Reply to "What are the basic things to look for"

gentleman,

as somewhat of a extremely smalltime wannabe hodrod guy going back to the days when van nuys boulvard was one hell-of-a good time on weds nights; smallbock fords really did it for me,or anything with a v8, heck everything had a v8 back then.

obviously some of the appeal to these beauts is the mechanical simplicity of those years gone by; the venerable 351c powerplant sittin where most don't or ever will.

from what i have been reading over the years; is the italian factory let these things go to market before adequate r and d where implemented, and while all the pieces were there, these were not optimized as to function and safety, including the gussetting of the frame which was initially left to stroppe.

since untouched cars had welds that were bad, frames not properly reinforced, rustproffing virtually nil, and ideally are to be kept in that state in perpetuity, since originality is revered for these molestation-free copies.

these issues will never be addressed, and you say due to whatever storage, geographical,unfathomable or miraculous reason, they have been spare the ravages of oxidation, that should wrech havoc on an any illprepped, ill equipped original De Tomaso.

anyone attempting a bare metal approach is not lacking the time, vision,fortitude and bread, to see this undertaking through in the most highly advanced, including technology, in the deployment of the then best chemistry and workmanship, haste, ignorance and anything less could turn this into an excercise in futilly.

so in summation to your notion is that in regards of all things represented by the seller; the buyer should assign a clean bill of health after the visual, and in the case of a resto'ed car, only if enough time has elapsed prooffing the bodywork.

this could save me some time,but could one blister on a resto or anycar for that matter mean instint disqualification?, and indicate extreme exposure, flawed preparations or both; if the culprit is extreme exposure and taking the car out of this eviroment would arrest any further degradation, or is the march on; (the non-abatable cancer sickening the car).

and conversely, are rustfree original cars kept is such and ideal state of pamper and parking when extrication from this in any degree would mean the kiss of death.

resto'd car comes with it the peace of mind a stronger, healthier,skeleton, assuring better handling,and power accomadations, or is this not the case?

I have never driven, be have ridden it these, just once, is it enough of a car never to have seen another gusset?