[strat61caster]

Clear title: $20k
Salvage title: $12k

I wouldn't touch a salvage title unless I planned on tearing it apart and examining every weld on the car, you just have no idea how much effort was put into it. Can you trust that the frame is straight when it was done up by one-eyed-Juan? Sure there are gems to be found but there are also nightmares.

Spend the extra $5k-$10k and get one that you don't have to question.

I've heard stories of salvage cars where the new owner goes to slam on the brakes on the freeway to avoid a collision and the repair fails, the chassis twists or straight up breaks and now the owner is at fault for an accident. Check out the salvage thread, what qualifies as 'runs and drives' is downright scary. Like I said, I personally wouldn't do it unless I planned on going through every nut and bolt on the car.