Looked at a 66 Big Block in Tennessee today
12-08-2016, 07:05 PM
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Looked at a 66 Big Block in Tennessee today
Drove 224 miles, GPS is great
Looked at a 66 390 horse yellow two top roadster that ran out on ebay.
Not original engine, Not original Big Block car.
Maybe I can save someone the trip.
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Looked at a 66 390 horse yellow two top roadster that ran out on ebay.
Not original engine, Not original Big Block car.
Maybe I can save someone the trip.
No comment necessary.
12-09-2016, 06:55 AM
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guessing this one??
http://www.ebay.com/itm/1966-Chevrolet-Corvette-Roadster-/391636609399?forcerrptr=true&hash=item5b2f5c6977%3Ag%3A0IkAAOSwcUBYO2m-&item=391636609399&nma=true&si=TtFQnk6Xmj91gE3eMp9RPdSoW8k%253D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2557
http://www.ebay.com/itm/1966-Chevrolet-Corvette-Roadster-/391636609399?forcerrptr=true&hash=item5b2f5c6977%3Ag%3A0IkAAOSwcUBYO2m-&item=391636609399&nma=true&si=TtFQnk6Xmj91gE3eMp9RPdSoW8k%253D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2557
12-09-2016, 07:27 AM
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It would have been more convincing if he had put the hood support on the driver side, removed the expansion tank and found a correct red line tach - well maybe - maybe not.
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12-09-2016, 08:19 AM
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That expansion tank, and the redline hit me in the face when I got there, and I certainly know that, just missed it, getting old, feel dumb. My thinking was I could buy the car at some price whatever it was but I did miss the easy stuff. Owner is either clueless or looking for a sucker, I suspect the later.
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12-09-2016, 10:01 AM
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If that is the car on eBay, I'll say this for him - at least he didn't say "numbers matching", or otherwise use direct language intimating that it was a born-with car. However, for the unknowing, they could incorrectly assume that it was born a big block I suppose.
12-09-2016, 10:41 AM
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looked at his feedback...not good...
http://feedback.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAP...edbackAsSeller
5 negatives on the first page
http://feedback.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAP...edbackAsSeller
5 negatives on the first page
12-09-2016, 11:44 AM
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12-10-2016, 12:36 PM
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Sounds like he's looking for correct car money for a non-correct car.
It's a pretty car though.
It's a pretty car though.
12-11-2016, 08:26 AM
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A good example of why you need an expert inspection when your not sure what your spending your hard earned money on.
12-11-2016, 08:32 AM
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I hate these clowns (dealers and private sellers), they have no compunction about lying to you and letting you drive hundreds of miles in the hopes they'll "reel in" a sucker and are completely unapologetic when you "call them" on their unethical BS.
Did this more times than I care to relate when looking for a split window
Sometimes you get sweet revenge. One 340hp SWC I looked at in a Sarasota dealer's showroom that he had just bought turned out to be a base motor 'made up' car and he didn't know it.
He paid the SHP price but maybe recouped it screwing some other naive buyer...but the look on his face when I clued him in was worth the trip
Did this more times than I care to relate when looking for a split window
Sometimes you get sweet revenge. One 340hp SWC I looked at in a Sarasota dealer's showroom that he had just bought turned out to be a base motor 'made up' car and he didn't know it.
He paid the SHP price but maybe recouped it screwing some other naive buyer...but the look on his face when I clued him in was worth the trip
12-11-2016, 08:53 AM
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I hate these clowns (dealers and private sellers), they have no compunction about lying to you and letting you drive hundreds of miles in the hopes they'll "reel in" a sucker and are completely unapologetic when you "call them" on their unethical BS.
Did this more times than I care to relate when looking for a split window
Sometimes you get sweet revenge. One 340hp SWC I looked at in a Sarasota dealer's showroom that he had just bought turned out to be a base motor 'made up' car and he didn't know it.
He paid the SHP price but maybe recouped it screwing some other naive buyer...but the look on his face when I clued him in was worth the trip
Did this more times than I care to relate when looking for a split window
Sometimes you get sweet revenge. One 340hp SWC I looked at in a Sarasota dealer's showroom that he had just bought turned out to be a base motor 'made up' car and he didn't know it.
He paid the SHP price but maybe recouped it screwing some other naive buyer...but the look on his face when I clued him in was worth the trip
I suspect that we hear of far fewer "I bought a misrepresented car" stories than actually occur due to embarrassment on the buyer's part. They probably just roll over the loss as a lesson learned.
Perhaps more importantly, the average sale price of these cars is unnaturally skewed upwards by unscrupulous seller's falsely inflated prices.
