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Old Feb 24, 2019 | 04:07 PM
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I bought this off Craigslist for 1000$.

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Old Feb 24, 2019 | 04:19 PM
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Ecklers made body kits to turn Corverttes into wagons. that is what you have
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Old Feb 24, 2019 | 08:24 PM
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Good find, the wagon kits are hard to come across.
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Old Feb 24, 2019 | 10:01 PM
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Well good luck, you are going to need it.

But for $1k you can't lose much and might make out in the end.

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Personally I like these . First of all I am a van guy . But this vette wagons have always had a place in my heart.
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Old Feb 25, 2019 | 08:30 AM
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Nifty! Those are some big flares. See if you can fit a pair of dualies back there. Embrace the wagon, while tweaking the purists!

What year, color, was the car originally, and how does the inside look?
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Old Feb 25, 2019 | 09:50 AM
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Buick Wildcat wheels!

Good catch!!!!!!

Doesn't look like the 'hatch' opens.
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Looks like a great deal to me. Pure 70s crazy fun, no pressure.
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Originally Posted by vettebuyer6369
Looks like a great deal to me. Pure 70s crazy fun, no pressure.
I agree, for 1K you simply cant go wrong. Have fun with it.
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Nifty! Those are some big flares. See if you can fit a pair of dualies back there. Embrace the wagon, while tweaking the purists!

What year, color, was the car originally, and how does the inside look?
Apparently he bought this car for his family. Then he had it running all the way up until 1989 but after that he left it there. The original color was yellow. But in 1980 he changed it a red color and the interior is mint condition suprisingly. However the repairs need for it are high chrome is rusted needs a complete brake job and the chassis may need to be redone as well. But the good news his he gave a alot of new parts for the vehicle which is awesome it only has 70,000 all orginal miles on it.
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Old Feb 25, 2019 | 04:26 PM
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Great find/buy. If I had one Corvette I wouldn't want a wagon but as a second (or third), hell yes.
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Old Feb 25, 2019 | 06:11 PM
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Originally Posted by C4lover2000
Apparently he bought this car for his family. Then he had it running all the way up until 1989 but after that he left it there. The original color was yellow. But in 1980 he changed it a red color and the interior is mint condition suprisingly. However the repairs need for it are high chrome is rusted needs a complete brake job and the chassis may need to be redone as well. But the good news his he gave a alot of new parts for the vehicle which is awesome it only has 70,000 all orginal miles on it.
Sounds like a good deal. I hope you have a lot of fun with it!
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Dude! Build a drag car out of that!!!!!

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I like it and you got a smoken deal on it. Enjoy.
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Any pics of the inside?
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Can't go wrong for $1000. Put $5000 into it and you'll have a real nice unique driver.
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it would be fun to look up the VIN in the C3 registry and to decipher the Trim Tag just to see what it originally was, eh?
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I’m positive I saw this listed on Craigslist at one time for $10,000.
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