Hello all, I am about to purchase an FD with a blown motor as a project car, but had a quick question before I went ahead with the buy. The car has been sitting for about 3 years, with a flat tire on the front drivers side, all others still have pressure (it was sitting on the stock FD rim w/ flat tire). With the car sitting for that long, will the car have sustained any frame damage?

The car has a blown motor, so there's no way I can drive it to get a feel, but the exterior looks immaculate (been sitting in a garage). Please help me with some input on what area's to check to see wether or not the frame was bent, or if sitting for that long, will it have bent any?

Thanks in advance!
Chris-

 

No.

 

Sweet, much appreciated Jim!

Sucks that this is post 666 tho. . . . . but it's offset by the good news

 

get on aim :P red

 

What you should worry about with a car that's been sitting that long is rust inside the engine. Withough any oil or other lubricant constantly coating the metal, the inside of the engine starts to rust.

 

Yea, that for the most part I was going to rid by giving Mazda the motor in there and getting a reman, and starting from there. The motor was blown anyway, thats why the owner left it there, he never got around to replacing it. Only part I dread id draining the fuel tank, etc etc. IIRC there was less than a quarter tank of petrol in there.

 

Red, you got pics of your other car yet with all the CF stuff?