TOO good to be true! need help in decision!

egef · 07-13-2008, 09:46 PM

I'm a car enthusiast and I was scouting in my local paper and scouted
a 1941 pontiac sedan for sale for a $1,000. the add said that it runs but needs restored. I don't know how bad it is but it sounds like a good deal to make into a hot rod/ rat rod. I'm seriously thinking about it and it would be a great car once restored. and I think Pontiac stopped making them during WWII so it sounds like a great buy.

what do you guys think?

nathangdad · 07-13-2008, 10:02 PM

might be mostly rust held together by hope. Also, scope out parts sources to see if you can get needed missing or damaged parts. You may be buying something for which someone else knows no hope exists.

egef · 07-13-2008, 10:15 PM

True I'll have to call the guy tomorrow and see if I can check it out I'll search the web too. Okay thanks

AKHunter · 07-14-2008, 12:47 AM

This can put your motivational fortitude and your wallet to the test. The suggestion of looking into parts availability is A+. the fact that it runs is a big bonus and quite surprising.

mym1a · 07-14-2008, 01:45 PM

I would have to see it before i paid anything

GlockMeister · 07-14-2008, 02:03 PM

I'd check around and see what as far as parts go, are available for it and what would have top be re-fabricated? It may sound like a good deal, but if nothing is around to fix it up, or to make it will cast a fortune, you might want to find something else. I mean as it is, restoring cars in general nickel and dime a person to death, then factor in one where the parts are wither so hard to find or simply not available, it can cause you to either go broke or insane. lmao

But if you are serious, the next step it to find out what's available and if parts are, then the next step is to bring only $700 bucks cash with you, or even $500, and go look at it. Then if you still want it after looking at it in person and finding out what, if anything is available for it, offer the $500 first and then increment amounts of 50 maybe up to the $700 and tell them to take it or leave it, of course explain the parts situation as your reason for less money being offered.
GOOD LUCK!

NRAJOE · 07-14-2008, 02:05 PM

You don't say where you live...is it the rust belt or out west/down south?

07-13-2008, 09:46 PM	#1
egef Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 49 Trader Rating: (0)	TOO good to be true! need help in decision! I'm a car enthusiast and I was scouting in my local paper and scouted a 1941 pontiac sedan for sale for a $1,000. the add said that it runs but needs restored. I don't know how bad it is but it sounds like a good deal to make into a hot rod/ rat rod. I'm seriously thinking about it and it would be a great car once restored. and I think Pontiac stopped making them during WWII so it sounds like a great buy. what do you guys think?

07-13-2008, 10:02 PM	#2
nathangdad Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 2,253 Trader Rating: (0)	Examine carefully as it might be mostly rust held together by hope. Also, scope out parts sources to see if you can get needed missing or damaged parts. You may be buying something for which someone else knows no hope exists.

07-14-2008, 02:03 PM	#6
GlockMeister Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Northern Illinois Posts: 4,934 Trader Rating: (0)	I'd check around and see what as far as parts go, are available for it and what would have top be re-fabricated? It may sound like a good deal, but if nothing is around to fix it up, or to make it will cast a fortune, you might want to find something else. I mean as it is, restoring cars in general nickel and dime a person to death, then factor in one where the parts are wither so hard to find or simply not available, it can cause you to either go broke or insane. lmao But if you are serious, the next step it to find out what's available and if parts are, then the next step is to bring only $700 bucks cash with you, or even $500, and go look at it. Then if you still want it after looking at it in person and finding out what, if anything is available for it, offer the $500 first and then increment amounts of 50 maybe up to the $700 and tell them to take it or leave it, of course explain the parts situation as your reason for less money being offered. GOOD LUCK! __________________ I'd rather be tried by 12 than carried by 6!

07-14-2008, 02:05 PM	#7
NRAJOE Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Toledo,OH Posts: 19,014 Trader Rating: (0)	You don't say where you live...is it the rust belt or out west/down south? __________________ U.S. Army 1976-1979 237th Combat Engineers Heilbronn, Germany

07-13-2008, 10:15 PM	#3
egef Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 49 Trader Rating: (0)	True I'll have to call the guy tomorrow and see if I can check it out I'll search the web too. Okay thanks

07-14-2008, 12:47 AM	#4
AKHunter Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Alaska Posts: 904 Trader Rating: (0)	This can put your motivational fortitude and your wallet to the test. The suggestion of looking into parts availability is A+. the fact that it runs is a big bonus and quite surprising.

07-14-2008, 01:45 PM	#5
mym1a Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 1,312 Trader Rating: (0)	I would have to see it before i paid anything