Hi,
Offer the seller $500 for the parts ($1000 if you feel really generous).
Then prepare yourself for spending a vast majority of your time and effort
for the next couple of years (estimate) and $$$ thousands to put it all
together. If they turn you down, _walk away_ from the deal.
There's a lot of parts in a car. Even if all the parts are there in this
deal, you'll still be buying a whole lot of parts to get everything back
together.
This is one reason why I never understand the "asking" prices of a lot of
cars. Heck the initial purchase cost is in the noise when you calculate how
much you are going to spend total to put a car back together.
This issue is covered very often on this list and other of the car related
mail lists.
Take my work for it: it's a parts car. Pay accordingly.
And don't let the seller tell you that parts are rebuilt. If you get a big
stack of parts and your intent is to use them, a wise person will tear
everything down _just to be sure_. Don't forget, a lot of these parts have
a certain risk factor involved - you don't want the rebuilt brake M.C. to
fail on your first ride in this "gem" do you?
Figure on spending $6500 to $$$ as-much-as-you-want on a project like this
and you will very likely never see a single penney of your money back.
So I say "go for it!"
;-)
rml
Bob Lang
TR6's
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