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Le Mans Master
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Thinking of getting a second Vette. This C3 is nearby. I know nothing about C3's. Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
http://www.corvettecenterusa.com/cbc70.htm
http://www.corvettecenterusa.com/cbc70.htm
Drifting
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From: perth Aus w.a
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I would try to get a forum member that knows c3 corvettes to check it out for you to help look for the normal probs like bird cage rust and frame rust matching numbers.There is heaps of info on the forum on what to look for and every one is willing to help .The more photos and numbers you put on the forum help with the decision .
Race Director
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Is that the type of C3 you're looking for? Did you want an automatic? What about a factory color? For 20K you should be able to find a fairly nice original small block car in ready to enjoy condition. As stated above if you don't know these cars you need to enlist someone who does for help.
Good luck in your search.
Good luck in your search.
Team Owner
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The 70 looks nice. I do not like the paint scheme, but I'm not buying. Their asking price for a base model car is a bit high. Dicker down unless the dealership has more information for this car than they offer in the listing. Any factory documentation with the car?.
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Last edited by Easy Mike; Oct 20, 2013 at 09:48 AM.
Drifting
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Hi RKY,
The car looks pretty nice, BUT!!
If the car is really a one owner car with only 36000 miles on the car, have the seller let you contact the original owner.
This car should have a ton of original paperwork (documentation) with it I would think.
Like others have said, take some one with you to inspect the car.
The interior is not oiginal. The shift console and the door panels look much lighter then the dash does from the pictures.
I dont think that plastic jug on the passenger side of the engine bay is original either.
Good luck!!
The car looks pretty nice, BUT!!
If the car is really a one owner car with only 36000 miles on the car, have the seller let you contact the original owner.
This car should have a ton of original paperwork (documentation) with it I would think.
Like others have said, take some one with you to inspect the car.
The interior is not oiginal. The shift console and the door panels look much lighter then the dash does from the pictures.
I dont think that plastic jug on the passenger side of the engine bay is original either.
Good luck!!
Melting Slicks
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Paint scheme is funky, and down right homely this looks like a corvette a woman would have owned frankly ...throw stones at me....but honestly it's th first thought that hit me .
Remember you asked......
That looks like that yucky neutral interior to me ....never stay clean or decent shape ...barf
This woud not not be a car I'd want as its an auto ., base car and coupe. Strike three ....it's out !.....too many cooler equipped cars around to settle for this dull one.
White elephant car......needs paint and black interior and a tremic five speed for me to own it....
But you know what your looking for .....if it floats your boat buy it.
Remember you asked......
That looks like that yucky neutral interior to me ....never stay clean or decent shape ...barf
This woud not not be a car I'd want as its an auto ., base car and coupe. Strike three ....it's out !.....too many cooler equipped cars around to settle for this dull one.
White elephant car......needs paint and black interior and a tremic five speed for me to own it....
But you know what your looking for .....if it floats your boat buy it.
Last edited by LS4 PILOT; Oct 20, 2013 at 01:08 PM.
Instructor
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Don't fall in love with the first car you see. If I had it to do over again, I would put the amount of money I wanted to spend in a coffee can. Then I would spend at least one, maybe two years looking at all of the C3's I can locate, I would read about them, get the service manuals, be religious about reading the Forum, and then I'd act. Better confident than unsure.
Le Mans Master
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Agree with much of the above. To me, trying out a stick shift is almost mandatory on any of these cars. Also agree on the color-interior combo. It reeks of a 'soft' Corvette for sure. Finally, most C3's require regular amounts of money, labor and time, thrown at them. And that can be substantial! They almost always need something! So don't be surprised, when, or if, you buy one. They're not C4's, 5's or 6's. Except for the last of the breed (82), they are primitive, but fun, rude cars.
Look at the For Sale forum here and you just might pick up a Corvette, that somebody, has already gone through. Many of these Corvettes,.got far more invested in them, than what they can get for them (me too)!
Look at the For Sale forum here and you just might pick up a Corvette, that somebody, has already gone through. Many of these Corvettes,.got far more invested in them, than what they can get for them (me too)!
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