So, how do you like this engine compartment?
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So, how do you like this engine compartment?
Found in a '69 for sale ad...
http://www.usedcorvettesforsale.com/...f=DSCN4939.JPG
Car "needs paint."
http://www.usedcorvettesforsale.com/...f=DSCN4939.JPG
Car "needs paint."
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Love It..........
looks like an all original survivor paint & all.............!!!
WOW..........was it a barn find ?
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From the pics, originality seems to be there, although someone has tackled the dizzy to keep it going...but haven't bothered to replace the air filter....
There's a lot of work there, but I think a lot of the rust is surface....interior floor pans look good in the photos, but around the dimmer switch/foot rest looks a bit manky...the interior looks better than engine bay, which to me suggests it hasn't been left outside much...
Worth a personal visit to check out the frame and birdcage, numbers matching etc.....'cause an original green roadster is worth its weight in gold....
There's a lot of work there, but I think a lot of the rust is surface....interior floor pans look good in the photos, but around the dimmer switch/foot rest looks a bit manky...the interior looks better than engine bay, which to me suggests it hasn't been left outside much...
Worth a personal visit to check out the frame and birdcage, numbers matching etc.....'cause an original green roadster is worth its weight in gold....
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Originally Posted by standup
From the pics, originality seems to be there, although someone has tackled the dizzy to keep it going...but haven't bothered to replace the air filter....
There's a lot of work there, but I think a lot of the rust is surface....interior floor pans look good in the photos, but around the dimmer switch/foot rest looks a bit manky...the interior looks better than engine bay, which to me suggests it hasn't been left outside much...
Worth a personal visit to check out the frame and birdcage, numbers matching etc.....'cause an original green roadster is worth its weight in gold....
There's a lot of work there, but I think a lot of the rust is surface....interior floor pans look good in the photos, but around the dimmer switch/foot rest looks a bit manky...the interior looks better than engine bay, which to me suggests it hasn't been left outside much...
Worth a personal visit to check out the frame and birdcage, numbers matching etc.....'cause an original green roadster is worth its weight in gold....
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Some of you guys are funny as hell. How do you figure thats a flood car?
That little bit of rust? I have had a few c3 s (About 10) and that car looks like its an easy fix. Even the Southern cars look worse.
It is getting very hard to find clean unrestored cars....not just vettes.
That car could be done fast
Alot of whats there is workable....if the frame is good and the price is right I would grab it.
What is the asking price? Under 12,000?
That little bit of rust? I have had a few c3 s (About 10) and that car looks like its an easy fix. Even the Southern cars look worse.
It is getting very hard to find clean unrestored cars....not just vettes.
That car could be done fast
Alot of whats there is workable....if the frame is good and the price is right I would grab it.
What is the asking price? Under 12,000?
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Originally Posted by Kyle69-71 BBs
Some of you guys are funny as hell. How do you figure thats a flood car?
That little bit of rust? I have had a few c3 s (About 10) and that car looks like its an easy fix. Even the Southern cars look worse.
It is getting very hard to find clean unrestored cars....not just vettes.
That car could be done fast
Alot of whats there is workable....if the frame is good and the price is right I would grab it.
What is the asking price? Under 12,000?
That little bit of rust? I have had a few c3 s (About 10) and that car looks like its an easy fix. Even the Southern cars look worse.
It is getting very hard to find clean unrestored cars....not just vettes.
That car could be done fast
Alot of whats there is workable....if the frame is good and the price is right I would grab it.
What is the asking price? Under 12,000?
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Originally Posted by Kyle69-71 BBs
How do you figure thats a flood car?
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From: smithfield nc usa 27577
I already bought one this week
A 1968
And a parts car two weeks before that
a 1976
If I want to stay married I better not buy anymore till I fix what I have.
3 in a year is enough....
Unless I find a C1 cheap
A 1968And a parts car two weeks before that
a 1976If I want to stay married I better not buy anymore till I fix what I have.
3 in a year is enough....
Unless I find a C1 cheap
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On the lack of carpet....vettes leak....I think I have put carpet in most that I owned.
That car sat outside would be my bet.
The rust looks like its surface....the 68 I bought this week looks worse.
And I have had to turn down cash already.
A bodyman friend.....said he could flip the car in a week.
He would repaint redo interior....and have it sold
HE has $$ and turns cars like crazy.
He bought a 60 or 61 a few years ago and made 45,000 in a 4 weeks on it.
The car was a surviver and he under sold it.
That car sat outside would be my bet.
The rust looks like its surface....the 68 I bought this week looks worse.
And I have had to turn down cash already.
A bodyman friend.....said he could flip the car in a week.
He would repaint redo interior....and have it sold
HE has $$ and turns cars like crazy.
He bought a 60 or 61 a few years ago and made 45,000 in a 4 weeks on it.
The car was a surviver and he under sold it.