and front rails are ok, think its a good buy? Oh the agreed price is now like 200 haha. Lets hope its not rusty. For 200 bucks, buy it and drive it till it falls apart. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest medisyn Posted August 21, 2007 Share Posted August 21, 2007 Think it will be suitable for a v8 swap? What needs to be non rusted to make sure it doesn't fall apart and I die on the freeway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sweetleaf Posted August 21, 2007 Share Posted August 21, 2007 For $200 I'd say you can't go wrong. That's a decent amount of rust but I've seen much worse. If it's worse than it looks, you won't loose either way. Just parting it out, will make you much more than $200. More pictures would be nice of course. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest medisyn Posted August 22, 2007 Share Posted August 22, 2007 Sorry picture hosting died here EDIT and this hosting too! I will fix it tomorrow haha. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest medisyn Posted August 23, 2007 Share Posted August 23, 2007 Ok, talked to the seller some more, and got him to snap a few more pictures before I make the 50 mile round trip to check it out. Here is all the pictures, I uploaded to my flickr account. I got pictures of the battery tray and (one of the) frame rails. It doesn't look too good. Think I should walk away? http://www.flickr.com/photos/7588567@N04/sets/72157601603371194/ Hopefully my flickr account will continue to work Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hellraiser Posted August 24, 2007 Share Posted August 24, 2007 man, get that s*!t, the biggest question u should ask u'self is y the v8 when u can do skyline Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fhptom Posted August 25, 2007 Share Posted August 25, 2007 The best thing about where the rust is on that car is that if you do any kind of body kit or flares it will cover most of those areas. Which means you don't have to do pristine body work only enough to get all the rust. Then when you do your next repaint or rebuild you can go further on your repairs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
inlawZ Posted August 29, 2007 Share Posted August 29, 2007 Hey i was wondering how the car was coming along? did you end up getting it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrkopsho Posted August 31, 2007 Share Posted August 31, 2007 Ive seen WAY WORSE! That battery tray looks pretty good and the frame rail doesnt look like it's all the way through. For the price your talking, you'll kick yourself if you dont get it. I vote go for it. Do I get a vote? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
inlawZ Posted August 31, 2007 Share Posted August 31, 2007 if you havent gotten it, GO for it... i vote BUY!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest medisyn Posted August 31, 2007 Share Posted August 31, 2007 hey guys. the seller kinda stopped contacting me. I am going to shoot him an email. Sorry about the long delay, I resumed going to college this week. Don't worry I am not giving up. I want a Z! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
e_racer1999 Posted August 31, 2007 Share Posted August 31, 2007 ya, get that car if you can. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flatline Posted September 4, 2007 Share Posted September 4, 2007 I say GET IT!!! Its been a few days and I am also wondering if you been in contact with the seller..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest medisyn Posted September 6, 2007 Share Posted September 6, 2007 Yup I have a feeling that the car got sold. I hate how nobody will bother to tell you that its sold, and will instead just ignore you! I am going to give him one more email/call and see. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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