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With normal ebay auctions you pay the deposit up front and then the remainder in person when you pick it up, right? so when you got there and saw this thing in person you still paid him?

 

I think he paid him the whole amount via check and had the car shipped. When it arrived was the first time he saw it.

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so rather than dwell on what's happened....let's focus on the future.

 

2) how much did you pay for this wreck? If it wasn't a lot might I suggest that you look into one of the dynacorn Repop bodies. $13,500 and the car is all brand new sheet-metal ready to paint. You just weld the section that had the vin tag and data plate on to the new car and then you can cut up the old shell and sell the metal to some other restorer. Just looking at whats there and what's probably still hidden I think you'll be cheaper in the long run, unless there is a body guy on here willing to give someone the "bro price" on building a unibody car up from the vin tags.

http://www.dynacornclassicbodies.com/gm_models2.html

 

Love this idea.

 

This is clearly not Obama's fault, must be Bush's

http://s2.quickmeme.com/img/5d/5d1a8b845abd978cca140a1bf71b5524d1e7de442442537481bb22049d2a6d9e.jpg

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this pic would have been a big red flag for me personally because....

 

http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e297/jclay_13/E4D2E8F1-6C81-4A23-8E8B-CE102D641B09_zpsfcxxn5gg.jpg

 

there is no "firewall" brace separating the the trunk from the interior. From what I remember when I did floors in my GTO and my buddy did floors in his Firebird that you never touch this piece because a) it is almost never rotted, and b) you use it as a reference point for making sure things line up (like the inner fender wells, the floor pan, the trunk hinges, etc...).

 

I don't know if this would have been a deal breaker because that piece does need modification if wheel tubs are to be fitted, but with stock wheel wells I would have at least asked about it. But then again I have (very limited) experience with these cars.

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Well I was going to go pick it up myself but then my work has kept me from home for months now. I anticipated time off but I'm yet to get it. I won it and was suppose to get four days off and I haven't had a day off since early mid July and I'm still in SC. I should have escrow ed it but honestly I just don't think about it at the time. I was rushed and running out of options. I called and spoke with him. He sent me other pictures and they looked clear. He told me the floors were only spot welded in but that everything else just needed "Blended in". I've learned my lesson about trusting eBay people.
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$4,350

 

if it makes you feel better (it won't, I'm sorry) that's about par for the level of project you got so maybe not too bad.

 

Case in point:

http://columbus.craigslist.org/cto/4585964453.html

 

and

 

http://columbus.craigslist.org/cto/4591255103.html

 

 

no such thing as a cheap F-body. I imagine this car will just hot potato from owner to owner until someone takes the loss and destroys it totally for parts.

 

If you are going to move forward on this, one thing that might help is used parts. I just want to plug Camaro Specalties in East Aurora, NY (buffalo/Rochester region of western NY). http://www.camaros.com/

 

They have a barn full of old parted out cars including cut up shells so it might be possible to get an entire side of a car and weld that in place. I once bought a left side pontiac GTO quarter and it was the sill, the quarter, the inner wells and the trunk extensions all cut off at the factory seams and in one piece. They might also have cheap fill in panels for the really rotted areas you have. It's worth a trip.

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