Body is straight ?

[99ss]

What does body is straight mean to you?
To me: no dents or rust.. am I wrong?

 

[Budnicks]

Straight, to me means it's not all dented up but maybe some minor dings here or there, no creases or major dents, no rot, maybe a little surface rust, decent glass, chrome &/or trim pieces... Now a Perfect Body, is no dents, no rust, near perfect paint, near perfect, glass, chrome etc... I never grade a car at what a seller grades a car, I will always take it down a notch because they are trying to sell & advertising is everything, very few people selling cars are completely honest about condition, straight is near straight & perfect is near perfect... But then there is the Laser Straight, which is better than perfect, show car quality, where you can see a perfect reflection like a mirror, not many out there, unless your in high 6 figures... Never trust "almost" any sellers, advertisement/wording, always take for granted, it won't be as good as described, they want to sell, they will use key words, like Straight Body, when it not really, to try to make it look/sound/appear better than it really is... Good luck

 

[b-star69]

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[CTMopar]

Straight to me means no dents or collision damage. Nothing to do with trim, glass or rust. To me a car could have no windows or trim, be covered with rust but no dents and it's straight. Just refers to frame and body.

 

[iraqivet01]

10 months of block sanding, and block sanding, block sanding, block sanding, and tapping out door dings, and replacing rusted panels, and did I meant block sanding?

 

[MarPar]

i think she's pretty straight...no dents, NO rust, stainless is ok at best (dents, but it shines up nice) paint is good overall; a few nicks and chips in the hood. a nice DRIVER CAR!!!!

 

[terzmo]

straight means no dents or waves....I had a 67 satellite for almost 8 years and the body was straight as an arrow but had almost 2 gallons of bondo skim coat to cover alot of imperfections...never bubbled or cracked and I got alot of compliments...so what I'm also adding here is a body can be straight but have alot or some plastic under it.

as a side note to the above....in western ny..1950's/1960's the bondo was not as good quality as today plus most cars were driven in snow/salt etc and deteriorated the bondo work...I don't think many drive there cars year round in snow and salt anymore(but of course there will be someone who posts they do)

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i think she's pretty straight...no dents, NO rust, stainless is ok at best (dents, but it shines up nice) paint is good overall; a few nicks and chips in the hood. a nice DRIVER CAR!!!!

I'm sure the car is as nice as the pics but a word to the wise...pics can make a wavy car look good.

 

[MarPar]

I'm sure the car is as nice as the pics but a word to the wise...pics can make a wavy car look good.

you are very correct, Terzmo...on both accounts!!! lol

 

[wannadrag]

When i wave at a car i dont want it to wave back.lol

 

[MarPar]

^^^lmao