Hello

This 68 corvette stingray is for sale for 9k, worth the money?


http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...5733&viewitem=

greetings

 

What is your ultimate goal for this car? Here are the few things I noticed, i'm sure some members with a better eye will find more.
- Door pulls made of metal (not stock)
- Steering wheel is missing the center and doesn't appear to be original
- Passenger side dash has something crazy going on.
- Antenna has been changed.
- Obvious: engine bay, speakers, headlights with a different color than body.

 

Hi SA,
What's the rust situation?
"Turns heads at every car show." Does that mean people look the other way as they pass by so they don't damage their eyes?
Regards,
Alan

 

He clearly drives the car on snow and there are no pictures showing the frame/birdcage/suspension.

 

not the kind of car i'd look at at a show..

 

He says 57k. miles . The car looks rough for 57k. so it probably is 157k. and he never mentions if there is any rust on the frame or birdcage. That throws up a red flag. I could be wrong, but I would be careful on this one. Do your homework and ask questions, and I would definately ask for more pictures of those critical areas.

 

When I was looking for mine, rust was the main concern and that car out in the snow gives me cold feet...

But when you see a car you dig on Fleabay...what I did was jump on the seller off auction and I bought the car over the phone and he ended the auction....now that is sniping...

Oh geez...is the pass door pull metal mending strip?

 

 

"IF" rust is not an issue it's still a major money pit. As already asked what are you looking for? What's the budget. These "project" cars rarely pay unless you want something unique that you have to build yourself. You get a lot more for your money with a done car.

 

Of course there's also little things like wrong motor and wrong paint, to go along with the wrong hood, no wiper door, sidepipes, ugly wheels, wrong year rear valance (no backups) with the under the car exhaust holes still there... I'm assuming they "turn heads" at the show so the owners doesn't see them snickering...

But hey, the e-brake console is '68. That's nice.

 

Definitely not a top flight NCRS car. But then again if it was it would cost more than 3x that price.
If the frame and birdcage are in good shape that could be a whole lot of fun for 9K. It needs some work but chrome bumper vettes are bringing a whole lot more money than that.

 

Okay granted the OT didn't say what he/she wanted to do with the car but this same thing happened to me when I was hunting my car....100% of the cars I posted on here were bashed and trashed in fact the car I bought after an 8 month search is still called a "beater-POS" by a few twits,it's a real bummer....

Some of us do not have a deep enough wallet to pay uber toad pelts for a "done" car and those of us like myself who want a modded car no "done" car would be done our way,

For pricing example my car a 69 Convertible is almost rust free, bird cage and frame which was most important to me...I mean really clean, but it spent most of it's life sitting in one garage or another unloved...it was driven 100 miles from 82 until now....the paint isn't bad and the interior is very nice,
It has it's issues, the body mods which I do not care about would be taboo for the purist,
And the "engine miss" was 3 bad jugs so in goes a 383 but even with that I have less than 10K in a car I can go drive, take to shows and cruises and have fun with...if people turn their heads to laugh at it so be it...what do they have?
Too many people get off trying to make the next fellow feel crappy.





Is my car worth what I paid?
If I asked this forum no way...it would get bashed and trashed...can you buy a car in the condition of mine for the price I paid? not too often...if you think you can show me a few,
Was my car worth the price?
To me it is priceless....

A buyer needs to run down what they want...an Award winning NCRS wet dream to be parked and admired and loved for it's rising value or some daily driver fun ride or something in between,
After you do that it's far easier to weed cars out...most will not be what you want.

Take your time it took me over 8 months to find my car...you will find your dream car too.

 

There's no way to know from just "appearance" photos. If the body and paint is decent, rust condition is not bad, and the drivetrain works OK then the $9K price for a non-stock '68 coupe is probably fair as it is shown. If some of those conditions are NOT good, all bets are off.

 

The car sitting in the snow doesn't mean that he drives it in the snow. He could just be out of work and needs to sell the car right now. If he took pictures inside, everyone would complain that the pictures were too dark.

 

I wasn't the first to suggest the car is driven in the snow, did you go scold the other person about that too?

Just as you took a chance and speculated that he is out of work and must sell the car now and only removed it from where he keeps it...again you assume inside, to take better pictures ( which were not great shots ) I assumed that in all likely hood if he will park it in the snow it has been driven in it....

 

I don't think these "what's it worth" threads are as mean spirited as we sometimes make them out to be. All this "help" sometimes reads mean spirited when it's meant to be "eye opening". When we read the original post we read what "we" want into it. It turns out that each one of us sees the question and the "Corvette world" a little different. What turns out to be "bashing" the car is trying to point out to the O/P what he may not be seeing. Yes if you're looking to build a "theme" car you're looking for a canvas to create on but if you're looking for a "driver" it would be very helpfull to know what the "must haves" and the "like to haves" are. Knowing the budget would be helpfull also. For the most part this is not the equeal to a "custom bashing" which is a whole different discusion not for here.

 

All your points are great, especially the need to know what does the buyer want and entend to do with said car.
going only by what I have personally seen,
100% of the cars I posted were dissed and trashed,
I actually am willing to be called out on this one and hope I am but I do not recall selling any "what's it worth" type threads for a car less than 10-12K that wasn't trashed.
You are very correct that this type thread has nothing to do with the endless bashing of modded/customs which I still believe is more of a "lemming syndrome" in public because of all the private messages and emails I receive telling me they like modded and customs.
I do see that most replies to such a post assume the buyers wants a NCRS show car for investment which is in most cases not the case.

There is a new thread and member looking for a vette and seems that would be a great place for some people to show him some possibilities....

http://forums.corvetteforum.com/c3-g...-new-post.html

 

I would check the car out for rust problems as well as to how it runs and drives. Try to figure how much money it would take to get the car like you want it and make a decision based that plus how much you like the car. I would guess most corvette owners could never get back the money invested in their cars when you consider the cost of parts and time spent. What everyone does get is the thrill of driving something rare and beautiful that a lot of personal time and sweat was put into.

 

Very nice car!!! Agree with this post!

Most do not think carefully about "what really floats your boat".

Good friend did a super job NCRS resto and now has a trailer queen, used to drive the car to movies, ect. If this is what you want, and you have "deep enough wallet to pay uber toad pelts", then super. If you want to burn up gas, then something else might be better. All of it is good and all Corvettes in any fashion are simply great and are meant to be enjoyed!

 

is 9k worth the money? i'd say no. hand it over to me.