Id say at $6900 you did real good...pending of course the rust related queries listed above. Hopefully all that stuff is lookin good, or at least passable.

Its funny, in 1974 there were less than 3500 LS4 cars made, but for some reason they seem to be for sale all over the place.

For such a rare car [I own one too], I cant understand why I see like 5 for sale on any given day that I look on ebay. I think the market on these cars presently is all over the map...buy it now prices on ebay for pristine models [in non convertible form] seem to be over $20k, but I have a hard time believing that anyone would fork that over for one of these...I could see $16k

I bought mine for $10k in 2010, and evertime I fix something stupid on it, I cant help but feel that I overpaid, and wish that I bought a 91 L98 convertible. But then I remember how "rare" my car is and just suck it up

 

The suspense is killing me. It's like a TV episode with a cliff-hanger ending. I can hardly wait to find out if the car really is a bargan or if it's going to be a disappointment. If it turns out to need a lot of work, then it's good that you only paid $6,900. Welcome to the club

Good luck!

John

 

Thats to funny...

Well hopefully I will make this a happy ending

 

Damn..its not Friday Yet!?!?

 

Well im going tomorrow late afternoon to pick up my new 74 vette....

Getting excited to get into it, been searching the web for interior parts.
carpet,door panels and seat covers.

Also thinking about purchasing a two piece bumper cover to put it back to original.

Anyways I will keep you all updated and follow up with pics.

 

Best luck. BTW.. My original rubber rear bumper cover fell off one day in the garage . Just rotted . So I used the Tru-Flex split 74 issue , NOS letters and it has worked out quite nice now going on 7 years. It installed easy enough and looks the part.

 

Wow, exciting times coming your way. I remember how fun it was when I drove my '73 BB home. I went to work fixing the e-brake, then got the headlights to pop up. Drove it a little more and was feeling good. All the while "She" was getting her hooks in me. Then it began. One day I went to start it and the battery was dead. While attempting to jump start it, the alternator began smoking. That was two years and $10K ago, and I still can't drive it I knew it was a project car when I bought it and I've enjoyed almost all the time spent in the garage fixing it up. My wife is happy that I'm spending all my time working on the '73 because it prevents me from molesting the new Z06 I'm so lucky.

Ok, it's Friday and now we need to see some pictures; those r the rules!


John

 

Well I have a pic of it on the trailer, but unable to download/upload on here

Any help would be greatly appreciated, I only have one for now as it was dark by the time we got home n got it off the trailer, will follow up w more pics tomorrow.

 

I started looking for a 454 74 back in 1979 . No one had ever seen one where I lived...., but the owners book and brochure indicated at least they could be had or possibly some were shipped. , and I belonged to a corvette club and had a 74 350 coupe and had the itch for a 454 4psd "BAD". The search was on. It was several years before I even met anybody who had seen one, much less seen one for sale . Then one day, a meet a fellow who had been looking longer than me. He said he couldn't find one either , he had found 3 or so non original motor 74's or blown engine cars. It took me about 10 years , around 1988 to find mine. I guess people had bought em , and knew they were the last BBC vettes and people weren't selling is all I can figure out. I never saw one on the road. I had to go 4 states over to locate mine.

I tell ya before the internet , eBay and all that , finding a BB C2 or C3 was NOT EASY, it was word of mouth or a show it you had time .... now as you say , I can buy one any week I want.... but so true...for other rare cars as well... I see LS6's , LT1 , Tri powers on the TV , eBay , internet sites all the time... all these cars are still rare, its just the media exposure is so in our face as we sit in front of the computer and shop the globe , we take forgranted how difficult these cars would still be to locate without the internet. I used a plain TELEPHONE (imagine that) to locate my car !! Calling and talking to people and searching like a detective. Today you turn on the computer, and if you have the money , pretty much anything is available .

Next to 1965 396 , 74 454 is the least amount produced. I think , the fact that baby boomer gen has aged and people are unloading there stashes of cars explains alot of it. Untill the internet, I'd never seen but 2-3 454 74's and no 454 convertibles or 4spd cars other than my own.

In the 80's you had to KNOW somebody or just plain luck into a fuel injection car or BBC ...they just got sucked up and stashed away.

 

Well after further review im glad to say that the car and frame are pretty much rust free and in really good shape...

My guess the car does probably have 141k on the motor she sounds a lil tired along with the interior, but from overall I think I got a pretty solid car to start with...

 

Upload photos to Photobucket... copy the image url, paste here....PICTURES!

 

http://s1258.photobucket.com/albums/ii536/hummer333/

 

Wow, that's great! It seems like you found a good deal. Now you can afford to put some money into it and have a nice driving Stingray.

John

 

In many ways the internet has ruined alot of things from a sellers perspective [I.e new car sales and easy access to pricing info], but in some ways as youve mentioned, it has made finding "that" car so much easier.

When I first started driving, the newspaper was the only place to find cars for sale...youd have to call, show up in person, and probably be dissapointed.

I cant imagine what real estate was like before the internet.

 

Hummer...pics look pretty good for the price you paid. Give her a bath and show us what she looks like all fresh and clean...BTW either that is the cleanest back window Ive ever seen, or is that missing?

 

LOL..... Very true.


Thats the plan to make it a very nice driver....

 

The window is out but I do have it, its sitting in the back.

Im storing it at muy moms house til I move in April then it will come with me n start gettin torn apart.

 

Now that you have the photobucket account... hover over the pictures..click on img code...come back here and paste(just trying to teach you how to post pics)

 

Congrats again on the purchase!

 

Well I sent the car off to get painted today.....

I decided not to go back to the original color, i decied to paint it BLACK!!!!