Mechanic specials

>>17864847
Bumb because I am thinking about doing the same thing, even if a car doesn't run, just the act of tearing it down and learning how everything goes together could be useful

Also, are there certain things that I should try to get that are easier to work on than others to start with? I also don't mind investing money into tools/equipment when it ends up being neccesary

Get a shitty civic from the mid nineties and start working.

>>17865243
This, or just an old truck. There's lots of room to goof around in and cheap parts

I too am interested in this idea.

>>17865422
I would think the cheapest option would be a car that was totaled out from a rear end collision, that way your engine is still in working order and you can take it apart as you please. However this doesn't work if you want to try and do a restore of a car.

>>17865467
I'd need to be able to use it as a DD within a month or so of getting it so it couldn't be too fucked up. Depends on how old it is if a totaled rear end collision, a older civic would probably get totaled from the bumper and lights getting smashed from the crash. Something newer would probably have frame damage if it was a total.

Some cunt smashed into the back of my moms accord at a stop light and it was totaled. Frame was bent a bit, but we ended up seeing it at a used car lot a few months later. Was a 2007 with 50k on it, probably $5000 in damage.

If the body/trunk gets bent that would be a pain in the ass since all the body panels won't line up and there would be problems getting things to fit back in.

Problem is here by the time something gets old enough to be a mechanic's special, probably already has cancer with body rust. I've been trying to find something that has a relatively rust free body and frame and an engine/transmision that isn't toast, but up here its hard.

>>17864847
> Want to know how to fix cars
> Buy cars that need fixing
> Fix them
> Sell them on
How else do you think you're going to learn?

Just buy the absolute cheapest worn-out crap you can, and fix it until it's a viable car again. Then sell it and buy another.

>>17865527
>Problem is here by the time something gets old enough to be a mechanic's special, probably already has cancer with body rust
So teach yourself to fix that, or replace panels with ones from the scrapyard?

>>17865557
>So teach yourself to fix that, or replace panels with ones from the scrapyard?
>Replacing unibody panels from some shitbox civic with ones from the scrap yard

I'd rather not