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Old Jun 21, 2014 | 08:54 AM
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Default Rescue..... verb ˈres-kyü
To deliver a person or thing from destruction.

Post the first pics you took of the car that you "had to buy" to keep it from becoming landfill...

here's my rescue Vette......














I still have a long way to go...but the C.F. and it's members make the process an adventure!
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You guys really took your cars from water-boys to MVPs !


I want to see more rescue cars!




I need all the inspiration that I can get!




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Here`s our 71..... we still have a long way to go, but she`s come a long way already!











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Who would have thought.....You guys do some great work!
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Very inspiring thread. Hey 69monzacpe... what color of red is that? I love it!
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Very inspiring thread. Hey 69monzacpe... what color of red is that? I love it!
As close to the original Monza red they could get to with clear coat system.

They called it "Weeks Dairy Red". Dark red in the shade, pops orange in the sun.
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And to think.........all of our friends and relatives were "worried about us" when we brought them home......


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And to think.........all of our friends and relatives were "worried about us" when we brought them home......


Yup! The only ones who seem to be worried about us now, are those few forum members who say "it`s stupid to spend all that time and money rebuilding a wreck.... you`ll have more in it than it`s worth.... just go buy one that`s already built".
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Yup! The only ones who seem to be worried about us now, are those few forum members who say "it`s stupid to spend all that time and money rebuilding a wreck.... you`ll have more in it than it`s worth.... just go buy one that`s already built".
LOL....words to "be bored by"!


(BUT............. to the guy who has the funds to "contract out" the rescue of an old Corvette.....just think....30 years from now--someone will be yanking a worn, forgotten C6 from under old boxes of junk to tow it to an antique car restoration shop)
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My 68 with a long list on to do's but it is coming along





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Gone from looking very rough..................to looking very good!

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Gone from looking very rough..................to looking very good!

I can remember early on during the restoration. I started by getting the ruff body back in one piece before I pulled it off the frame.









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