So I know that S197 Mustang seat rails have a tendency to rust because they don't have a protective coating but does this look rusted through or more like surface rust? Don't want the seat detaching if I crash yknow?
>>27602660Jab it with a screwdriver dude wtf
>>27602660Looks fine but try and clean it up and hit it with some bedliner before it gets worse
>>27602667Can't, it's not my car yet
>>27602660DISGUSTING
>>27602691If you're going to buy it, make the guy let you check or walk
>>27602691Do it covertly when you look in person lolJust take your keys and give it a good scrape
>>27602695>>27602710I'll try to do that but I'm also getting the car checked by a mechanic before I settle on it so I'm gonna ask him about the (absolute) state of these rails
>>27602725I'd run away, dude. The way those are rusted makes it seem like it was in a flood.
>>27602725>getting a sub-$10k shitbox checked by a mechanic
>>27602787>sub-$10kfuck I'd love it if the car market was this unfucked here
>>27602725>going to have a mechanic check the state of the car>asks 4chan to diagnose the state of the car by a pictureAre you retarded by chance? Or just desperate for (you)'s?
>>27602741This, also it looks like the interior is a mess so the guy obviously didn't really care for the car. Never buy a car with a messy interior, if they can't keep the place they sit in clean and well maintained, what makes you think they kept the rest of the car well maintained?
>>27602660That's shit from a butt, must've recently gone into a crowd
>>27602792Where do you live you can't get a pre-facelift S197 for under 10k?
>>27602934Canada
>>27602660That's a flood car.
>>27602877CHECKED. i'd want to at least pull the carpets below the seat and check pan condition. I'd bet it's 1/4 to the way the seat rails are at.
>>27602877The former is feminine make-work with no tangible benefit, and the latter is actual maintenance? How do you figure they have anything in common?
>>27602960>make-work with no tangible benefit>rust so bad that it could possibly spread to the frameEveryone I've met with a dirty interior were also 5k miles overdue for an oil change. A dirty interior usually indicates the person doesn't care about the car and literally only use it to get from point a to b, and only performs maintenance when something breaks.There are exceptions of course, but its usually the easiest way to tell a car was not cared for.
>>27602976beauty is sometimes skin deep, but filth is usually deeper than it looks
>>27602942Are you accounting for the difference between a Canadian and American dollar? You can get a V8 S197 for under 13k maple crusted beaver pelts.
Seat will not hold you in place anyway, that would be the seat belt.Also, if you crash wth this you are dead anyway
>>27603321the seat will fly forward at 50 mph and crush him
>>27602976Structural rust is not an element of a "messy interior."
>>27602660That's not rust It's food crumbs Nigger has been eating fried chicken in there for 20 years
In case you people dont understand those tracks just rusted up like that without ever being in a flood.Thats why they have those covers on them usually.
>>27602660Bruz that shit flood damaged
>>27603512>>27603424>>27602660Ford… Normalising rust since 1906
>>27602660RUSTANG strikes again.walk away anon, just walk away.
>>27603708>walk away anon, just walk away.
