C2or not
Burning Brakes
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From: Reno NV
How About BOTH If You Can Afford It?
I have a 1995 C4 coupe that I really enjoy taking road trips in; but have longed for a C2 for a long time. So I'm hoping to buy a nice red one in a few weeks. It will be driven to local car shows and events and trailered to events out of state. One thing I know for sure; a C2 will get lots of attention at a car show! Was just at the Portland Rod & Custom Show this past weekend and the 1966 Big Block Convertible and the 1966 small block Coupe were getting lots of attention from the crowds. 
Drifting
Joined: Sep 2003
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From: Franklin, TN
C2s don't come along very often, especially for that price. You will easily be able to find a, probably indentical, C4 when you can afford it. If the C2 doesn't work for you, you can always sell it for more than $22,000. This is especially true for 64s. They are the least expensive of the mid-years and there is no where to go but up. Post this question on the C4 side and see what their response is.
Le Mans Master
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My first Vette was a 93 torch red also. kept it for two years, sold it, bought the 65. Neither car was/is my daily driver, but the 65 just keeps going up in value, i think you know which way the c4 is heading. BTW, the "cool" factor at any gas station is off the charts on the 65. I dont believe i have ever put gas in that car without someone coming up and asking questions about it. Not that the c4's arent nice, but to see a C2 anywhere is much more a rare occurence and of course i do enjoy talking to people about it. I havent regretted the switch to the c2 for even one minute. I can actually work on this car myself, but the c4 was way out of my league---i'm not a mechanic and i don't do electronics.
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Cruising
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Cruising
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For all those cautioning me about costs, I just had the dreaded optispark done on my C4. Throw in new belts and a belt tensioner...........$1400+. Owning a serious sports car of any kind is not for the faint of wallet. If it was a C2 or other classic car I bet I would have understood the repair even if the mechanic do it.
Safety Car
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From: FL
I bought my first Vette 2 years ago. It is a 1993 torch red coupe. I have an opportunity to buy a 1964 roadster from a friend. It is in very good shape. It needs a new gas gauge and the paint job is less than perfect(it was repainted metallic blue). The price: $22,000
The question; I have to sell my beloved torch red baby to buy this one. Any opinions on the decision? All comments welcome. Financial and aesthetic. I know that owning a C2 is a different world from a C4. That's why I am asking.
Help me decide...please
The question; I have to sell my beloved torch red baby to buy this one. Any opinions on the decision? All comments welcome. Financial and aesthetic. I know that owning a C2 is a different world from a C4. That's why I am asking.
Help me decide...please
The '64 won't be used for daily driving. First, insurance is a hassle. You can get a great deal on collector insurance, but then you can't drive it all the time. Or you get regular insurance to drive it and not really have it covered for anything close to its value.
You won't go off and leave it at the mall, the airport, so it really becomes a toy. And the first time you decide to run across to Bloomington or Knoxville or some other far away place 1000 miles away, you probably won't take the '64.
So if your '93 is a daily driver, then you can't replace it with the '64 unless you work from home or across the street and live in a town of 200 people.
So get a loan for the '64, because at $22,000, if you don't there are 200 guys here who will by morning. So buy it and keep them both.
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Cruising
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I can afford both financially, but I have a one car garage. I don't consider my C4 a daily driver now, but i know I am much more likely to take a drive in my C4.
I also have to convince the wife of the "practicality" of keeping my C4 as my daily driver.
I also have to convince the wife of the "practicality" of keeping my C4 as my daily driver.
Melting Slicks
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From: Flower Mound TX
Thankfully, "The Boss" is in to the C2 that we have and it isn't a boat anchor like the other toy I had.
Melting Slicks
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From: Sun Prairie WI
If you post threads starting with "... MY MECHANIC informs me that ... ", you might want to keep the Seee-Fore. If your wife would question why the garage (... house, clothes, pets ...) smell like gasoline (... antifreeze, exhaust gases, oil, brake fluid ...), better keep the late model.
On the other hand, if you find wrenching, research, wrestling reproduction parts to make them fit, searching for the right NOS components, etc. enjoyable, you'll not regret buying the '64; just hide your ledger of expenses in a secret/undisclosed location. The weekend shows, cruises, and diner trips in your midyear will make it well worth the effort.
On the other hand, if you find wrenching, research, wrestling reproduction parts to make them fit, searching for the right NOS components, etc. enjoyable, you'll not regret buying the '64; just hide your ledger of expenses in a secret/undisclosed location. The weekend shows, cruises, and diner trips in your midyear will make it well worth the effort.
Racer
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From: Montana
If you could only have lived the magic and times of the 1960's with the
'Vette's, the enchanting music, the chickies and the charm of those daily experiences back when that decade became the last decade of an innocent generation, you'd have no question whatsoever as to what, these days, to ride.
IMHO, ya gotta go beyond the baloney of money, what your mechanic says or whatever. If'n you like the music from that time, you like a 'magical' allure of that era, then go for the C2.
If you have no concept of what it is I'm talking about here, go for something else ... like your handy-dandy C4. Great car I'm sure ... but no 'magic' ... goes fast ... not much else.
Because 'MY DAZE' (my day's) were in the late 'fifties to late 'sixties,' I reserve the right, as an expert 'old phart,' to expound upon those days as something very special.
Seriously, hope you arrive at a decision that works best for you given the replies and advice you received so far.
Go for the magic ... which car, C2 or C4, makes you feel your magic?
PeteZ
'Vette's, the enchanting music, the chickies and the charm of those daily experiences back when that decade became the last decade of an innocent generation, you'd have no question whatsoever as to what, these days, to ride.
IMHO, ya gotta go beyond the baloney of money, what your mechanic says or whatever. If'n you like the music from that time, you like a 'magical' allure of that era, then go for the C2.
If you have no concept of what it is I'm talking about here, go for something else ... like your handy-dandy C4. Great car I'm sure ... but no 'magic' ... goes fast ... not much else.
Because 'MY DAZE' (my day's) were in the late 'fifties to late 'sixties,' I reserve the right, as an expert 'old phart,' to expound upon those days as something very special.
Seriously, hope you arrive at a decision that works best for you given the replies and advice you received so far.
Go for the magic ... which car, C2 or C4, makes you feel your magic?
PeteZ