Curious ebay car......
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From: Howard County MD
Curious ebay car......
I'm curious what price you think this car should have fetched..... It achieved its reserve. I thought it was an interesting listing with a '65 VIN, '66 hood, '67 parking brake.
I'm curious about the retrofit of a '67 emergency brake onto a '65 car. Is that easily accomplished?
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...tem=1873634519
I'm curious about the retrofit of a '67 emergency brake onto a '65 car. Is that easily accomplished?
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...tem=1873634519
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From: Washington Michigan
Re: Curious ebay car...... (HoCoDave)
No, it's not - there's a major difference in the floorpan tunnel, and the pulley brackets welded to the frame crossmember; there's more to this car than meets the eye :rolleyes:
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Re: Curious ebay car...... (HoCoDave)
That is amazing. I am glad I am not in the market for a C2. Buyer Beware.
I think it is a 67 chassis with a 65 body. The wording of this advertisement is convincing however. :cheers:
[Modified by Daren Schneider, 3:03 PM 12/9/2002]
I think it is a 67 chassis with a 65 body. The wording of this advertisement is convincing however. :cheers:
[Modified by Daren Schneider, 3:03 PM 12/9/2002]
Melting Slicks
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From: 20 forward gears to shift through in MD
Re: Curious ebay car...... (HoCoDave)
I'm curious about the retrofit of a '67 emergency brake onto a '65 car. Is that easily accomplished?
Otherwise, I can't really cast too many stones as my 66 coupe has a 66 small block front clip, big block rear clip, 67 frame & int parts, and a 65 bb hood... (from all appearances it was an endurance race car in the late 60's). :lol:
Drifting
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From: Hogansville ga
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Re: Curious ebay car...... (HoCoDave)
This car may have a "restoration frame" made from a 68 up, with 67 parking brake braket already on it. notice no mention of the tilt wheel in it either.. 
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Re: Curious ebay car...... (midyear)
I guess the Frame is # Matching and the Body is # Matching but the two don't seem to be a Matching..... :spam
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Re: Curious ebay car...... (HoCoDave)
The car would look almost perfect from the picture perspective if not for the out of charachter parking brake installation. A flag like that would lead me to question the integrity of the #'s matching claim.
Melting Slicks
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From: Just About 40 Min's from NYC
Re: Curious ebay car...... (HoCoDave)
WOW you guys are good I looked at the pictures first to see what I could figure out about the car being curious.I could tell nothing wrong I was even looking at the position of the shifter thinking well its not a hurst they dont throw that far.All looked correct and I was just thinking that emergency brake cover did not look like it was the correct color but even thought I know its was only used in 1967 it just never looked wrong .I should never buy anything off ebay I would have figured it out in person but from the photos I gave no thought what so ever it was wrong.
Its only a matter of time when this guy finds us and logs on to tell us about asking about the rarity of it with the real earley production emergency brake.
Now I know one of you must have allready contacted the seller so WHAT DID HE SAY
Its only a matter of time when this guy finds us and logs on to tell us about asking about the rarity of it with the real earley production emergency brake.
Now I know one of you must have allready contacted the seller so WHAT DID HE SAY
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From: Clayton NC
Re: Curious ebay car...... (Ih2lose)
:lol: I was wondering about this onehttp://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eb...gephotohosting . Has it been documented that some 66 came w/ 67 seats? :confused: Have fun and keep warm.
[Modified by youwish2bme, 4:07 AM 12/10/2002]
[Modified by youwish2bme, 4:07 AM 12/10/2002]
Melting Slicks
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From: The Garden Spot of the Garden State
Re: Curious ebay car...... (Ih2lose)
..you think this is good, you should have seen the responses that polyrocks got on a car he was looking at on the east coast - i went with him to check out the car and these guys were correct down to the level of mis-aligned front buckets, concluding where the car was hit, etc, etc.....i was amazed...
...pretty knowledgeable people here :lurk:
[Modified by Kid_Again, 7:37 AM 12/10/2002]
...pretty knowledgeable people here :lurk:
[Modified by Kid_Again, 7:37 AM 12/10/2002]