help pls!!

[usdm_anon]

so ive been looking all over craigslist trying to find a good buy......and since i live in the north rust is horrible up here. I finally found one worth mentioning its a 1991 hatch white, s14 seats, dc headers, catco converter, and some exhaust.

heres the link for it...

http://milwaukee.craigslist.or....html

so i emailed the dude..

and here are the pics of the frame rails and rust he sent me...... assuming theres none on the body b/c he didnt send me any

so my question to you is is it worth buying, how hard is it to fix the rust and how much to fix it price wisethanks for looking!

[Dill_XD]

That's not bad at all considering my rails were two pieces. It looks like surface rust on the side of the rails, but I would ask for a picture of the underside of the passenger rail, not just the side. But, I wouldn't pay $3,000 for it.

[usdm_anon]

yea im thinking of lowering him to 2 grand....maybe lower?

[mRodiek]

Dont EVER assume anything when buying a car, EVER. Especially a 240 because someone will forget or "accidently" not remember to fill in the blanks & tell you or show you things because its easier to sell it to you in person, even if there are some more problems than you originally wanted.

[usdm_anon]

Yea I wasn't assuming I'm going to be really picky b/c I dont need a car now so I'm not despreat... But any idea how I could get that rust out??

[S13_love]

$3000 seems too much for that.....but this kinda scares me:

http://i979.photobucket.com/al...3.jpg

But any idea how I could get that rust out??

Take it to a body shop.

[usdm_anon]

yea that pic is what im worried about.......i think theres a rust hole by the look of it....

and i dont think i can take it to a body shop without them charging me like 3 grand just to get the rust out

[J14cm7]

Hey i know wisconsin is ALOT farther north than cinci but i went down to knoxville to get mine cause i wanted rust free. Cincinnati uses salt so i checked every craigslist within 1000 miles and finally found one where they dont use salt on the roads. Got plenty of pics and verified the guys info, Took the truck and rented a trailer and went and got it. probably cost me 300 but its better than fixing a bunch of rust which is like cancer once its there its everywhere.

Is there anywhere remotely close to you that doesnt use salt on the roads?

[usdm_anon]

hmmm.....i have to check ive been mainly looking at madison, milwaukee, and chicago.....sometimes Michigan and minnesota...

but thats a good idea tho

[OutToWinPAHC]

I bet I could push a screwdriver right through that frame rail. Show towers are on the bad side too.

1000 bucks if you can weld

[usdm_anon]

yea im starting to not like this car ......and i cant weld, ill just keep looking,

thanks nico for helping me out!!