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Beware...Before You Buy a Car

Beware...Before You Buy a Car. About a year ago, I was flipping through Thrifty Nickel paper looking for another restoration project. I found an ad for a "69 Pontiac GTO repaired and prepped for paint. Just needs paint. $5, 000 or best offer." I called the guy and asked what he meant by "repaired and prepped." His response was "it just needed to be repainted and was ready to go."The vehicle was only 20 miles away so I decided to take a ride and check it outfor myself. Me and one of my buddies went over and inspected the vehicle. The description the man gave the impression that this was going to be a great car and wouldn't need much, but when we arrived we quickly found out otherwise.We started with the top side of the car and inspected the hood and underneath. First visible bad sign was the carburetor was missing.

The guy said it was a nice driving car, yet there wasn't even a carburetor. His answer was.."Oh I have it off cleaning it." How do you advertise a nice driving car without a carburetor?As we inspected further we started to notice how he had used spray paint to make it appear that the engine was new, but the reality was it was just a fresh spray paint can job.We pulled up the carpet to find rust pitted holes that he had smeared Bondo over, but it had squeezed through the floor board, which we could see through the other side. He must have used 2 gallons of Bondo on this car. This was just the beginning....I could go on and on, but will stop here. The lesson here is don't believe everything you read. Go and visibly inspect any car you are looking to buy or pay a professional to complete the inspection for you. It may cost some money to have the vehicle inspected, but you will find it to be money well spent because you can easily get ripped off.
PS. Don't get ripped off. Take the time to inspect your vehicle and get GTO Soup's Complete Classic Car Restoration Course to help you refinish your gem quickly and easily with our step-by-step instructions. Go to http://www.gtosoup.com

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