Guess I overlooked the obvious, sorry. Don't buy one with dents, don't buy one with a cracked windshield, don't buy one that needs to be upholstered, don't buy one with trashed louvers or facias, don't buy one that's not been driven for 15 years, you will be facing a money pit. Buy one that has been well taken care of and driven with some regularity but not with extremely high mileage. That's reasonable isn't it? I freely admit that a pristine '81 is vastly superior to a trashed '82 or '83, I assumed that was a given. As to the "book" borrowing it works just as well as buying it, I said read it, not buy it, I borrowed the copy I read. You need to know what's in it. You're on your own now, good luck!