clearwaterms

I was watching an episode of Dallas car sharks that I had recorded from a few days back. One of the people on the show (Martha Davis) purchased an 07 black on black A6 coupe (black wheels) and proceeds to have the car wrapped in gold chrome vinyl. The outcome wasn't as terrible as you would think, but even my wife was looking at the TV and just shaking her head. The show reported that the cost to wrap the car is $5000. For those that are wondering, she paid just under $26k at auction for the car and the show reported she intended to sell it for $35k.

So it got me thinking, if you were to drop $5k upgrading your corvette what would you do?



P. S. I looked online and couldn't find any pictures of the car. if somebody has better google foo than me and can find pictures of the actual car please post them.

BadgeZ28

I saw the episode as well. The $5K would definitely not be spent on a gold wrap. maybe a supercharger?

clearwaterms

i have done the supercharger thing on other cars (not on the vette) and its hard to argue with the performance increase...

I don't know what I would do. Probably something like; speaker upgrade, z51 sway bars & upgraded shocks, repro chrome spyder wheels /w new tires, and a short throw shifter.

RagTop69

I saw that episode last night. The finished gold product was hideous. I would be embarrassed to be seen in that thing. The car was a base 2007 C6 and I have no idea how sweet old Martha is expecting to sell it for $35K. She coughed up $25,750 for that '07 and, unless it had about 500 miles on it, that was already retail for it. That whole show is a joke. Ever notice how only the four main characters wind up bidding on the interesting cars? They had an episode on a few days ago where the three male members of the group all bought Mustangs at the auction. A '66 convertible, a '67 fastback and an '83 hatch back. That Ash guy (do you suppose his name is Ashley?) bought the '83 and was talking about how much better off he was because it had the "big 5.0 engine" while the other two had the smaller V8. Duh! Martha's son had the '66 vert and he "restored" it by pulling the engine and painting it black. The '66 Mustang's block was correctly painted Ford Corporate Blue. The early '65s had black blocks. The other guy, Frank, "restored" the '67 fastback (a rattle can resto at best) and they suggested he would sell it for $35K. Has everyone at the Velocity Channel lost their minds or is it just a Texas thing? And don't get me started on that azz hat Richard Rawlins. How about one more bangle bracelet and one more Miller Lite, Dick? That guy just screams "class" doesn't he?

clearwaterms

On one of the episodes that was on my DVR they had ash buying a Ford 500 Galaxie... The car had rust HOLES and he claimed he got it fixed and resprayed factory color for $2500. I understand that dealerships get pretty big discounts on that type of service because they are regular consumers, but are we really supposed to believe a full respray that is worth anything was $2500 including rust repair?

P.S. Google thinks galaxie is spelled wrong, so is Ford wrong, or google?

RagTop69

Must be Ford, because Google is so now and hip. I mean, dude, that whole generation goes around screwing up prepositions constantly. I remember when my kids came home from jr. high school saying they were "embarrassed of" something. It's embarrassed "WITH" or "BY", but not "of". You can, however, be ashamed "of" something like not knowing the correct preposition. It started in school for my kids and I hear it all the time on TV now, so you have to wonder which pencil eraser their teachers were sucking on when that whole "preposition" thing went blowing by in "E School". Oh, that's right, they're busy teaching the Kindergarteners how to critically think and identify their sexual orientation.

BTW, that Galaxie was a heap. And four doors to boot. Ash kept saying some "collector" was going to pay him big money for it after he and his boys packed it full of Bondo and did an el cheapo scuff and spray on it. How long do you think those door corners and rockers are going to last? Any real collector would have to be demented to buy that thing. I remember a guy on a Mustang forum thinking he had just scored a major coup by buying a '69 SportsRoof because it was an I6 and there were so few of those built in '69. His premise was rarity = value. There was a reason why so few I6 SportsRoofs (fastbacks) were built in '69. Can you say Mach 1? Nobody wanted a puny I6 in that sexy '69 SportsRoof body. Even the 302 V8 SportsRoofs are hard to find out there and aren't worth half of what a minimum engined 351W 2V Mach 1 is. Now, if you did a gold vinyl wrap on that I6 SportsRoof all bets are off.

RicardoFors68

Come on, no pics? People get banned for less...

Not So Fast

The show is at the bottom of car shows. The other one is Grave Yard Cars, because of that Butthole Worman, he is hard to take but he knows Mopars!!
Bitchin Rides has the best cars and Rawlings is entertaining to say the least Counting Cars is pretty good also, love Danny, some of his lowriders have "heart" and lastly, I want Wayne Carini's job on Chasing Classic Cars, flying around the globe buying cars, WOW!!
NSF

cmonkey713

Saw that last night, what a waste of a nice 2007 coupe.

Never-Enough

That show is crap & it doesn't cost $5k to wrap the car & get $35k for it?

1rusty1

I saw that episode. They never mention the mileage or trim level. I'm sure it had higher miles and even if it was at least a 3lt she still paid retail or more at auction. She mentions that the buyer she has in mind has a chrome wrapped C6. If he knows Corvettes, there's no way he would pay that kind of money for a base 07 wrapped or not.

wayback

Geez guys take it easy.......I was enjoying the delusion that my 07 was still worth 35k. Talk about a buzz kill.

clearwaterms

wrap it in gold vinyl and put it on a car lot that traditionally sells late 80's honda preludes...

budgreen3564

Worst show on TV. Selling price is a guess or wishful thinking

1rusty1

I've seen some pics of your 07. Your Vette at least looks like it's worth 35k.

yellowzron

Reality tv is not reality. On Dallas car sharks what they say they will sell the cars for is a big joke.

See5see6

So true!!

unixcorn

Chasing Classic Cars is the only show of the group with any class and any real educational value. Wayne talks about the cars and in the end, we usually see a real auction value.
The other shows typically break down into trash talking d-bags who may know a little something but are so obnoxious and personified that I can't stand to watch them.

wayback

Wayne is one of the best. Overhauling is another good car show with heart. I like Wheeler Dealers cause they show Ed doing some repairs.

BadgeZ28

I like builder shows. I build hot rods as a hobby. The best builder show is on MAV-TV It is called Full Custom Garage. Ian is a amazing fabricator. I watch most of the shows mentioned. I like Graveyard Cars because it is produced locally. I have met Darren who is now off the show. Don't care to meet Mark. Overhaulin and Garage Rescue are OK also.