My son's first car and we started out with a decent '95 civi caprice w/230,000 miles for $500. Looked fine but had some hidden rust (beyond the obvious) and bad radiator, rusted brake lines, and seized A/C compressor (week after we got her). Working with teenagers is a struggle with priorities work on car, hang with friends - we had the car for a year before we really dug into it. Here is the build final touches were done before he left for school in August.
Started with this:
Started with this:
