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Steve,
Here's some items to check for:
1. Rust at driver's and passenger's floor. Best to pull up the carpet and check. Caused by water leaks.
2. Burning oil from turbo. Have someone else drive it and follow from behind in another car and look for oil smoke. Also a good time to check for "dog tracking" i.e. rear end does not follow front.
3. Rust in trunk at sides or at bottom of spare tire well. Also look underneath door seals on doors, as well as the bottom.
4. Tranny rear seal/bushing. Is the tranny fluid low? Look underneath; Is the undercoating on the body around the tranny output shaft all sticky and melted from Dexron III spewing everywhere?
5. Look at the fusebox and check for melted plastic around contacts underneath relays and at fuses.
6. Front control arm stay bushings.
7. Does the odometer work? trip od too? Also make sure all the idiot lights work.
8. Check turn signal lenses and see if any are about to fall off.
9. Does it still have the plastic radiator. A car this age should have already had the coolant hoses, radiator, heater valve and reservoir replaced.{in a perfect world!!}
10 How bad is the oil leak at the oil cooler? The oil filter adapter?
11. signs of past wrecks, ie new glass, paint on window seals, misaligned body panels, etc. ( you probably already know this!)
These are just a few things I could think of that you could perform fairly easily. Some are likely redundant, if you've read the FAQ too.
HTH
Bob Agle
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