New guy here
Burning Brakes
Joined: Dec 2021
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Hey Everyone. Been using this sight as a resource for many years. Just finally joined. My corvette story started about 6 years ago. My wife surprised me with a 78 corvette for our 20 year anniversary. It was found under a tree with no engine. She paid $3500. A friend of ours, a car guy kept it in his pole barn for 10 months replacing parts and getting things working. It was barely running, he found a 72 sbc 406 that was rebuilt for $1000. Turns out the cam had a worn lobe and ended I up rebuilding the engine. Fast forward 6 years.... I now have a total of $38,000. into this car and its still not done. Paint, new interior rebuilt engine, added aluminum heads after engine was rebuilt (because I am a cheap *** and don't always do it right the first time) trans, brakes, exhaust etc... After 6 years still not done, had gas gauge working then after interior was done it stopped working. He thought he was doing me a favor and connected some wires that should not have been and blew the new fuel sensor I installed. Brakes calipers have been done for the second time, (turns out Autozone had a problem with there corvette calipers) It is a beautiful car, painter did a good job. No body work was needed other than stripping it down to bare fiberglass.
So to make a long story short.... I will be 50 soon, and I am getting tired of working on it and it being in and out of shops. (most shops don't do the best job) The speedometer works, aftermarket tach and volt meter work that's it. I fix one thing then something else starts. It's pretty and dependable, I am just always trying to get it where everything is good. Just seems like it never ends.
Few questions for all of you if you don't mind me getting right to it. I could really use some advice.
1) Will it ever end with the older car?
2) If I sell it and upgrade to say a C6 with low miles, can I count on that being problem free for many years?
3) Do you think a 78 without original paint or engine would ever be worth much?
(BTW I had the hard truth of what my 38k into a C3 amounted to on a trade 6k) So I know it would be a big loss, but I fell like it will always be something. Comparable sales say about 11k.
Thank you all in advance for your knowledge and input.
So to make a long story short.... I will be 50 soon, and I am getting tired of working on it and it being in and out of shops. (most shops don't do the best job) The speedometer works, aftermarket tach and volt meter work that's it. I fix one thing then something else starts. It's pretty and dependable, I am just always trying to get it where everything is good. Just seems like it never ends.
Few questions for all of you if you don't mind me getting right to it. I could really use some advice.
1) Will it ever end with the older car?
2) If I sell it and upgrade to say a C6 with low miles, can I count on that being problem free for many years?
3) Do you think a 78 without original paint or engine would ever be worth much?
(BTW I had the hard truth of what my 38k into a C3 amounted to on a trade 6k) So I know it would be a big loss, but I fell like it will always be something. Comparable sales say about 11k.
Thank you all in advance for your knowledge and input.
