Need help please, 73 2.0 for $800???? should i buy Options

[kfish914]

I need help from fellow 914 guys. My wife doesn't understand the "need".
there is a 73 2.0 for sale here at a shop about 20 min from my house. the owner said it is on conighnment for a customer who took it for back due rent. He said it was running two months ago and the owner brought it back because he could not get it to start again after letting it sit. I did stop over and look at it. it seems pretty solid, but who knows under the rockers. the cable for the engine lid broke and he could not get it to open, it is 15 degrees here right now. front trunk looks solid looking under the car not much oil to speak of. i did reach up under the hell hole area and there was rust there how bad I could not see enough to be sure. Drivers seat is a little wobbly pulled up the carpet and it looked solid besides behind the drivers seat in the corner rust, rust, rust. here are some pictures of it from the Craigslist site. it currently is not running and i would have to have it towed to my house for around $75.

I have a 74 converting to a 2.7 on a extrem budget now that i have been layed off from work.

thanks for any input you can give.
By the way he has a guy coming down from Michigan tomorrow to buy it sight unseen. but said who ever shows up with the money first

[RJMII]

I'd say get the engine lid open and look.

There's a center console in it... $250 ish?

why won't it start? does it turn over? does it have carbs? ($400-$500 for carbs)
2.0 long block core? ($500? $600?)

Chrome bumpers?

What parts do you NEED for your 74? are there enough parts there that you will have to pick up still for your project to make it worthwhile for the parts that you need?

If it's a good stepping stone for getting your project finished, answer some more questions about it first.