Dan the Man cars ?

Steve welder said

I just saw a clean looking 74 Dart , 318, Auto, factory AC in Oregon for asking price 14 grand
You have to realise if your budget is 22 your looking at a 19 thousand dollar car after you figure transportation costs for you and the car plus a inspection and whatever else
From what you have written the only deal breaker would be the car has to be automatic and a solid rust free body
Reality is if you find that much every thing else shouldn't be a make or break
I dont think any member should be put down because he cant afford a hobby car but being up front is necessary also
Even though we've been down this road before again if you have the funds right now available, are willing to travel, you should be able to find a decent solid driver, not a show car, not a GTS or muscle car, but a good solid A body
Personally id be willing to take a 4 door if the car was original and nice shape
It may need a few things but thats to be expected

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I’d fly out there and look at it. If it sucked I’d fly home.

If it was what I wanted I drive it back home. Spend a few hundred bucks on some HF tools (which you'd still have to use when you got home), make sure I had AAA or some other towing service and make a vacation out of it.

My buddy bought a 73 Duster that had been sitting for years. He towed it home, dropped a 4 barrel carb and intake on it and made it run.

Several months later he needed to move, so I flew to California to help him. We loaded up that Duster so much it was almost doing a wheelie. It looked like the Clampetts loaded it up. Loaded the rest of his junk up in his Durango and headed north to Washington.

I did tune it up before we left. But that thing never missed a beat, got 16 MPG fully overloaded and performed flawlessly.

We stopped in Oregon at his parents place to stay the night. Hi mom was panicked it would break down. I laughed and said that car was more reliable than the Jeep she was driving.

Its still going today, except it has a 340 in it, a manual shift 904 with a 9.5 inch PTC converter and 3.92 gears.

I‘d have no fear jumping in that car and driving back to California or even across the country in it right now.