Hey, as most of you know, I'm new at this. I have a found another possible project after the last one fell through. In part of the discription, it said the following:

"The car needs mostly rear undercarriage work, subframe rails, floors. I have new leaf springs for the car that need to be installed. Some body work but nothing major."

I wanted to get a non-bias opinion on what this ment. What is worst case senario with rear undercarriage work and whats entailed and if a new guy should be getting into this type of thing. If this doesn't give you much to work with, just tell me what kind of questions I should be asking.

Jordan, personally i would stay clear if you cannot do that work yourself. Will cost you a small fortune if you have to farm the work out.Save your money and buy a structurally sound firebird. It's easy for someone with little to no knowledge to replace trim, interiors, certain body parts,etc... My first firebird was a learning experience and it was not structurally sound.Many,many $/headaches later and i have a structurally sound full frame car now.Don't worry to much about motors,trannies as these can easily and affordably replaced. Be patient,the right car will come along and in the meantime save your $ as you wait for it. You will enjoy your car so much more. But this is my personal experience.My next two firebirds were different and i enjoyed them from the minute i bought them.That $1500 bargain might end up costing you a lot more $ in the long run than the $5000 one in the long run.You're young, learn from some of our mistakes.You work to hard for your money and it will not be a pleasureable experience if you buy yourself a moneypit.Good luck with your search and if you need any help,i'm in ontario as well and am always on the lookout for birds and parts locally.Shoot me an e-mail at mardave68@aol.com if you need any help,it would be my pleasure.

David

I second David's opinion. You can fix mechanical and appearance items much more easily than structural. These cars are unibody design, and if the rockers are bad the "frame" is bad. The floor is also structural as the subframe is bolted to it, and if the rear subframe is gone too it's not an amateur or low budget project car. Wait for something with a good underside and ugly paint and interior to come your way.

That doesnt sound like one for the faint of heart, jman. If its not in fair shape structurally, its gonna be a major project, whether youre an amateur or not. Now dont get me wrong, Im doing my first complete resto also, but I intentionally found one that was just a rolling chassis because i wanted to build it myself from the ground up. But it was in very good shape structurally; I figured Im mechanically-inclined enough to fix everything else on it (with advice from most of the people on here), and I looked at it as a long-term project anyways. But the way that one sounds, it would be more than I would wanna take on. Sometimes it takes awhile to find exactly what you want..."Patience is a virtue"

Well.............its still worth checking out! The rest of the car could be worth many thousands of dollars, so for the owner to say he questions the structure.....I dunno, I say it would still be worth a ride out there to see it with a few smart buddies.