Richard brings up a very good point. Buying someone elses half-finished project can be a great way to get a good deal, but you have to recheck everything done to make sure Mickey Mouse didn't have a hand in building it.

I think of all the areas that could be really screwed up it would be a front clip install, because it takes a fair degree of skill and engineering saavy to pull it off correctly. The things you are looking for are if it is attached properly and gusseted well, and if it was installed in the proper relationship to the road. You just don't take a donor front end and weld it on and hope it works well, it takes planning and execution to make that happen.

I have seen some horrible front clip jobs over the years, and very crude attempts to get the old and new frames to mate. If there is one area you really want right on a car it is the front suspension and steering. You might take it to a very good alignment shop first and ask their opinion on the install and geometry.

Don