OK I went over there today and got some more (and better) pictures and asked several questions.
He wrote a list of the things he's done to the car since he's had it.
-new calipers, front and rear
-new steel braided brake lines
-new brake fluid
-flush gas tank
-rebuild alternator/new belt
-replace/add new shifter bushings
-replace shifter coupling
-install short shift kit
-convert saddle battery system to 1 battery
He told me the engine was replaced back in the mid-80s by the PO (a sentator apparently) when he was having the Divatar(sp?) heads put on.
He told me and showed me that all the floor pans are rust-free, the front and interior has the original paint. It has been repainted once in the original color, but it was poorly done and as a result could use a new paint job.
Here's what you all have been waiting for: the VIN #. First of all I'll tell you that the numbers match. And here it is:
VIN # 9113201346
It has factory original carrera flares. Also the 3.0 engine is a stock engine from an 83 car (assuming it's an SC) with a turbo bolt-on kit. The engine came from a car that was 6 months old but had been totalled, but the engine was fully usable and the car has 54,000 original miles on it.
He told me it has sat most of its life, when he got it, he had to completely flush the gas lines as it wasn't driveable from sitting. He says one reason he's selling it is that he doesn't want to get in a wreck in it, especially as it's a classic car and soon-to-be antique.
He also told me that it stays in his bay at the gas station and he rarely drives it, usually once a month or so. He says it could be a daily driver, but he would prefer it not to be, as it's so old.
Trying to think what else he told me...he said that he was going to have it painted properly, ie, everything stripped out, all glass removed and the rear window seals replaced.
As for the dent in the deck lid, he said it was like that when he got it, somebody must've bumped it in the driveway (I'm thinking more like someone got rear-ended and did a cheap and crappy job of repairing it).
The biggest issue he said was the passenger top corner of the front windshield is coming apart from the car, and it would need to be replaced and resealed (the metal is separating from the body).
I also noticed that the non-original Recaro drivers seat was torn pretty badly in a couple of places on the side, so I'm guessing it would need to be recovered.
Now for the bad news. He told me that I (or anyone else) couldn't take it anywhere to have a PPI done. He said that he wouldn't let me drive it until I had paid for it, and that it wouldn't be leaving the station (or his sight) until it had been sold.
Having said that, he told me that he'd be glad to show it to anyone who was interested and he'd stick it on a lift for pictures and a closer look. He assured me that the underbody/carriage was rust-free, and that the rust that was visible was repairable. He said the only way to tell how much rust it has is to strip it down to the bare metal to see.
Anyway, after all that, here are the pics I took. Due to time constraints, I didn't get him to put it on a lift for me but I did try to get a few pics of the underbody, well, as best I could.
