i was wondering have any of you guy ever buy an salvage car and fix it up?i found a couple of great deal on salvage 2k2 max and a 94 slicktop NA Z for 2500. should i get it?the Z have been hit on the driver door and rear quarter panel with both airbags blown and the maxima been hit front with airbags blown. any advice is great.

 

Take it to a body shop and see how bad the damage is and if the frames are bent. It's almost impossible to tell you if they are worth fixing or not by reading your post. Have an expert look at the cars. It may be worthwhile if the price is right, and the damage is minimal.

 

imho you have to get over the "great deal" syndrome unless you have alot of time AND expertise. Many shops are so busy robbing I mean fixing peoples' car that they haven't got much free time--but when they do, they'll flip a salvage car here and there. In other words, #1 you should be in the repair business to get into paying thousands for a wreck. If you have lots of money and want to fix cars as a hobby and have no time constraints, then that may be another opportunity.

I've had friends buy a fixer-upper house at 40% of market value and have the investment go south because alot of time and money was required just to get it up to snuff (homes with no toilet, kitchen, plumbing, needing masonry work, pointing, etc.). Alot of people are doing FHA which makes it stricter on the seller (railing x feet above ground etc.) and costlier too. Long story short, very rarely is anybody giving anything away, so your edge has to be the skill and the time (ie you can bring something to specs faster and cheaper than someone else--someone else is usually the pros), otherwise steer clear. Good luck if you decide to give it a try.