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Finally!
My first Mid Year! 
Pictures here: (I will post some from my own camera shortly) http://www.hemmings.com/classifieds/...e/1617925.html
I have admired these cars since they came out, but only recently got to the point I felt comfortable with acquiring one. I am so excited, it's like Christmas 1965 all over again. I travel quite a bit, plus am having it shipped, so I can only stare at the pictures for now.
Thanks to all here that have fanned the flames, advised, and provided wise council.
Pictures here: (I will post some from my own camera shortly) http://www.hemmings.com/classifieds/...e/1617925.html
I have admired these cars since they came out, but only recently got to the point I felt comfortable with acquiring one. I am so excited, it's like Christmas 1965 all over again. I travel quite a bit, plus am having it shipped, so I can only stare at the pictures for now.
Thanks to all here that have fanned the flames, advised, and provided wise council.
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My first Mid Year!
Pictures here: (I will post some from my own camera shortly) http://www.hemmings.com/classifieds/...e/1617925.html
I have admired these cars since they came out, but only recently got to the point I felt comfortable with acquiring one. I am so excited, it's like Christmas 1965 all over again. I travel quite a bit, plus am having it shipped, so I can only stare at the pictures for now.
Thanks to all here that have fanned the flames, advised, and provided wise council.
Pictures here: (I will post some from my own camera shortly) http://www.hemmings.com/classifieds/...e/1617925.html
I have admired these cars since they came out, but only recently got to the point I felt comfortable with acquiring one. I am so excited, it's like Christmas 1965 all over again. I travel quite a bit, plus am having it shipped, so I can only stare at the pictures for now.
Thanks to all here that have fanned the flames, advised, and provided wise council.
Please post pictures and tell us about the car
Phil
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Picks coming as soon as my (long-suffering) wife shows me how to use the photo hosting service.
(inability)
She is a '65 with about 78K miles (no way to tell if original that I can think of)(but less than my 2006) with a non-matching 300HP motor, recently rebuilt, but properly date coded for the car. Will probably sell the motor eventually, and try to find a date matching 365 HP she was built with. Other than that she appears highly original, with the correct tranny and differential, among other items.
She has recent new brakes, spare tire carrier, all new wiring and some new chrome, and some other details. The underbody is very clean and tidy, although some rubber is tired, including the body mount cushions. No hard top present. She has a new, but not OEM exhaust.
She has an older repaint with some minor defects, but is a very good "ten footer". The interior is full of new or very nice original pieces.
She starts right up, idles well, and drives very nicely.
Thanks for asking.
(inability)She is a '65 with about 78K miles (no way to tell if original that I can think of)(but less than my 2006) with a non-matching 300HP motor, recently rebuilt, but properly date coded for the car. Will probably sell the motor eventually, and try to find a date matching 365 HP she was built with. Other than that she appears highly original, with the correct tranny and differential, among other items.
She has recent new brakes, spare tire carrier, all new wiring and some new chrome, and some other details. The underbody is very clean and tidy, although some rubber is tired, including the body mount cushions. No hard top present. She has a new, but not OEM exhaust.
She has an older repaint with some minor defects, but is a very good "ten footer". The interior is full of new or very nice original pieces.
She starts right up, idles well, and drives very nicely.
Thanks for asking.
Last edited by Easy Rhino; Mar 15, 2014 at 07:05 PM.
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ER - Lot's of things can get changed on these old cars over the years like engines, transmissions and differentials but to a lesser extent, dash clusters. If that tach redline is the original from 65 and it definitely is a smallblock car, then it would have been a 365 horse engine running solid lifters. If you do decide to build a new engine along those lines, the parts and that solid lifter cam are readily available. Good luck and keep us posted on your progress.
Mike T.
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ER - Lot's of things can get changed on these old cars over the years like engines, transmissions and differentials but to a lesser extent, dash clusters. If that tach redline is the original from 65 and it definitely is a smallblock car, then it would have been a 365 horse engine running solid lifters. If you do decide to build a new engine along those lines, the parts and that solid lifter cam are readily available. Good luck and keep us posted on your progress.
Mike T.
Mike T.
In other news, I just noticed the price posted in that link and am pleased to report that I was able to acquire the '65 for significantly less that the listed $45K price, close to five figures less, and was able to negotiate in shipping it close to my house as part of the deal.
Interestingly, I chose to finance in with USAA when their offer was too good to pass up. Actually hard to believe, almost, had I not signed the documents myself. At 1.4883% for 72 months, I had no choice but to finance it rather than use investment and savings money. Sometimes you get lucky.
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Nice car but that % rate makes me want to go out get another C2. No that would not work, wife would get the one that was paid off and I would be in the poorhouse. I can understand you excitement.
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good eye ball on the tach, Mike...I noticed that, too. Think ER did, as well as he mentioned eventually finding (hopefully) the original block. Either way, drive the #$^& out of it!!!
