Sponsored Links (Register now to hide all advertisements)
If you see the restoration process as entertainment, then finding a rust free A for 4K would be just what you are looking for. You will have far more in it than you will be able to get out of it (especially if you can't do body work and paint), but you'll have lots of fun in the process, you'll learn a lot, and you'll meet some great people. It is also sort of a "time payment plan" to get to a finished car.
If you aren't passionate about doing the work yourself, your interest in finishing the restoration will dwindle and the project will eventually be abandoned and sold for a dime on the dollar that you have spent (a car torn apart for restoration is essentially worthless).
Buying a finished car is the least expensive way to having a finished car....but you miss out on a lot of the fun that way.
. Keep in mind, that even buying a finished car, it will not be an "investment". When it comes time to sell it, prices will have likely further declined.