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Old Aug 30, 2006 | 07:38 AM
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Well, did you buy it, or did he want too much?
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Old Aug 30, 2006 | 11:08 AM
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I bought a red '76 back in february. Granted it had a rebuilt engine, but only had about 200 miles on the rebuild. I paid $8300 for it.
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Old Aug 30, 2006 | 06:30 PM
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Nah I didn't buy it. He said it was worth every bit of 13000. And he was just pretty sure it had 27000 miles not documented. Oh well I'm on the prowl again. Now I'm really nervous though. I've looked at two online companies C'n V and USCORVETTES because I can't find what I want locally. I researched both on the forums and found nothing good about them. I don't know where to go from here. Thanks for asking.
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Old Aug 30, 2006 | 08:26 PM
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Nah I didn't buy it. He said it was worth every bit of 13000. And he was just pretty sure it had 27000 miles not documented. Oh well I'm on the prowl again. Now I'm really nervous though. I've looked at two online companies C'n V and USCORVETTES because I can't find what I want locally. I researched both on the forums and found nothing good about them. I don't know where to go from here. Thanks for asking.
I wouldn't push the issue. I would be patient and keep checking the cars for sale on the forum or in an AutoTrader. They will always pop up and you don't want to buy something that you regret later just because you wanted to hurry up and get your hands on one.

One other thing, buying a C3 Corvette from a dealer can be a little risky if you don't know the dealer because more times that not, the dealer doesn't know anything about the car because he just took it in on a trade. If you buy from a private seller, the person will know about his car. For the most part, the dealer won't give you a warranty on a C3 anyway.

I wish you success in your hunt. Just make sure you let us know when you get one.
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Old Aug 31, 2006 | 09:11 PM
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Do yourself a favor and search through this forum for C N V information.
This is the dealer in Scottsdale/Phoenix Arizona. One of the CF Members had a big problem with them about 2 - 3 months ago.

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Old Aug 31, 2006 | 11:31 PM
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Yeah found bad thing about both cnv and uscorvettes. i'll try the locals i suppose. Thanks.
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Old Sep 1, 2006 | 06:16 AM
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Yeah found bad thing about both cnv and uscorvettes. i'll try the locals i suppose. Thanks.
Where are you located, as this would help all of us help in the search to find you a good C3?
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Old Sep 1, 2006 | 07:03 AM
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double arrow , just a little advice , do not buy a vette from us corvettes , michael montheif will promise you the world , i dont want to get into a long discussion about this but if you pm me i will tell you a story that will make your mind up instantly about this dealer, its been 3 months and i am still waiting on an interior package he promised to send me , my fault for trusting another human being like him, take all the other forum members advice , wait and keep looking you will find what your looking for eventually , there is a dealer (eastcoast corvettes) in new jersey the owners name is rick croohan he sells nice vettes at reasonable prices , tell him what your looking for and he WILL find it for you, dont be to anxious , i know its hard to do but in the end you will be satisfied with what you bought
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I'm in the Texas Panhandle area Pampa which is an hour from Amarillo. Thanks for the tip on the new jersey dealer.
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Old Sep 2, 2006 | 10:13 PM
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doublearrow:

check out www.craigslist.org, you can search by state and major cities. i have run across several 75-80 C3's within the Lonestar state. You can just do a search for "corvette" under cars for sale. As you will see it has other mutiple catagories and it does not cost to place an ad. I've run across several good looking C3's for sale....

Good hunting..

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