Originally Posted by MrJuanderful
Originally Posted by FriedGreenTmater
USA is a big place with many different climates and rust issues. Where you are will have a pretty big impact on what you find. If you have the access to or money for shipping I would look in the arid southwest for good metal to start with.

Yes,can't argue with that.But,I can't see buying anything sight unseen,and I don't see myself traveling across the country to find a decent body.

I haven't started any hardcore searching yet,but it seems there are a lot of the AD trucks around here,that people have bought as projects.I found a lot of ads of folks selling AD trucks,in various stages and condition,without even trying.

I'm thinking it might be likely to find someone in the middle of a project who may be selling a pile of stuff due to loss of interest or something.Provided they haven't made a bigger mess of things along the way.

Picking up someone elses lost project on the cheap,is that in bad taste or bad karma?

I know,it isn't as sexy as falling in love in a farm field,but in these parts it may be more likely.

By the time you finish the 10th patch panel and notice the rust rot around the windshield that was covered by ten pounds of Bondo and that your local purchase is not so juanderful, you may wish you had gone to the the west coast to pick up your Bolt.


~Jim