Craigslist find - 72 Project
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Burning Brakes
Joined: Oct 2018
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From: Henderson, NV
St. Jude Donor '19-'20-'21-'22
Craigslist find - 72 Project
No affiliation. Just passing this along. If you're looking for a project, here's a dry climate 1972 . . .
https://mohave.craigslist.org/pts/d/...416153578.html
https://mohave.craigslist.org/pts/d/...416153578.html
Melting Slicks
Joined: Feb 2017
Posts: 3,232
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From: PHX AZ
I saw that Car. Advertised in AZ.
One man's opinion.....I would run away at the speed of light.
NO engine.....NO INTERIOR worth speaking of. No bumpers no NOTHING (the correct hood will cost $750!)
My rules are; there are five things in a C-3;
Body
Engine
Chassis
Electrical
Interior
Buy the car if ONE THING is wrong.....not ALL of them.
You're up-side-down before you shake the guys hand! Even with the inflated prices being 'ASKED' for Chrome bumper cars...Say $30 k is a decent Chromie... This car will suck up TWICE that!
Unless you just want a car that will take 10 years to put right. To me this is a $2000 PARTS CAR.
Good luck in your search.
unkahal
One man's opinion.....I would run away at the speed of light.
NO engine.....NO INTERIOR worth speaking of. No bumpers no NOTHING (the correct hood will cost $750!)
My rules are; there are five things in a C-3;
Body
Engine
Chassis
Electrical
Interior
Buy the car if ONE THING is wrong.....not ALL of them.
You're up-side-down before you shake the guys hand! Even with the inflated prices being 'ASKED' for Chrome bumper cars...Say $30 k is a decent Chromie... This car will suck up TWICE that!
Unless you just want a car that will take 10 years to put right. To me this is a $2000 PARTS CAR.
Good luck in your search.
unkahal
Drifting
Joined: Oct 2020
Posts: 1,566
Likes: 574
From: Wisconsin
I saw that Car. Advertised in AZ.
One man's opinion.....I would run away at the speed of light.
NO engine.....NO INTERIOR worth speaking of. No bumpers no NOTHING (the correct hood will cost $750!)
My rules are; there are five things in a C-3;
Body
Engine
Chassis
Electrical
Interior
Buy the car if ONE THING is wrong.....not ALL of them.
You're up-side-down before you shake the guys hand! Even with the inflated prices being 'ASKED' for Chrome bumper cars...Say $30 k is a decent Chromie... This car will suck up TWICE that!
Unless you just want a car that will take 10 years to put right. To me this is a $2000 PARTS CAR.
Good luck in your search.
unkahal
One man's opinion.....I would run away at the speed of light.
NO engine.....NO INTERIOR worth speaking of. No bumpers no NOTHING (the correct hood will cost $750!)
My rules are; there are five things in a C-3;
Body
Engine
Chassis
Electrical
Interior
Buy the car if ONE THING is wrong.....not ALL of them.
You're up-side-down before you shake the guys hand! Even with the inflated prices being 'ASKED' for Chrome bumper cars...Say $30 k is a decent Chromie... This car will suck up TWICE that!
Unless you just want a car that will take 10 years to put right. To me this is a $2000 PARTS CAR.
Good luck in your search.
unkahal
But if you are building a modded car, or just want to explore some ideas for a bumper car, might not be a bad starting point.
Correct hood might be $750, but it does have $1400 worth of fender flares.
Just another Corvette guy
Joined: Feb 1999
Posts: 8,518
Likes: 3,865
From: Palm Springs, CA.
I saw that Car. Advertised in AZ.
One man's opinion.....I would run away at the speed of light.
NO engine.....NO INTERIOR worth speaking of. No bumpers no NOTHING (the correct hood will cost $750!)
My rules are; there are five things in a C-3;
Body
Engine
Chassis
Electrical
Interior
Buy the car if ONE THING is wrong.....not ALL of them.
You're up-side-down before you shake the guys hand! Even with the inflated prices being 'ASKED' for Chrome bumper cars...Say $30 k is a decent Chromie... This car will suck up TWICE that!
Unless you just want a car that will take 10 years to put right. To me this is a $2000 PARTS CAR.
Good luck in your search.
unkahal
One man's opinion.....I would run away at the speed of light.
NO engine.....NO INTERIOR worth speaking of. No bumpers no NOTHING (the correct hood will cost $750!)
My rules are; there are five things in a C-3;
Body
Engine
Chassis
Electrical
Interior
Buy the car if ONE THING is wrong.....not ALL of them.
You're up-side-down before you shake the guys hand! Even with the inflated prices being 'ASKED' for Chrome bumper cars...Say $30 k is a decent Chromie... This car will suck up TWICE that!
Unless you just want a car that will take 10 years to put right. To me this is a $2000 PARTS CAR.
Good luck in your search.
unkahal
Cheers, Greg
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St. Jude Donor '05
ive seen cars in junkards more complete thats what a lot of todays projects are.
Dont let nostalgia lead you to make a bad decision. That thing will never see the road again
Dont let nostalgia lead you to make a bad decision. That thing will never see the road again
Melting Slicks
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Posts: 3,232
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From: PHX AZ
Fastimes...I'm not particularly bagging on this vette...but I've been doing the C-3 thing for a long time. (45 years)
Flares 'scare' me....most of them are 'bondoed' on....they crack and can take a $15,000 paint job down faster than any other mal-fitting part.
I've been to Henderson...have clients there. (Casinos) Yup! It's dry like here...no ##$% idea that the car spent it's entire life there...two years in OHIO 30 years ago can seal the deal with the frame.
While in the best of worlds rust is not a real issue here in the SW....every rubber and plastic part has turned to DUST.
There is a Junkyard here in Mesa AZ (Max's Vette stuff) he has a dozen of the same in his backyard. The fiberglass is SO DRYED OUT it looks like 'HAIR' made a comeback!
That 72 makes me cringe!
All part of the education.
Merry X-mass
unkahal
Flares 'scare' me....most of them are 'bondoed' on....they crack and can take a $15,000 paint job down faster than any other mal-fitting part.
I've been to Henderson...have clients there. (Casinos) Yup! It's dry like here...no ##$% idea that the car spent it's entire life there...two years in OHIO 30 years ago can seal the deal with the frame.
While in the best of worlds rust is not a real issue here in the SW....every rubber and plastic part has turned to DUST.
There is a Junkyard here in Mesa AZ (Max's Vette stuff) he has a dozen of the same in his backyard. The fiberglass is SO DRYED OUT it looks like 'HAIR' made a comeback!
That 72 makes me cringe!
All part of the education.
Merry X-mass
unkahal
Melting Slicks
Joined: Feb 2017
Posts: 3,232
Likes: 1,232
From: PHX AZ
Dear G-D... To me the smart play is finding the most discheveled COMPLETE chromie I could find. there was a '73 on craigs for like $6500...ugly car with the paint sloughing off like snake-skin...but it was ALL THERE and running.
They are out there!
Remember the show Wheeler dealers?...Loved ED, but they 'totted-up' the cost at the end of the show...they left out 80% of the cost and 90% of the 'labor'...probably because some non-on-air personality did the leg work. In the end, ED is the only professional mechanic that works for $1.25 an hour!
Time spent on XYZ car =26 hours (chortle!) yeah RIGHT!
Time spent finding the parts= 150 hours.
Time spent reconditioning existing parts =250 hours
You get my point!
Cheers and have a merry!
Unkahal
They are out there!
Remember the show Wheeler dealers?...Loved ED, but they 'totted-up' the cost at the end of the show...they left out 80% of the cost and 90% of the 'labor'...probably because some non-on-air personality did the leg work. In the end, ED is the only professional mechanic that works for $1.25 an hour!
Time spent on XYZ car =26 hours (chortle!) yeah RIGHT!
Time spent finding the parts= 150 hours.
Time spent reconditioning existing parts =250 hours
You get my point!
Cheers and have a merry!
Unkahal
Thread Starter
Burning Brakes
Joined: Oct 2018
Posts: 1,031
Likes: 465
From: Henderson, NV
St. Jude Donor '19-'20-'21-'22
Fastimes...I'm not particularly bagging on this vette...but I've been doing the C-3 thing for a long time. (45 years)
Flares 'scare' me....most of them are 'bondoed' on....they crack and can take a $15,000 paint job down faster than any other mal-fitting part.
I've been to Henderson...have clients there. (Casinos) Yup! It's dry like here...no ##$% idea that the car spent it's entire life there...two years in OHIO 30 years ago can seal the deal with the frame.
While in the best of worlds rust is not a real issue here in the SW....every rubber and plastic part has turned to DUST.
There is a Junkyard here in Mesa AZ (Max's Vette stuff) he has a dozen of the same in his backyard. The fiberglass is SO DRYED OUT it looks like 'HAIR' made a comeback!
That 72 makes me cringe!
All part of the education.
Merry X-mass
unkahal
Flares 'scare' me....most of them are 'bondoed' on....they crack and can take a $15,000 paint job down faster than any other mal-fitting part.
I've been to Henderson...have clients there. (Casinos) Yup! It's dry like here...no ##$% idea that the car spent it's entire life there...two years in OHIO 30 years ago can seal the deal with the frame.
While in the best of worlds rust is not a real issue here in the SW....every rubber and plastic part has turned to DUST.
There is a Junkyard here in Mesa AZ (Max's Vette stuff) he has a dozen of the same in his backyard. The fiberglass is SO DRYED OUT it looks like 'HAIR' made a comeback!
That 72 makes me cringe!
All part of the education.
Merry X-mass
unkahal
Last edited by fastimes; Dec 21, 2021 at 10:44 PM.
