A few quickies:

1) I'm not a body man, but I can tell when a car has had a crappy paint job done to it. Almost anyone can tell if the bodywork was not done well. Just look at the car. Does it look right in the sun, or is the paint different colors in different places? Run your hand across parts of the car... do you feel bumps? Stuff like that.

2) 355 kits are worth more if they have seperate front bumper and rear bumpers (ussualy the back and front are just one big piece), and seperate rocker panels (There are two "side scoops" on the door, a big one and a small one under it. When you open the door, do they both swing out with the door, or does only the big one? If only the big one does then the rocker panels are seperate , which is a good thing.)

3) Check how well the body panels line up. Get a pencil or something and slid it thorough the crack which spilts up the door and the front, the door and the bakc, etc.. to see if everything has been aligned straight.

4) Check the hindges and the alignment of trunk and hood. Make sure that they close properly, and don't giggle around or anything.

5) Because its not a convertable, you don't really have to worry about body re-enforcements unless the car has been streched. I'll let someone else try to deal with that and how to check if it has been streched properly/.


Once I complete my car, drive it for a while, I plan on selling it, and was hoping to get around that much for it... its very hard to build a kit car for less then that, and thats assuming you do all the work yourself!