Is my dad loosing his mind?, What do we want with a '64 corvair 'vert? Options

[ottox914]

We went to look at a 1964 corvair today, 61k actual miles, 4spd, 3rd owner. Re-spray an unknown # of yrs ago, newer roof, unknown # of yrs ago, original interior, black roof and interior on red exterior. Some flaws in the paint, scratches, nicks. I couldn't find a bit of rust on it. Really. What you see is what the car is. Panel gaps are good, with exception of drivers door, which closes hard. ? if the chrome trim on the door is getting in the way, or if the door just needs an adjustment. Or does this point to something more? A little oil on the engine/trans, has a "nader bar" installed. Started on one crank, clutch was smooth, brakes soft. Was converted to dual master cyl, and blade style fuses. Had a groovy 8 track player, OEM radio is included. OEM jack and washer fluid bottle are there! What does anyone think about the condition, what do I need to look for if we go back, and value?

[ottox914]

So what I have so far is the front trunk finish looks more like bedliner than anything from the factory, so warning sign there, and the engines/valves can burn up, so leakdown and compression check would be a reasonable thing to do as a next step if we really are interested, and that the paint cracking is a poor prior paint job, not for sure an indication of plastic in the body. I gave it the "thump" test, rapping on it with a knuckle in that area, and the tone didn't change, so I'm thinking it actually IS metal under there.

Any other warning signs to be looking out for specific to this car? Can I use the magnet test on the front trunk, or will all that bedliner- if thats what it is, get in the way?

Oh, and price. The owner made it very clear his price was cast in iron, firm, pay me or hit the road at $6500. He showed us an "auto trader" style rag that has this car listed at 7300 from a year ago, when he purchased it from the 2nd owner. Idea was a fun car for his wife, but she does not like manual trans cars. She fell in love with this one, but couldn't get past the trans. From the for sale add to our visit, the car had about 1500 miles added to it in one year.

Now what does anyone think?