Hello all, I am the possible new owner of what could be gem, or project nightmare of an 02tii. I would love to be the proud new owner of one of these beauties, but I have my concerns...
The short version of the back story is this, I live in Massachusetts, and my dad has a friend who lives in Florida where this car is currently stored in a garage. His friend needs to finally get rid of the car and it could become ours (my dad and I) for cheap. And the photos of the car I had seen were the first 3 (and only those 3 for quite some time). I believe from the day it went into storage.
Normally just the fact that I can’t see the car in person would make me say not but they price is pretty much what ever cost to get it running and to get it up here to Massachusetts.
The car has been in storage at Eibell Performance in Florida for 4 or 5 years now. Anyone know the place?
Now for the part that is making me second guess myself (the last 2 photos)....RUST....
Some how those two photos have been around for about a year, but somehow never made it to my eyes until yesterday. Where my excitement went from "WOW I NEED THIS NOW WHY IS THS NOT IN OUR DRIVEWAY", to "I'm not sure if i have the capability of fixing that"
My capability with the mechanical side of fixing are car I am confident i can deal with most anything, and what i don’t know I at least have a friend or two i could lean on for help.
So I have a year old photos of the worst rust/damage on the car.
But body work is something that I have zero experience with and would have to pay someone to do for me (with zero idea of what to expect I would have to pay, maybe that’s the worst part about it). Which is why the last two photos worry me, and I don’t have a clue what i would be getting into, so that’s what I’m trying to figure out now.
Basically I am asking can anyone give me some guidance or knowledge on what it takes to fix something like that. Costs and such, is it possible to fix with out going all the way to media blasting the tub, or if it does go that far how much does that normally cost, and then repairs? Really body work I am truly ignorant to what it takes and costs to fix. Even crossed my mind is that enough rust to warrant finding a new body.
Maybe I’m just unnecessarily scared of that orange, red, brown devil (rust) due to lack of experience. Or maybe I should run for my life i just don’t know.
I’m also having a hard time because I really can’t see how big those spots are, just really bad references in the pictures.
Next on my list is to find and call some body shops and see if i can get a clue on costs, but without the actually car i have a feeling that’s going to be easier said than done. Also does anyone know of good body shops, I live in central mass so pretty much most of New England would be open for me?
Thanks for any insight or opinions. On what kind of project I could be getting myself into.
looks like a gem here, maybe a couple small areas rust but nothing major
rust....looks like driver side by wheel wells to me.
