ShawnyB215

over the past weekend i bought and 88 fox-body heres a pic of it.



anyway i drove it home with no turn signals or headlights. but the past two days Ive been smelling gas like crazy, im not mechanic or anything but i thought something isnt right here. So i called my neighbor over (who is 19 just like me and is somewhat of a mechanic he works at a dealer) so i asked him to go near the rear of the car and he got under it and saw that the gas tank has a hole in it. Now heres my problem and question. Should i fix it and keep the car? or sell it as it is and get my money back? i really wanna keep it but i don't know how much its gonna cost to fix. my uncle is an mechanic and should cut me a deal. i would love to have some thought on this.

luckythirteen13

Pics of the hole?

ShawnyB215

i havent got that far yet. ill take some tomorrow when its sunny out. its not a big hole. its not leaking all the time either only when the gas moves across it its also very rusty around the spot.

motorman524

Why not fix it?? Gas tanks are around $100.00 from Autozone. It's a pretty easy fix. The headlights and turn signals could be as simple as a fuse or multifunction switch. That car is too nice to let go.

ShawnyB215

im just worried about putting more then what i paid for it into it im gonna have my uncle do the work but i don't want it being hefty price tag.

5.0kid

lmfao guess your shouldnt have bought a fox body

mustangGT86_05

Both job should be easy fixes so long as you have some mechanical knowledge or have a friend help who does. If its the multifunction switch, that is a very quick fix.

Five0hFox

I've put in 4x what I paid for my car.

ShawnyB215

Wow. i mean if i have to do that it will sit in my garage until i get the money.

mustangGT86_05

Pretty sure FiveOhFox means fixing it as much as fixing his up. Your issues really shouldn't cost too much to fix, the only one that MIGHT be complicated is your lighting issue. Most likely though, it won't be too bad. Hell I think I've already put half of what I spent on my car back into it and have only had it a year, but its been 90% upgrades