1995 Chevy Beretta restoring sitting car

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1995 CHEVROLET BERETTA

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1995 Chevy Beretta V6 Front Wheel Drive Automatic 105000 miles

Hey, my name is Matt and I own a 1995 chevy beretta. The car has been sitting for approx 3 yrs, since I have gone away to college. I am debating whether it would be worth it to invest money into fixing it up to drivable status. I am willing to invest anywhere up to 1000 for repairs. It was initially left because it needed a fuel pump and I did not have the money to fix it. Since then it has gone unattended and any problem you can imagine that stems from a car sitting for an extended period of this car will most likely have. If you think it is feasible and worthwhile to invest money into repairing it I would want to do the work myself. Unfortunately I dont know what work will be needed and I only have a moderate level of mechanical experience. Please dont spare any information you think relevant and dont hesitate to give me your honest opinion.
Thanks, Matt

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I would be very leary of going after this Matt.

When a car sets that longer, a variety of problems crop up after getting on the road and making parts move that haven't in 3 years.

If you have pateints, don't need to have a dependable car right away, enjoy working on the car,
We will be happy to assist.

There will be brake work that will be needed, the fule pump obviously, which involves dropping the tank and can run into a myraid of headaches includes line troubles.