Are you searching for the classic car of your dreams? Which cars should you avoid in your classic car buying process? Ted of Sports Car Craftsmen and Roman of TFLclassics sit down to discuss the Top 5 pitfalls of older car purchasing.
5. Engine
What are the signs of an engine that will be costly to repair? Should you always stay away from a non-running car?
4. Previous owner(s)
How to detect a classic car that was previously mended on the cheap or not to specification? Is there such a thing as a “just give it a tune-up” on a classic car?
3. Body damage
What body damage should signal you to walk away from a purchase? Is body damage better or worse than rust?
2. Rust
Is there such a thing as “just fix the floor pan”? How to tell where the car spent most of its life by looking at the rust?
1. Value
This is a tough one. There is a saying “there is no car more expensive than a cheap classic car”. So how to do gauge a value of a classic car?
Join Ted and Roman in this discussion over the Top 5 pitfalls of classic car buying in this TFLclassics episode of – Load Bearing Paint.
