
So it comes to the age-old question; do you buy for looks or performance? We all want to make the rational decision and pick the car with the least issues. But the answer to what you consider an issue often lies in your mechanical skills, bank account, and extended network of automobile enthusiast friends. Sometimes chance decides whether you fall in love with a perfect body even though the motor has long since been discarded, or a shade-tree mechanic sleeper with see-through floorboards and pristine V8 growling under the hood.
So what will it be? All show no go? Or something rough around the edges with a heart of gold?

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