How much
Safety Car
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you must get someone who knows every stinking part on a Corvette.
and verify all the parts are there.
Buying a car in a box, can set you up for needing alot of corvette parts.
I can not stress that enough, I though mine was all there,
when I bought it, .... and I am still buying missing parts !
10-15 K ? max. it all depends on condition.
and verify all the parts are there.
Buying a car in a box, can set you up for needing alot of corvette parts.
I can not stress that enough, I though mine was all there,
when I bought it, .... and I am still buying missing parts !
10-15 K ? max. it all depends on condition.
Team Owner
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From: Westminster Maryland
How apart is 'all apart'? Why is it apart? Why did the seller give up on it? Are parts and fasteners separated and labeled? How much courage do you have. Do you have a wife? Do you want to keep her?
Regards,
Alan
Regards,
Alan
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Drifting
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From: Sault Ste. Marie Ontario
When you ask if he's gonna keep her, are you talking the car or the wife?
Team Owner
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EAST,
THAT'S a good question? More than 1 wife has left to visit her sister and said " that pile of junk, in, or behind, or next to, the garage better be gone when I get back next week.
If cars were easy to put back together you wouldn't see so many ads with 'must sell, too many projects, lost interest'.
Could be a great deal, but ...
Regards,
Alan
THAT'S a good question? More than 1 wife has left to visit her sister and said " that pile of junk, in, or behind, or next to, the garage better be gone when I get back next week.
If cars were easy to put back together you wouldn't see so many ads with 'must sell, too many projects, lost interest'.
Could be a great deal, but ...
Regards,
Alan
Safety Car
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Burning Brakes
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Yeah, it would take some time. But for him, he would just send the whole car out. I guess we are trying to figure out whats it worth now and then what it would be worth completed. I do know he bought it new, and it has every single option you could get on the car.
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Good luck.
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You originally said 427, then said, OK 454. That makes me think you dont know if it is THE 454. Find out, it would likely double the value of the project, answering your question.
Regarding the engine numbers... don't ask, check for yourself if the seller says they match the car.
PS, no power seats in '70.
Drifting
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Been there. "All there" is rarely the case, especially for those one-year- only or not-being-repro'ed parts.
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Burning Brakes
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Yes you are correct. I do not know much about the car, hence the wrong engine I stated. I do know my buddy bought the car new. I do know all the parts are on site, either in or still on the car. I also know that the car has EVERY available option you could get on the car when purchased. No biggie. 90% chance the car will stay exactly in the same spot it has been from 1980 something. It has never been moved in over 20 years. I was just curious. He has a new ZO6 so he rarely thinks about his first Vette.
Burning Brakes
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Based on what you tell us it is impossible to make a guess. The best way to do it is to work backwards. A freshly restored 454 is worth about $35K. If it sat for 20 years it will need paint at about $10K. If all the parts are there and in good condition the rest depends on what your time and effert are worth. If you are going to ship it out to have the work done forget about it. Ballpark figure for a frame off is 1000 hours at $75 per hour labor only.
Team Owner
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If you assume that all the parts are there (they aren't, of course) and that the re-assembled car will be worth about $20-25K, the "parts car" would be worth about $10K to me....IF I really wanted it bad.
Le Mans Master
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'70 BB vert is more like $35-40k finished. Apart is less than $10k if you really wanted it bad. The money is not there. You will easily have $20k in parts and paint not counting your time and labor. If you want a project, it COULD be a good one, but realize you probably cannot come out financially.