andrewzuku wrote:Welcome!
My advice will depend on your plans for the car
What were the boxes this one ticked?
My plan is to get it where I can daily drive it and add on to it as i go along. I was mainly asking if there was any advice of what I should watch out for on a car that has been sitting for as long as this one
Obviously rust was a big part, this one is basically rust free except a couple quarter sized spots here and there. The whole hatch/spare wheel well area which i have been warned is usualy a problem is totally spotless.
Original paint. When you paint a car right it can look awesome but man when you are looking for cars this cheap respray jobs can just look awful
stock and unmolested. The car has not been customized or had anything done to it that I know of, so to me that means it is a great starting point to do exactly that.
Its a liftback. I prefer the liftback look and it also means I can fit my bike in the back
Black interior. Might seem unimportant but if I had gotten one with a white or tan interior one of my main focuses would be to replace it all... I just dont dig them
Knowing that it would not be the biggest deal to get it driving. I was mostly looking for cheap Celicas and that usually meant that they were not running and/or in pieces. Some I knew were huge projects that would take a huge amount of my time, this one only ended up taking me two days
Cheap. At 1500 I think I did pretty well for myself... although the original deal was too include a parts car, slot mags and an extra engine but sadly I missed the boat on that one... oh well
