Look what i found '64 vette
07-12-2015, 05:04 PM
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Burning Brakes
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Look what i found '64 vette
Or maybe it found me. Ya see the story goes like this. I was in my garage one early evening putting tools away, yeah right. We know that I never got to that. And a neighbor was on his evening walk and walked by my garage and saw my '66 vette. Well he came walking back and asked if he could look at my vette. I said "sure" and we introduced ourselves and got to talking. He then said "I have a vette in my backyard". I said "Oh nice, what do you plan to do with it?" He said "I'm gonna sell it". My ears picked up and said that we should go look at, I MIGHT be interested in it. HEHEH MIGHT. I can't act too interested but I was knawing at the bit.
So here is what I saw. The motor is a real 1970 454 LS6 with 60,000 miles, not rebuilt, carb. to pan. Flares were done by a Body Shop, wheels and tires were new in the '80's. It also comes with two rebuilt Muncie 4 speeds. Couldn't dig through the **** in the car to see so we'll assume for now that they are just M20's. And 4 new fenders from GM unused.
What would you guess that it's worth?
So here is what I saw. The motor is a real 1970 454 LS6 with 60,000 miles, not rebuilt, carb. to pan. Flares were done by a Body Shop, wheels and tires were new in the '80's. It also comes with two rebuilt Muncie 4 speeds. Couldn't dig through the **** in the car to see so we'll assume for now that they are just M20's. And 4 new fenders from GM unused.
What would you guess that it's worth?
Last edited by R. Seghi; 07-12-2015 at 07:31 PM.
07-12-2015, 05:06 PM
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Burning Brakes
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And the car has been sitting right here since 1992. It was his driver. I have lived in my house for 18+ years and never new it was there and only around the corner. Now how often does THAT happen?
07-12-2015, 05:14 PM
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You'd better black the license plate # out or someone is going to take it away from you.
07-12-2015, 05:50 PM
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Good frame and birdcage I'm guessing about $20K max. Keep in mind that new fenders will not fix the front end. You will need a upper surround and side fenders.
07-12-2015, 07:24 PM
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Burning Brakes
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07-12-2015, 07:25 PM
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Burning Brakes
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07-12-2015, 09:29 PM
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Burning Brakes
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We did agree on 25K and I don't think anybody else will pay that because with all of these gay reality shows about flipping cars they all want to insult you with these ridiculously low offers.
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07-12-2015, 10:06 PM
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Team Owner
Cool, now you have your road racer and your drag car!
You have it covered! 
And pretty soon you will have surpassed other enthusiasts who have only pulled one body off within their lifetime!
I guess we had better keep the barn full of old Corvettes a secret from you, that is located three blocks from your house!
well I am always interested in the history, can any info be shared on the Owner and what he did with the car yet? Any event history? Like the annual All Corvette Drags held at OCIR or Ontario? Was he a member of one of the Socal clubs? Did he do any of the weekend autocross racing? did the Owner have any cool trophies, plaques, literature, jackets, patches, entry lists, etc. from the Corvette clubs that he is selling to you related to his owning the car? Or old pictures??????????
454 cool! The hood was modified with a C3 L88 styled hood scoop! tires clearanced in the front could mean some autox history, but then he could have had it raked or lowered, or the big block put the tires on the fenders! The bumpers are all removed for lighter weight. The exhaust layout under the car has to be interesting based on those tail pipes, and he has the strong 200mph Daisy American mags! All cool!
Unless some significant history that would dictate the direction of the build turns up! I would smooth it out and candy apple red the darn thing beautifully leaving bumpers off, pinstripe it with gold, and letter your name with gold leaf on the door and a cool street warrior name in gold leaf and engine built by maybe Ed Pink, get a real C3 L88 hood with hood pins to lift it off, bigger period correct drag meats on the back and put ball joint spacers on the front to raise it some and some skinnies! And make a Van Nuys Boulevard cruising warrior out of it!
So you now have your nasty Mulholland Drive Racer and now your pretty Van Nuys Boulevard drag match race cruiser!
And pretty soon you will have surpassed other enthusiasts who have only pulled one body off within their lifetime!I guess we had better keep the barn full of old Corvettes a secret from you, that is located three blocks from your house!
well I am always interested in the history, can any info be shared on the Owner and what he did with the car yet? Any event history? Like the annual All Corvette Drags held at OCIR or Ontario? Was he a member of one of the Socal clubs? Did he do any of the weekend autocross racing? did the Owner have any cool trophies, plaques, literature, jackets, patches, entry lists, etc. from the Corvette clubs that he is selling to you related to his owning the car? Or old pictures??????????
454 cool! The hood was modified with a C3 L88 styled hood scoop! tires clearanced in the front could mean some autox history, but then he could have had it raked or lowered, or the big block put the tires on the fenders! The bumpers are all removed for lighter weight. The exhaust layout under the car has to be interesting based on those tail pipes, and he has the strong 200mph Daisy American mags! All cool!
Unless some significant history that would dictate the direction of the build turns up! I would smooth it out and candy apple red the darn thing beautifully leaving bumpers off, pinstripe it with gold, and letter your name with gold leaf on the door and a cool street warrior name in gold leaf and engine built by maybe Ed Pink, get a real C3 L88 hood with hood pins to lift it off, bigger period correct drag meats on the back and put ball joint spacers on the front to raise it some and some skinnies! And make a Van Nuys Boulevard cruising warrior out of it!
So you now have your nasty Mulholland Drive Racer and now your pretty Van Nuys Boulevard drag match race cruiser!
Last edited by TCracingCA; 07-12-2015 at 10:28 PM.
07-12-2015, 10:35 PM
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Le Mans Master
Now- it is a very cool story! And, you know, it IS the best single year of Corvette production...
07-12-2015, 11:18 PM
#15
Burning Brakes
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WHOA TC, YOUR GOIN' OFF THE DEEP END. It has no history like that which you have depicted. It was a daily cruiser around town for awhile.
It has sat in the backyard of his house since '92.
It has sat in the backyard of his house since '92.
You have it covered! And pretty soon you will have surpassed other enthusiasts who have only pulled one body off within their lifetime!
I guess we had better keep the barn full of old Corvettes a secret from you, that is located three blocks from your house!
well I am always interested in the history, can any info be shared on the Owner and what he did with the car yet? Any event history? Like the annual All Corvette Drags held at OCIR or Ontario? Was he a member of one of the Socal clubs? Did he do any of the weekend autocross racing? did the Owner have any cool trophies, plaques, literature, jackets, patches, entry lists, etc. from the Corvette clubs that he is selling to you related to his owning the car? Or old pictures??????????
454 cool! The hood was modified with a C3 L88 styled hood scoop! tires clearanced in the front could mean some autox history, but then he could have had it raked or lowered, or the big block put the tires on the fenders! The bumpers are all removed for lighter weight. The exhaust layout under the car has to be interesting based on those tail pipes, and he has the strong 200mph Daisy American mags! All cool!
Unless some significant history that would dictate the direction of the build turns up! I would smooth it out and candy apple red the darn thing beautifully leaving bumpers off, pinstripe it with gold, and letter your name with gold leaf on the door and a cool street warrior name in gold leaf and engine built by maybe Ed Pink, get a real C3 L88 hood with hood pins to lift it off, bigger period correct drag meats on the back and put ball joint spacers on the front to raise it some and some skinnies! And make a Van Nuys Boulevard cruising warrior out of it!
So you now have your nasty Mulholland Drive Racer and now your pretty Van Nuys Boulevard drag match race cruiser!
And pretty soon you will have surpassed other enthusiasts who have only pulled one body off within their lifetime!I guess we had better keep the barn full of old Corvettes a secret from you, that is located three blocks from your house!
well I am always interested in the history, can any info be shared on the Owner and what he did with the car yet? Any event history? Like the annual All Corvette Drags held at OCIR or Ontario? Was he a member of one of the Socal clubs? Did he do any of the weekend autocross racing? did the Owner have any cool trophies, plaques, literature, jackets, patches, entry lists, etc. from the Corvette clubs that he is selling to you related to his owning the car? Or old pictures??????????
454 cool! The hood was modified with a C3 L88 styled hood scoop! tires clearanced in the front could mean some autox history, but then he could have had it raked or lowered, or the big block put the tires on the fenders! The bumpers are all removed for lighter weight. The exhaust layout under the car has to be interesting based on those tail pipes, and he has the strong 200mph Daisy American mags! All cool!
Unless some significant history that would dictate the direction of the build turns up! I would smooth it out and candy apple red the darn thing beautifully leaving bumpers off, pinstripe it with gold, and letter your name with gold leaf on the door and a cool street warrior name in gold leaf and engine built by maybe Ed Pink, get a real C3 L88 hood with hood pins to lift it off, bigger period correct drag meats on the back and put ball joint spacers on the front to raise it some and some skinnies! And make a Van Nuys Boulevard cruising warrior out of it!
So you now have your nasty Mulholland Drive Racer and now your pretty Van Nuys Boulevard drag match race cruiser!
07-13-2015, 12:15 AM
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Team Owner
Just a lesson that probably won't be appreciated
but someone who owned that thing was or had done some unique modifications, things that were the trends of the era prior to it being parked!
when an Owner has let it stay parked since 1992 and is now selling it, that is when the interesting ownership history tends to go into the trash next, as soon as you tow it off of the lot. Naturally an owner who is losing a car that was probably a dream or passion at one time, unfortunately the stories and the history are probably essentially in the trash already mentally with this Owner, so it never hurts to try to extract or inquiry further. i think others will come on here in your new thread and totally agree with what i just said. you are fairly new to this Corvette thing, just trying to do you a favor! The history can be very valuable and highly interesting to have, and sometimes you only get one shot at it, the day you purchase it!
PS I also realize that you have not pulled the trigger, and you have another project or several going!
when an Owner has let it stay parked since 1992 and is now selling it, that is when the interesting ownership history tends to go into the trash next, as soon as you tow it off of the lot. Naturally an owner who is losing a car that was probably a dream or passion at one time, unfortunately the stories and the history are probably essentially in the trash already mentally with this Owner, so it never hurts to try to extract or inquiry further. i think others will come on here in your new thread and totally agree with what i just said. you are fairly new to this Corvette thing, just trying to do you a favor! The history can be very valuable and highly interesting to have, and sometimes you only get one shot at it, the day you purchase it!
PS I also realize that you have not pulled the trigger, and you have another project or several going!
Last edited by TCracingCA; 07-13-2015 at 12:54 AM.
07-13-2015, 12:40 AM
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Always fun to read threads like these.
Hopefully you can close the deal. Better just buy it, and then worry about selling the Nomad. That thing won't sit there too long if he starts talking to other people about it.
Also, the flares are appropriate!
Good luck,
Pat
Hopefully you can close the deal. Better just buy it, and then worry about selling the Nomad. That thing won't sit there too long if he starts talking to other people about it.
Also, the flares are appropriate!
Good luck,
Pat
07-13-2015, 01:01 AM
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Burning Brakes
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[QUOTE=ptjsk;1590036555]Always fun to read threads like these.
Hopefully you can close the deal. Better just buy it, and then worry about selling the Nomad. That thing won't sit there too long if he starts talking to other people about it.
Also, the flares are appropriate!
Good luck,
He's my neighbor and no one knows about it. I can't just go buy it, I'm not shot in the *** with diamonds.
Hopefully you can close the deal. Better just buy it, and then worry about selling the Nomad. That thing won't sit there too long if he starts talking to other people about it.
Also, the flares are appropriate!
Good luck,
He's my neighbor and no one knows about it. I can't just go buy it, I'm not shot in the *** with diamonds.
07-13-2015, 01:08 AM
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He's my neighbor and no one knows about it. I can't just go buy it, I'm not shot in the *** with diamonds.[/QUOTE]
Dammit man!!! Go collect some cans then...real quickly! LOL!!
Yea, unfortunately I know what you mean!
It just seems when there's too much time lagging..... the seller may begin to have second thoughts, or begin to question his agreed upon sale price.
In the end, I hope you get the car!
Dammit man!!! Go collect some cans then...real quickly! LOL!!
Yea, unfortunately I know what you mean!
It just seems when there's too much time lagging..... the seller may begin to have second thoughts, or begin to question his agreed upon sale price.
In the end, I hope you get the car!