Uh, why would you buy a car with a salvage title? Lord know what happened to the car. Even if you do a Carfax research on it, you don't really know. And you think you're gonna get $20,000 for it after you mod it for a little money? Either I don't get what you're trying to do because you're a little confusing, or you have no clue what your trying to do. A mint 1997 SH with low mileage and no salvage title might get you $18,000 right now.