The motor started up and sounded real healthy and a lot of little things had been replaced recently. The torque converter was frozen, so I couldnt test drive it. I offered him $900 and he took it. I figured if it was too much work to get drivable, there was 2 grand worth of parts to sell off it easily. The body has lots of rust and rot, the chassis, suspension, and driveline dont. I actually prefer beaters, so that was ok with me.
As I started going through it, I found a lot of half assed work, and stuff thats just not really safe. This pic of the engine bay has quite a few examples:
