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I have bought two cars from eBay without ever seeing either car myself. Each time I hired a company close to the car's location to do an onsite PPI for me and I made the decision based on the report.

Do a search for "automotive pre-purchase inspection" in the closest big city to the location of the car, e.g. "automotive pre-purchase inspection Springfield, Mo.". In big cities, you'll have a lot of options. In rural areas, it can get harder.