thanks to all for your many suggestions!!! see ya in the funny papers!!,, later rj

 

if its in that pristine of condition, i wouldnt do a thing to it. i think i would be afraid of even sitting in it.

 

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So you don't want to drive it, you don't want to take it to an NCRS show, and no Bloomington Gold either.......Sounds like you should just sit back and look at it.....or use it as a planter.

Here's a suggestion, you could loan it to the National Corvette Museum for all to see and appreciate.

 

Honestly a car like that deserves to be INSIDE the house. I have seen another corvette owner who built there house around the car so it sat IN the living room. If I had a vette that looked like that I would definately find a way to put it in my living room so I would look at it ALL THE TIME.

I salute you

 

lll

 

You've pretty much limited any options in your original post...sell it?

 

You don't want to drive it, you don't want to take it to shows.... what else could you possibly do with a car ???

 

Well heres a Serious option. Unplug the speedo/tach so no more miles get on it, Then just trailer it to shows AWARDS AWARDS AWARDS.....
O ya or just sell it.....barret jackson could of gotten you 50k

 

If it were mine, I'd sell it. There's only so much waxing a guy can do.

 

Sell it to me! I need a parts car!

 

Do the smart thing. Donate it to the Bowling Green museum and take the huge tax write off.

You get the money end of it and your ego gets stroked by the museum.

 

This is what I would do, that would be really cool to have your car on display for all to see.

 

Would they even take it? Is there room? Haven't gone myself.

Unless you plan to keep showing it, and don't really show it to many people that come over to visit, the museum sounds like a great idea. Borrowing it that is...not selling...

 

loan/sell to a museum sounds like a good idea.
Just don't let Jesse James at Monster garage get it or he will turn it into a mud racer or something

 

a 78 must have old paint. you should paint it....

 

If you cruise over to C5 General you can get some better ideas for floor mats, seat covers, and steering wheel covers rather than keeping the ugly shipping covers that GM had on it.

I imagine your feelings are common for folks that have a single collector car that they've had for a while. Things I've seen other do:

- Add other cars to the collection to keep your interest. This usually works best if you have a storage building. You'll have multiple projects to work on and a selection of cars to show, if you choose. My buddy's step-father collects orphans and cars from the brass & glass era. He does most of the work himself as he owns a machine shop. He bought his wife something like a 59 t-bird for her daily driver.

Another guy I know collects 50s-60s MBs, including a 53 gullwing. I don't think he shows them, just drives each a bit every year or so. He's an independent MB mechanic who says older MBs are the easiest cars in the world to service. His dd is a Ford Ranger with 4-cyl MB diesel under the hood that has outlived two previous vehicles.

- Sell the pace car and use the proceeds to find another collector car that interests you. Some folks have one collector car and need to change it out every few years just like a dd. Nothing wrong with that.

- The pace car will continue to appreciate with minimal investment in maintenance and cleaning if you keep the miles off. You can retain it as an asset, appreciate it, and find other hobbies to occupy your time.

- Sell the pace car and buy a nice driver. The more you drive, the more items you have to work on. A different kind of frustration, but usually not boring.

 

What ever you do, don't fart in it. That drives the NCRS people wild.

 

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