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A bit of history - I bought my first of many midyears in 1972 at the age of 18. A 67 Big Block coupe with factory air that I bought and subsequently sold for $2,400 (who knew??).
Forward 45 years and many corvettes, camaros, firebirds, and mustangs -
Last year I swore I was done with old cars. The only mechanic I trusted and used for years moved away. I was sure these old Corvettes would not bring a fraction of what was invested after most of the old timers who have an interest in these cars got too old to drive or afford them on Social Security. The side pipes were aggravating my tinnitus. Few people who own them even bring them to shows and cruises any more and when they do they watch everyone go gaga over the new ones. With a midyear you go to a Corvette show and often win a trophy because you were the only one in your class. Most of the new Corvette owners say "nice car - what year is it?" What was the point of sitting and baking at car shows for hours with a car that nobody appreciated any more?. Why have all that money tied up in car that you don't hardly ever drive? I had all these reasons (I told myself) and more to sell my 67 last year. Some of you may remember it after being on the for sale forum for seven months - here is a picture -
Over 30,000 views - a forum record that I am certain will never be broken. So it finally sold in February 2017 and I went the rest of the year without an old car for the first time in decades. I went to cruises and shows without a car and sat with my car friends convincing myself I had done the right thing. I put the money in my savings account and earned something like .0000000000001% interest.
Then around Christmas last year I texted someone I knew as a joke and said "are you ready to sell that Goat yet?" It turned out he was about to put it on eBay. So I took my friend John (fellow forum member and owner of a 66 convertible I always went to shows with) and we went to see it and I ended up buying this beautiful 1968 convertible land yacht -
So I took it to shows and cruises and parked next to John with his 66 -
I tried and tried to be happy with that GTO but my mistake was parking next to John with his 66 which I always loved (the 66, not John). We'd be sitting at the shows and I would be missing my 67 and I would ask John "why did I sell that 67?" and John would recite all the reasons I had given for selling it. Then someone began showing up at a couple of shows and cruises with an immaculate 66 with a for sale sign in the window. I remember going home and telling my wife I saw a car at a show I liked and she just rolled her eyes (as she never thought I should sell the 67). Then last month the car showed up again at a cruise and I called my wife and asked her to come to the cruise to look at the car. She came up and saw it and loved it which was all the green light I needed (she never really liked the GTO). I negotiated a fair price for the car and practically emptied all of our accounts to buy it as I knew if I waited to sell the GTO it would be sold before I could get it. I put the GTO on Craigslist and fortunately sold it the next day to the first person who saw it (it was a really nice Goat!).
So here I am back with the new (to me) 66. Here's some info about the 66. It was purchased from Taylor Chevrolet in Flemington, New Jersey and was brought to Colorado early in its life by the original owner. It was one of only 411 sold with a beige top. It was purchased about 15 years ago from the original owner by a local drag racer who had the car repainted in its original Milano Maroon color, the motor rebuilt, installed a new top, and replaced the original wheels and hubcaps with repro knock offs. The car has only 30,700 miles and has its original interior, a no-hit body, and numbers matching engine, trans, and date coded rear. Any parts that were removed during the restoration I was given including the original wheels and hubcaps. I was given the original invoice, protect o plate, owners manual, and original New Jersey title to the car, as well as receipt and details of the engine rebuild by a local well known engine builder.
The first thing I did was to order Diamond Back gold lines to replace the 15 year old black wall tires that were on the car. While those were taking three weeks to get, I had the original wheels media blasted and powder coated and refurbished the hubcaps. While I like the look of knock offs, I do not like the hassle of owning a car with them and the fact that most C2s now have them. I love the look of the 66 hubcaps and the relative rarity of seeing cars that still have them.
Here are some pictures -
And here's me and John at a recent show with the two Vettes and a smile on my face!
. . . Why have all that money tied up in car that you don't hardly ever drive? I had all these reasons (I told myself) and more to sell my 67 last year. Some of you may remember it after being on the for sale forum for seven months - here is a picture -
I can't quite figure it out but for some reason, I really like your white '67 <LOL>.
Funny, the other day I was pondering what my car would look like with redlines. Now I know.
Congratulations on your new acquisition. It's a very nice-looking car.
Welcome back to the fold! You did have a beautiful '67, exactly like mine. You now have another beautiful Vette. Question 1...Are you going to talk yourself out of driving the wheels off of it? Question 2...You do have the ability to do the maintenance on it, right? Question 3...Your wife does like it, correct? Question 4...Other people like seeing old Vettes on the road, right? Are you going to say NO to the first question and YES to the remainder? I sure hope so! Drive the miles and you'll get the smiles! Dennis
Welcome back!! I've been keeping a lookout for your 67 since it's in the same state. Did you let the bolt ons go with it? I think I may want a set after seeing them on your car.
Congratulations on your find and welcome back. Your '67 was stunning, but the '65 - '66 Milano Maroon with Saddle interior, were one of my two favorite Corvette combinations from back in the day. I also grew up in the Flemington area back in the 60's, so your car may well have been one of the Corvettes that inspired me so back then. I had to wait a couple more years to buy mine, a Tuxedo Black w/red interior '63, but the Milano Maroon has always remained one of my favorites.
Welcome back!! I've been keeping a lookout for your 67 since it's in the same state. Did you let the bolt ons go with it? I think I may want a set after seeing them on your car.
The bolt ons went with car. I also had a set of original rally wheels with white walls that I was planning to switch out every now and then just to give the car a different look. The purchaser chose not to buy the rally wheels so I sold those separately.
It took seven frustrating months to sell that car at a very fair asking price. Then when I sold it I got PMs from people from this forum asking me to put them in touch with the purchaser so they could try to buy the car from him! I even had another inquiry just recently asking me to do the same thing. I reached out to the purchaser and he is very happy with the car and has no desire to sell it. He had already added power steering to it. Had he wanted to sell it I probably would have bought it back myself!
Regards,
Matt
07-27-2018, 10:47 PM
Another I'm back thread - with many pics
Dennis
I even had another inquiry just recently asking me to do the same thing. I reached out to the purchaser and he is very happy with the car and has no desire to sell it. He had already added power steering to it. Had he wanted to sell it I probably would have bought it back myself!
