Larry,
At 14:44 22/02/98 PST, you wrote:
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>A friend of mine, actually it's the guy who helps me wrench on cars,
>found a 1978 TR-7 for sale relatively locally, closer than my spit. the
>guy claims it's a complete parts car, (so some of the parts are in the
>trunk i guess don't know) he's asking for 500 for the car, but
>according to his other half would probably go as low as 300 to get it
>out of the yard. question, is there anything in particular to look for
>if we go to see the car? IE where do the 7's tend to rust the most, what
>if any mechanical problems are these prone to that seem to be unique to
>that model...
If it hasn't had good care taken of it, then the suspension will probably be
rooted, and the engine will need rebuilding. The gearbox and diff last a
long time (at least in th e5-speed), but are expensive to replace. Look for
rust in the wheel wells, dor sills, doors, and the joints between the
fenders and the nose panel (look at them from underneath).
But what do you want for $500? Surely, if your friend only broke it up and
sold it bit by bit, he'd come out in front. I heard that a guy out here
spent almost $500 on a replacement sunroof alone.
Allen Nugent
Graduate School of Biomedical Engineering
University of New South Wales
Sydney 2052 Australia
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