Is your C@ not an NCRS Car or is it an NCRS car?
08-27-2017, 05:22 PM
#61
Melting Slicks
Well you all are the ones dragging this out and for your information I do have an all original 67 Corvette but I will not have it judged. I can not figure out why you would pay someone you do not know to inspect your car or judged it if you already know what you have? Besides I saw the sticker on a car and just took a pic of it. I thought it was pretty cool but I guess that is why we not all think or are alike. That is why you get to think and believe what you want and the guy next to you can think and believe what he or she wants to If we all thought alike this would be a pretty dull world.
08-27-2017, 05:38 PM
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08-27-2017, 05:47 PM
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My car has deeply personal meaning to me. I don't care about NCRS either way - if that gives guys a boner - great. If not, great. Why would I give a ****?
I bought my car at a swap meet for $12K. It was a bad idea. It was trashed. It burned up its engine harness a week after I bought it. The chassis was almost rusted in two. It had Mexican style diamond tuck for the interior.
My wife was diagnosed with cancer and I built the car in 18 months while I cared for her (she beat it). My cousin (a remarkable chassis engineer and GM Master Tech) helped me build the chassis and suspension. He died three weeks from brain cancer after the car was done.
10 years ago I was diagnosed with Crohn's Disease and a form of incurable Leukemia. While getting my chemo (going on 9 years of it every six weeks) my car was hit and run in the parking lot of the cancer center. That was two years ago and I'm just now finishing up the resulting work (not just new paint - going after lots of details to make it a better car).
Almost nothing original on the car when I bought it. I've gone broke twice while somehow keeping it (from medical expenses and evil insurance companies) doing every bolt and washer myself. Sometimes it's my only reason to get out of bed. Other times I think I'll never have it on the road again.
I've bled for this car. I've sweated. I've scrimped and saved. I've met amazing people and formed friendships with true experts on this forum that helped me build my dream car.
At the same time it's helped me keep my sanity during times when I had no hope.
From the Dewitt's radiator and DS Speed kit to the Koni shocks, Demon carb, 65 Muncie, 70 LT1 to the composite spring, modern gauges, power disk brakes and more, there is only ONE Corvette like mine and I love it.
And that's what counts to me.
I bought my car at a swap meet for $12K. It was a bad idea. It was trashed. It burned up its engine harness a week after I bought it. The chassis was almost rusted in two. It had Mexican style diamond tuck for the interior.
My wife was diagnosed with cancer and I built the car in 18 months while I cared for her (she beat it). My cousin (a remarkable chassis engineer and GM Master Tech) helped me build the chassis and suspension. He died three weeks from brain cancer after the car was done.
10 years ago I was diagnosed with Crohn's Disease and a form of incurable Leukemia. While getting my chemo (going on 9 years of it every six weeks) my car was hit and run in the parking lot of the cancer center. That was two years ago and I'm just now finishing up the resulting work (not just new paint - going after lots of details to make it a better car).
Almost nothing original on the car when I bought it. I've gone broke twice while somehow keeping it (from medical expenses and evil insurance companies) doing every bolt and washer myself. Sometimes it's my only reason to get out of bed. Other times I think I'll never have it on the road again.
I've bled for this car. I've sweated. I've scrimped and saved. I've met amazing people and formed friendships with true experts on this forum that helped me build my dream car.
At the same time it's helped me keep my sanity during times when I had no hope.
From the Dewitt's radiator and DS Speed kit to the Koni shocks, Demon carb, 65 Muncie, 70 LT1 to the composite spring, modern gauges, power disk brakes and more, there is only ONE Corvette like mine and I love it.
And that's what counts to me.
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08-27-2017, 06:03 PM
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My car has deeply personal meaning to me. I don't care about NCRS either way - if that gives guys a boner - great. If not, great. Why would I give a ****?
I bought my car at a swap meet for $12K. It was a bad idea. It was trashed. It burned up its engine harness a week after I bought it. The chassis was almost rusted in two. It had Mexican style diamond tuck for the interior.
My wife was diagnosed with cancer and I built the car in 18 months while I cared for her (she beat it). My cousin (a remarkable chassis engineer and GM Master Tech) helped me build the chassis and suspension. He died three weeks from brain cancer after the car was done.
10 years ago I was diagnosed with Crohn's Disease and a form of incurable Leukemia. While getting my chemo (going on 9 years of it every six weeks) my car was hit and run in the parking lot of the cancer center. That was two years ago and I'm just now finishing up the resulting work (not just new paint - going after lots of details to make it a better car).
Almost nothing original on the car when I bought it. I've gone broke twice while somehow keeping it (from medical expenses and evil insurance companies) doing every bolt and washer myself. Sometimes it's my only reason to get out of bed. Other times I think I'll never have it on the road again.
I've bled for this car. I've sweated. I've scrimped and saved. I've met amazing people and formed friendships with true experts on this forum that helped me build my dream car.
At the same time it's helped me keep my sanity during times when I had no hope.
From the Dewitt's radiator and DS Speed kit to the Koni shocks, Demon carb, 65 Muncie, 70 LT1 to the composite spring, modern gauges, power disk brakes and more, there is only ONE Corvette like mine and I love it.
And that's what counts to me.
I bought my car at a swap meet for $12K. It was a bad idea. It was trashed. It burned up its engine harness a week after I bought it. The chassis was almost rusted in two. It had Mexican style diamond tuck for the interior.
My wife was diagnosed with cancer and I built the car in 18 months while I cared for her (she beat it). My cousin (a remarkable chassis engineer and GM Master Tech) helped me build the chassis and suspension. He died three weeks from brain cancer after the car was done.
10 years ago I was diagnosed with Crohn's Disease and a form of incurable Leukemia. While getting my chemo (going on 9 years of it every six weeks) my car was hit and run in the parking lot of the cancer center. That was two years ago and I'm just now finishing up the resulting work (not just new paint - going after lots of details to make it a better car).
Almost nothing original on the car when I bought it. I've gone broke twice while somehow keeping it (from medical expenses and evil insurance companies) doing every bolt and washer myself. Sometimes it's my only reason to get out of bed. Other times I think I'll never have it on the road again.
I've bled for this car. I've sweated. I've scrimped and saved. I've met amazing people and formed friendships with true experts on this forum that helped me build my dream car.
At the same time it's helped me keep my sanity during times when I had no hope.
From the Dewitt's radiator and DS Speed kit to the Koni shocks, Demon carb, 65 Muncie, 70 LT1 to the composite spring, modern gauges, power disk brakes and more, there is only ONE Corvette like mine and I love it.
And that's what counts to me.
08-27-2017, 06:21 PM
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08-27-2017, 07:29 PM
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08-27-2017, 07:41 PM
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Hey Mike. Thank you very kindly for sharing a chair and a Miller High Life under the VH tent. Great to meet you and your buddies, and your little weiner dog.
OK, I'm tired of being nice. Let's get back to arguing, shall we?
OK, I'm tired of being nice. Let's get back to arguing, shall we?
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08-27-2017, 08:27 PM
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08-27-2017, 08:37 PM
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08-28-2017, 08:50 AM
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08-28-2017, 09:06 AM
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08-28-2017, 11:29 AM
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It was my pleasure to meet you. And the others that dropped by.
08-28-2017, 12:43 PM
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I am not a NCRS member and probably will never be, however I would hate to see these folks quit "restoring" their cars to NCRS standards with phony reproduction parts and restamping for the purpose of having them judged, if this were to happen my source of really good original used parts would dry up.
In my selfish way I wish the NCRS and their judging criteria a long and successful run.
Bill
In my selfish way I wish the NCRS and their judging criteria a long and successful run.
Bill
09-06-2017, 12:57 AM
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I've got a 69 that is very original, I've also got a 57 that couldn't be much further from it. They both have their place. The 57 has been a hot rod since my father bought it 1962, the 69 has just sat around a lot. I appreciate both types.
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09-06-2017, 07:49 AM
#78
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I am not a NCRS member and probably will never be, however I would hate to see these folks quit "restoring" their cars to NCRS standards with phony reproduction parts and restamping for the purpose of having them judged, if this were to happen my source of really good original used parts would dry up.
In my selfish way I wish the NCRS and their judging criteria a long and successful run.
Bill
In my selfish way I wish the NCRS and their judging criteria a long and successful run.
Bill
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09-06-2017, 08:00 AM
#79
Safety Car
My car came as a project without the original motor. So, I made it my way, a nice driver. If it was all there I would have gone the NCRS route.
09-06-2017, 08:13 AM
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At the same time it's helped me keep my sanity during times when I had no hope
been 2 yrs since its been on the ground but keeps the head goin'
Hang in there bud
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