[G450X]

I'm interested in one that looks good and has good, but older (maybe 10-15 years old) paint. The rear looks good, bumper nice/straight, and the flat area you mentioned in the rear beside the engine looks flat.

I have a question on the welds, it appears to have a seam type weld along the reinforcement piece that is welded on the outside of the basic chassis (piece that also has the integrated tow eye). That weld appears to be uniform on both sides. I know these bodies had a bit of hand worked details, but almost everything else on the body is spot welded. Could this be a really good repair of the rear?

All the seams look straight, and the gaps are good. The trunk lit has a few waves from being pushed into the latch over the years, I think this is somewhat normal?

The front also seems to have had some type of bump, but the seems and gaps (door/hood) are good. The doors have a nice metallic "tin" when they shut. The worst damage is at the front right torsion bar. The torsion bar seems to have at some time been pushed up into the body directly above the bar which resulted in a slight bend in that sheet metal - it sounds bad, but is hardly noticeable.

A PPI revealed alignment trouble for the left front and right rear. The alignment guy could see no evidence of a hard hit, and said all the joints, steering, bushings were nice and tight. He said he thought it was a bent strut housing/bent spindle on the front and a bent banana arm and/or spindle for the right rear - he thinks someone slammed into a curb.

It's otherwise the nicest SC/Carrera I have looked at and everything worked but the power antenna. It runs/drives good, shifts well, good oil pressure and no smoke except on startup after not running it for a few weeks (normal?). It drives good, but has a bit of wander at speed (85+).

I guess it's better to find a wreck free run down one, rather than a nice once wrecked one? If I get a decent price is it worth trying to straighten the chassis (if bent)?