All Original: Beat to all hell

Slight Hail Damage: Car looks like golf ball

Interior perfect: Except for the nonfunctional gauges and mega-smoke smell

Flowmasters: Nasty sounding joe-blow brand mufflers with a hole in one of them

Clear Title: Title is actually clear, but owner's buddy's cousin's brother's dog's owner has it and is in Abu Dhabi for the next 7 months

Power everything: The buttons are there, but they don't work

Slight Vacuum Leak: Massive bucking and surging

Straight Body: Doors sag, fenders need to be adjusted, panel gaps big enough to drive a Honda through

Slight Leak: Exxon Valdez

500 hp: Stock 302 with home ported heads and an aftermarket intake

E/F/B-303 Cam: We managed to do a cam swap without ever removing the heads, radiator, or water pump

5-lug conversion: Done with 96-up parts, semi truck turning radius, wheels rub 100% of the time

Price is firm: I expect to get full retail from a car with boneyard parts

Needs a little TLC: Complete basket case recovered from downtown Afghanistan

You get the picture. Not to mention the ones that have $10,000 in mods with the stock radiator, or a boosted/nitrous car with 19 lb/hr injectors. I looked at a few cars here in the Austin area, and everything under $6000 was either a minor wreck, or beat to absolute crap. I found one in Dallas that was in good enough condition with a perfect interior and straight body, meaning of course the interior needs a little help and the fenders need adjusting, but the price was right so I trailered it home. Took me a month to get the title from the guy's buddy, though. Check out these pics of my new project: