I'd rather buy an unpainted car than one someone has screwed the paint on. All of the other info mentioned applies. Regarding tje oil cap dance, I haven't seen anyone comment on plugging the vent to the air filter. Most caps dance pretty hard if you plug the extra port & I wonder how good the dance test really is. I haven't had the opportunity to look at an engine with a lot of blowby for comparison.

I'm trying not to look at a local SD because I have too many projects and would be tempted. The car has been listum fixed.ed for at least a month so the price should have dropped to ~$1,000. Not bad if it only needs trans vacu

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85SD 240K & stopped counting painted, putting bac together. 84SD 180,000. sold to a neighbor and member here but I forget his handle. The 84 is much improved from when I had it. 85TD beginning to repair to DD status. Lots of stuff to do.