Mark W
Yep, I really don't really care that much I guess.
Pictures can distort things, but by the look of it I have trouble accepting that what I see is due to windows being broken out for a couple of years. I have rigs that have sat in the parts yard for years open to the elements and they all look less impacted than that one. It "looks" like it saw immersion. No way to be sure from the pictures though. If it looks like this under the hood to, though...
Regardless of the why, I would expect all of the electricals and electronics in the passenger compartment to be suspect if it has either been immersed or just... repeatedly soaked from rain(?)...to look how it does. From window switches to ABS ECU to instrument cluster and everything in between. Any of it might be fine. Any of it might be toast. Any of it might be fine at first and toast in a month of use. A real crap shoot.
If the goal is a daily driver, along with all the stuff just mentioned, the door panels, seats, carper, headliner, and whatnot are something that you want to be in acceptable condition by the time you are done. Stereo and speakers can be nice to have working too. Functioning seat belt retractors, rear heater, stuff like that.
Back to the under the hood comment... does it start and run? hows it drive? What *does* it look like under the hood?
In my world this looks like a $500 dollar rig. Maybe $1000 if it is actually nicer than it looks? If it runs. And I'd probably be buying it for parts.
Maybe things are different in your neck of the woods.
Unless you are serious about the Cruiser Hobby, and you are well equipped and experienced and willing to spend money as well as time... Just based on my impression from these two pictures, it will probably cost you a lot more than simply buying a nicer rig and very likely will take a lot longer than you expect.
Add up what all the parts that you already know that you will need are gonna cost. (If you do not have hard accurate numbers on anything... get them. I guarantee that your seat of the pants guesses will be way low). Then if you are like most hobbyists... double that number. Then consider your time... double that too.
Mark...
Regardless of the why, I would expect all of the electricals and electronics in the passenger compartment to be suspect if it has either been immersed or just... repeatedly soaked from rain(?)...to look how it does. From window switches to ABS ECU to instrument cluster and everything in between. Any of it might be fine. Any of it might be toast. Any of it might be fine at first and toast in a month of use. A real crap shoot.
If the goal is a daily driver, along with all the stuff just mentioned, the door panels, seats, carper, headliner, and whatnot are something that you want to be in acceptable condition by the time you are done. Stereo and speakers can be nice to have working too. Functioning seat belt retractors, rear heater, stuff like that.
Back to the under the hood comment... does it start and run? hows it drive? What *does* it look like under the hood?
In my world this looks like a $500 dollar rig. Maybe $1000 if it is actually nicer than it looks? If it runs. And I'd probably be buying it for parts.
Maybe things are different in your neck of the woods.
Unless you are serious about the Cruiser Hobby, and you are well equipped and experienced and willing to spend money as well as time... Just based on my impression from these two pictures, it will probably cost you a lot more than simply buying a nicer rig and very likely will take a lot longer than you expect.
Add up what all the parts that you already know that you will need are gonna cost. (If you do not have hard accurate numbers on anything... get them. I guarantee that your seat of the pants guesses will be way low). Then if you are like most hobbyists... double that number. Then consider your time... double that too.
Mark...
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