I bought a step child 64 tonight
07-30-2007, 11:48 PM
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I bought a step child 64 tonight
I've been wanting a coupe for a while now and finally came across the right deal tonight. It's a 64 (sometimes refered to as the stepchild year here on CF, 
) red on red with just about everything original except the motor. I couldn't be happier.
Original radio works and the car even has the original spare underneath. The motor is not correct, but it is a 327 / 350. The car needs new bushings, shocks / springs, etc. (same thing I went through with the 63 vert when I got it). Also rims will be going soon if someone is looking for wire wheels......
The wife is coming to realize that she will never park in the garage again,
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) red on red with just about everything original except the motor. I couldn't be happier. Original radio works and the car even has the original spare underneath. The motor is not correct, but it is a 327 / 350. The car needs new bushings, shocks / springs, etc. (same thing I went through with the 63 vert when I got it). Also rims will be going soon if someone is looking for wire wheels......
The wife is coming to realize that she will never park in the garage again,
Pics
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07-31-2007, 12:07 AM
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Congrats on the new family addition 
My "stepchild" 64 has been upgraded and modded to hang right in there with the best of them. All that for half the price of a comparable 65-67. Deal of the century I'd say.
My "stepchild" 64 has been upgraded and modded to hang right in there with the best of them. All that for half the price of a comparable 65-67. Deal of the century I'd say.
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07-31-2007, 08:34 AM
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Congratulations on your new coupe It's always fun to buy a new car and make it the way you want it. Looks like you have the makings of a real nice coupe. Enjoy it 
It's always fun to buy a new car and make it the way you want it. Looks like you have the makings of a real nice coupe. Enjoy it
07-31-2007, 08:40 AM
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My first one was a '64 Convertible that I bought in '78. Great car!
Yours looks nice.....what wheels are you going to use?
JIM
Yours looks nice.....what wheels are you going to use?
JIM
07-31-2007, 08:49 AM
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Now I just have to figure out how I am going to be able to slip one of those nice Street Shop Inc. conversion frames/suspension underneath it without the wife knowing
. (http://www.streetshopinc.com/index.html)
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07-31-2007, 12:34 PM
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Very nice addition
I wish my wife was as sympathetic and understanding as yours! Everytime I suggest a new addition she asks where I plan to park it since her Lexus spot is firmly reserved in the garage.
Maybe we should put together a group "Lift" purchase.
I wish my wife was as sympathetic and understanding as yours! Everytime I suggest a new addition she asks where I plan to park it since her Lexus spot is firmly reserved in the garage.
Maybe we should put together a group "Lift" purchase.
07-31-2007, 12:48 PM
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'64's a step child? Not to me--they're full blooded C2 Corvettes, IMO.
As for wheels, definitely consider TT D's, perhaps with American Racing Carlisle spinners.
As for wheels, definitely consider TT D's, perhaps with American Racing Carlisle spinners.
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07-31-2007, 12:59 PM
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07-31-2007, 01:11 PM
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i still dont understand why some people think of the 64 as a lesser car
it is one of the best years IMO
-doesnt have the cheesy hood grills of the 63
-the side coves are much nicer than my 66 or the 65's
-so is the grill nicer than the egg crate of 66 and 67
i had a 64 fuelie coupe for a while, silver, knockoffs etc
it was a great car. wonder where it is now.
enjoy the ride
it is one of the best years IMO
-doesnt have the cheesy hood grills of the 63
-the side coves are much nicer than my 66 or the 65's
-so is the grill nicer than the egg crate of 66 and 67
i had a 64 fuelie coupe for a while, silver, knockoffs etc
it was a great car. wonder where it is now.
enjoy the ride
07-31-2007, 03:32 PM
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Never could figure out the stepchild moniker for the 64-probably concocted by some disenfranchised self loathing liberal
. Mine is an L76, ermine white, red leather gut, It was Duntov's all time favorite, probably because he won the internal power struggle to have the stinger removed from the 63 rear window
. Mine is arguably one of the nicest 64 vert's on the planet but won't take it to any shows for fear I may have to choke some pompous self-indulgent NCRS weaner...
. Mine is an L76, ermine white, red leather gut, It was Duntov's all time favorite, probably because he won the internal power struggle to have the stinger removed from the 63 rear window . Mine is arguably one of the nicest 64 vert's on the planet but won't take it to any shows for fear I may have to choke some pompous self-indulgent NCRS weaner...
