Rate my Deal....
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Drifting
Joined: Jan 2006
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Rate my Deal....
Just picked up a 78 this Saturday.... got it on Ebay.... his buy it now was $9500.....
I got it at the reserve price of $7500....
He painted it last summer himself.... a couple of small runs and a buffer burn, but other than that looks great.
here's what i know....
interior 95% redone
new paint (magnetic red)
350 crate motor w/ about 35K miles
rebuilt tranny
updated suspension
updated exhaust
problems...
odometer broke... speedometer works.
drivers window doesn't always go back up...
AC was redone five years ago, but not working now.
headlights don't pop up all the time... (has bypass inside- is that stock?)
clock broken :shock:
interior todo list:
visors need replacing
plastic pieces around T-tops could be replaced...
storage cover might need to be replaced (what is the proper name for that?)
black piece that covers storage cover is faded-what is this called? do you dye or paint?
it has about 5 years worth of receipts and a few small parts he didn't put on yet... even had a new manual and some corvette catalogs and the paint can with the codes...
How'd I do? TIA
I got it at the reserve price of $7500....
He painted it last summer himself.... a couple of small runs and a buffer burn, but other than that looks great.
here's what i know....
interior 95% redone
new paint (magnetic red)
350 crate motor w/ about 35K miles
rebuilt tranny
updated suspension
updated exhaust
problems...
odometer broke... speedometer works.
drivers window doesn't always go back up...
AC was redone five years ago, but not working now.
headlights don't pop up all the time... (has bypass inside- is that stock?)
clock broken :shock:
interior todo list:
visors need replacing
plastic pieces around T-tops could be replaced...
storage cover might need to be replaced (what is the proper name for that?)
black piece that covers storage cover is faded-what is this called? do you dye or paint?
it has about 5 years worth of receipts and a few small parts he didn't put on yet... even had a new manual and some corvette catalogs and the paint can with the codes...
How'd I do? TIA
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From: Carbondale Pa.
Hey,, Welcome to the madness and the very best Corvette site on the net, if yer happy and if the frame and birdcage check out and it goes down the road likeit should , I would say you scored big time, it looks very good to me in the pix's,,, Congrats,,,Peace,,, Moosie 
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Drifting
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Thanks for the welcome....
It seems to handle good....but, I haven't really tried to test out everything.....
I bought it late last thursday night,, bought a one way ticket to Aggieland on friday, flew down on saturday and drove it back to Dallas...
I was being cautious driving in unfamiliar areas with that tight steering... It's HOME now so I can get adjusted to it....
I had a 79 in the 80s.... this seemed like a great deal so i jumped on it....
I'll probably fix the major things right away and then maybe add front/rear spoilers.... still thinking about the skirts....
(how'd i get in C3 performance?-mods please move)
It seems to handle good....but, I haven't really tried to test out everything.....
I bought it late last thursday night,, bought a one way ticket to Aggieland on friday, flew down on saturday and drove it back to Dallas...
I was being cautious driving in unfamiliar areas with that tight steering... It's HOME now so I can get adjusted to it....
I had a 79 in the 80s.... this seemed like a great deal so i jumped on it....
I'll probably fix the major things right away and then maybe add front/rear spoilers.... still thinking about the skirts....
(how'd i get in C3 performance?-mods please move)
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Joined: Dec 2004
Posts: 4,071
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From: San Diego CA
Originally Posted by fsuguy
Thanks for the welcome....
It seems to handle good....but, I haven't really tried to test out everything.....
I bought it late last thursday night,, bought a one way ticket to Aggieland on friday, flew down on saturday and drove it back to Dallas...
I was being cautious driving in unfamiliar areas with that tight steering... It's HOME now so I can get adjusted to it....
I had a 79 in the 80s.... this seemed like a great deal so i jumped on it....
I'll probably fix the major things right away and then maybe add front/rear spoilers.... still thinking about the skirts....
(how'd i get in C3 performance?-mods please move)
It seems to handle good....but, I haven't really tried to test out everything.....
I bought it late last thursday night,, bought a one way ticket to Aggieland on friday, flew down on saturday and drove it back to Dallas...
I was being cautious driving in unfamiliar areas with that tight steering... It's HOME now so I can get adjusted to it....
I had a 79 in the 80s.... this seemed like a great deal so i jumped on it....
I'll probably fix the major things right away and then maybe add front/rear spoilers.... still thinking about the skirts....
(how'd i get in C3 performance?-mods please move)
