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That is reassuring. I did some work on Z32's but the 2 that I had were too far gone to be restored and I ended up selling them. The majority of my car repairs have been on the S13. I've been working on it for over 5 years now. Main hold up is money so it's sitting for right now. I think the rust will be my main concern though. These motors look incredibly simple to work on compared to my 3.4L Firebird. Having to pull the intake manifold off to pull off either valve cover has never made sense to me...

Appreciate the responses. I still have a while to shop around too so I'm not in a hurry. I'm just mainly wondering if its very practical to daily drive an s30 and what to look for. My main concern is their age obviously. I've worked on cars quite a bit but all newer. I have a 90 240sx that I swapped an rb25 in and a 2000 trans am that I put a 6.0L into. I'm sure I could learn about carbs and stuff just concerned about trying to learn while its my daily. From the little research I've done so far, rust seems to be the key issue with these. I haven't done much rust repair so I'm not sure about that but any advice would be appreciated

Hey guys, I love old Z's and I've always wanted to restore one/build one up but my DD which is a V6 firebird is starting to go out and I was wondering how many of you daily drive an old Z and how reliable one would be. I was looking and locally I found this one which I thought seemed to be a good deal for the mileage. Let me know what you guys think and if I was going to get one I'd like to stay from 70-78. http://kansascity.craigslist.org/cto/2104516453.html