Re:southern motors
Sorry if this is a dupe. For some reason my first message disappeared when I went to post.
Make sure you have the car inspected by yourself or someone.
I bought my current 69 from Southern Motors. This was my first and only purchase of a car based on photos and a sellers description alone. I always before and will always going forward inspect the car before I buy. The car was represented as a frame off restoration. When it arrived I should have had a clue when the throttle would not open the carb more than a 1/4 of the way. I thought it was a simple oversight. A few days later I put it on the lift to inspect and found that it had only had the bottom of the car sprayed with black paint to make it look pretty. The body mounts were trashed and the top of the frame and area where the black spray paint did not cover were still rusty. Clearly no frame off restoration. When I called them they stated they must have misunderstood the builder. Somehow I doubt that.
They did offer to buy the car back but not cover my tax, title and license fees that I had paid. Lesson learned on this one. I spent the next year going through the car to make it the way it should have been for the price paid.
Go forward with caution or find a more trustworthy seller.
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