This '65 Belair is pretty nice, but a little crusty around the edges, like the bottom rears of the rear quarter wheel openings have minor rust-through, but only there. The floors (trunk & interior) are solid as are the lower front fenders. The deck lid's rear lower seam is splitting due to a huge mouse nest across the width, but it looked relatively fresh, so not a ton of mouse poop & pee to remove and didn't rust it through as it would have after a couple years of habitation. We're worried there is a mouse house up in the headliner as there is a small hole over the drivers seat, but we don't see 'lumps' in the surface. Hopefully, they didn't have time enough to really get settled in to cause more damage. All the stuffing the little buggers used appear to be from the seats.
It's a very honest original car and is going to be preserved in it's current original state...other than going through the brakes, suspension, and wiring to make it safe to drive again after being of the roads for 50 years!
Dennis
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