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As far as the body goes very little rust haven't been able to take a detailed look underneath yet but it didn't look to bad from what I could tell.
The story with the car is I found it listed on Craigslist for $300 because the car needed a cylinder head, when I got out there to look at it the guy was like I bought the car for my son as a first car and it started to overheat but he kept driving it..... Oh and btw its 4wd I forgot to mention that in the ad lol I was like wait what!?!? And it's stick?? And he was like yeah I've never seen a 4wd protege before so needless to say I gave him the $300 as fast as I could.....which leads to a question..... Being that I've never had to tow anything but front wheel drive vehicles, I put the front two wheels up on a tow dolly left the car in neutral and the rear wheels were rolling. Did I just destroy this thing or is it ok to tow these cars like that? Feel free to flame, lol I know I'm kicking myself for not catching or thinking about the fact that all 4 wheels were drive wheels.
factory manual says if you flat-tow it with all four wheels on the ground, just put it in neutral.
if you have the front wheels off the ground, remove the prop shaft.
In any case, do NOT tow it backwards with any drive wheels on the ground.
I don't have my 4WD Protege anymore, looking back on it now I should've never sold it, it was a great car. I do have pics on my computer somewhere, when I find them I will post them up.
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