Bought a '73 Coupe today!

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11-11-2014, 01:40 PM

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Nice car.

Ive never seen those tires before. Check the manufacturing date codes on them before you get to far down the road.

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edit: http://www.eldoradotire.com/Default.aspx

EDIT #2: I have no idea why "tires" in my line of text is a link to wallymart. Odd. Sorry.

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11-11-2014, 03:23 PM

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No wonder you had to get it!

Annnnnnnnnd it's a.....................

Exactly!

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11-11-2014, 03:25 PM

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Nice car.

Ive never seen those tires before. Check the manufacturing date codes on them before you get to far down the road.

I'll keep them on for winter storage and will replace them with a nice set of new BFG T/A's or the like in the Spring...

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11-11-2014, 03:26 PM

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Very nice 73! I just sold my 73 today......

Congrats to you and the new owner! What are you replacing it with, if anything?

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11-11-2014, 03:30 PM

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Very nice. Got to love them 73's.

Yes, the 68-72 date frame meant less and less to me the more I researched the '73 and took an appeal to the one and only transitional design year.

I'm an official '73 Vette fan.

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11-11-2014, 03:35 PM

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Very very nice! I sure hope you're right about the 73 price trends too!

Thanks Tim! There is no doubt in my mind that like nice examples like this one and yours shown in your post can only trend higher with tide of the earlier years. The '73's uniqueness just adds to its appeal, IMHO.

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11-11-2014, 03:36 PM

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Love those 73's. Looks like this is a very clean car.

Me too! Yes this one is over the top in cleanliness. You could eat off it from top to bottom.

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11-11-2014, 03:43 PM

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So the magic question, what did you pay for it?

Let's just say I am having it insured for an agreed value of $29K to protect my investment, or heaven forbid if I would need to replace it with one in equal condition.

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11-11-2014, 03:45 PM

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Welcome aboard! Beautiful car and in such great condition.
Enjoy!

Fran

Thanks Fran! Your Blue '73 is looking great too! I'm extremely happy to be part of the '73 Owners here!

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11-11-2014, 03:47 PM

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That's like me asking you "which one of your wives was the hottest" (with your present wife sitting next to you).

LOL! True

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11-11-2014, 04:50 PM

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Keep the shiny side up.

You bet, and the shiny side will hibernate in the garage over the winter now too.

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11-11-2014, 07:57 PM

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Welcome to the 73 club

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73 coupe since new

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11-11-2014, 11:31 PM

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the absolute best year

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11-12-2014, 06:50 AM

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Welcome to the 73 club

Steve L
73 coupe since new

Thans Steve! Proud to be a new member (and life) member of the '73 club. Yes, I am never selling this find, something my kids will be happy to learn so they can have a chance at it....

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