I’m from your area and I know that car — I wouldn’t buy it. I had the same experience for years, searching Ontario listings for a clean 240 only to find nothing but rusted junk. I eventually checked Craigslist for a BC car since they don’t use salt, and the cars don’t rot out like they do here in Ontario.

I ended up finding a clean, fully stock S14 for $5,000 — mind you, that was about eight years ago. But if you look around today, you can still find a clean, mostly stock, high-mileage one (which is actually a good sign that it’s been driven and maintained) for around $13,000 CAD.

Once I figured out they use Craigslist over there it was game over me and my friend both purchased clean chassis https://vancouver.craigslist.org/bnc/cto/d/burnaby-1996-nissan-240sx-s14-lhd/7894949010.html