Done did it!
Looked at a POS that somehow the guy thought was a gem, and then I looked at gem in the rough that the guy thought was a POS and I bought it.
He was the original owner and he took pretty good car of the car, but he ran it into a curb on icy roads with bad tires. The top of the curb set off the airbags, and dented the bottom of the front clip, but didn't set the radiator out of place or cause any leaks. Dented the exhaust, and flattened one of the tires, but when I drove it it didn't wander, it rolls straight with no hands, and seems to handle fine.
It needs tires right off the bat, but it comes with a new cat and resonator that hasn't been installed. He had replaced the 5 speed when it started popping out of gear with a used junkyard tranny, and at the same time had the clutch redone, so I won't have to mess with that for a while.
Needs a little body work, but it's a Colorado car that hasn't rusted, it runs well, shifts well, drives fine, passed emissions with flying colors, so I have an empty canvas to start ecomodding for $350!
