Somebody bought a gallon of paint and they were bound and determined to use all of it! The whole car looked like this up close, but as he said from 20 feet away....
Horns broken, turn signal/cruse stalk broken and gorilla glued and taped together.
Started well but idle would not come down, TPS was broken and gorilla glued in place and screws were stripped. No smoke from tail pipe, original cat in place, no gunk in tail pipes, good motor. Had some rust in trunk corners, two holes each side nearly same spots and on suspension, I think it sat in a field or on grass way too long. Engine rocked a ton putting in and out of gear, rubbers were all shot and had to assume suspension rubbers were all bad too. Trunk full of water because wing bolts broken off, cockpit carpet wet under seats as dew wipes non-existent. Seats were cherry, all interior plastics were coming apart at the seams. Tires had to be 15 years old, like new tread wise but cracked all to hell. Pretty much a parts car or resto project as far as I was concerned. After 5 min I knew it was not the car for me but I kept telling him everything that was up with it so he'd know, decent fellow. Didn't bother driving it, but damn it felt good to sit in the seat, I'm totally hooked again!
Throttle was real stiff, is this normal or a bad cable issue?
Not a total wasted trip, I got to spend some road trip time with my friend, got some good food at a diner along the way, got to check out a car with no pressure of buying. The search continues
