a guy has offered a straight swap for my escort xr3i convertible for his sierra saph running a 2.0 pinto. never been welded or painted all original shell but engine is blowing a lot of oil out the exhaust.

not too worried bout that as i have another pinto lying in my garage from my old capri if worst case is an engine change, but what else should i be looking out for with one of these? basic checks for the body, rust spots on them etc?

not sure if im going to do the deal or not but i may do if its clean enough. good base for a cos rep (awaits mutterings, 21 years old not enough wages to run a proper cosworth yet as wage and hour cuts have killed that chance just now)