Update!!! I went and saw the car and drove it. Here are the pros, cons
and some pics...
1. the car was not red but some sort of orangish-brown.
2. the clearcoat was flaking everywhere, and some areas of the car had some dents or blemishes in the paint, but not visible rust from the outside.
3. Inside you can see rust in the floorpan of the cabin and the carpet was moist. When you look by the spare there is rust there and one
pinhole (the size of a pen) that wen through--not sure if that hole is
from the factory for drainage, or what.
4. the front spoiler was pretty beatup (license plate hanging off)
5. Engine was clean and made a nice sound and pulled strong.
It had a gold plate on it --don't know if it was upgraded to more
than a 2.7 when it was rebuilt or what (see photos).
6. The issue with 2nd gear is that it pops out about 1/3 of the time
when driving. You have to hold it there while releasing clutch. He
has been driving it this way for a while.
7. The issue with the front end shaking was wrong. The steering
wheel shakes forward and back slightly, and we tried to get it
to do this at 90 MPH and couldnt so he revised that from 85mph
to 100mph. So at 100MPH the steering wheel shakes forward
and back.
8. The inside was awful ---ripped seats, ripped headliner, puffy
visors, cracked dash. Some of the gauges (oil pressure guage)
appeared to bounce while driving.
9. On price --he wants $5,500 or as close to it as possible. He
may or may not bargain once an actual offer is made.
More pics to come..
Thanks Marv.