***** Moderator's Note ***** Please respond directly to Robert. ***** Mike G. Moderator of the week I know that there are some here on the list who also own Bricklins, so I wanted to ask a quick question about them since I can't find any active discussion groups on them. In a nutshell, I found one for sale. It's a high vin, Safty White '75. The car was collateral for a personal loan to a friend that never paid the guy back. When he took posesion of it, the chassis, suspension, steering, brakes, and underbody have all been blasted, recoated, rebulit, and has been entirely reassembled. So he has a complete rolling chassis. The body panels are all there as well, but have not been installed. The engine and the tranny are both in questionable shape (although he is not familiar with the car, he believes that while still a Ford, the motor is NOT original), and the interior is completly missing (the current owner believes that the old owner still has them). Plus there are some other misc. parts as well. I haven't seen the car in person yet (I would have to before I could even consider making a decision). But the owner wants $650 for everything to get it out of the garage. I hate posting "newbie-esqe" questions like this, because I normally try to research any vehicle I buy throughly first. But since this seems to be so on the fly, I thought that I might ask others here who might have some experience in this realm. Ideas on what to look for, and/or what are common problem areas that I should look for? And if there are missing peices that I need to replace, which ones are key to the car. I.e. expensive/irreplaceable? Thanks in advance, and please reply off-list. Thanks! -Robert vin 6585 "X"