I paid $1700 for my 82 Brat about 2010 and drove it home engine screaming @ 68 mph on the fwy! Sweet, fun and very clean with only minor rust, runs like a Timex watch and fires up on the 1st click EVERY time. I discovered that the front end had been replaced and under the fenders was a bent & crumpled drivers side brace from the strut tower to the radiator support. No biggie, but then the title had some expensive issues too. All in all, I'm very happy with it & just started to dig it out of the garage again to start a mild perf upgrade on the engine, fab up a cage and bumpers.
Cheers!