Help with barn find please!
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the other thing with these neglected c3's. it is not just 35 years of sitting under a tree. something broke or wore out before the car went from a beat daily driver to "I'll keep it for 30 years and it will be priceless!" and the owner's heirs don't know or remember what the big problem was...
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I agree with Corvette passion. But to a degree.
Yes it's a good thing to save a classic.
But we do live in the real world. There are far better starts.
Wouldn't want to know how many thousands I have thrown at my 77 over the years. I don't save receipts for a reason. I don't want to know.
But my car is part of the family. Not a new acquisition.
if I really wanted a 80 or 81 Corvette. I am certain I could find one with good bones and a fair body to start with. And they are not overly expensive.
Yes it's a good thing to save a classic.
But we do live in the real world. There are far better starts.
Wouldn't want to know how many thousands I have thrown at my 77 over the years. I don't save receipts for a reason. I don't want to know.
But my car is part of the family. Not a new acquisition.
if I really wanted a 80 or 81 Corvette. I am certain I could find one with good bones and a fair body to start with. And they are not overly expensive.
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Yes and they can open internally which will leave you stranded, been there done that twice. IMHO, anything with Accell stamped on it from the 70's or 80's is pure junk. I have found their SS spark plug wires with over 1.5 K resistance, not good.
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Image is everything.
If a guy pressure washed this car, blew all the dirt, leaves, rat **** and squirrel nuts out of it, (inside too) then bought 5 or 6 spray cans of flat black primer from Autozone and shot the whole car, aired up the tires and parked it on a real driveway with a price tag of 5 or 6 grand, guys would be all over it.
If a guy pressure washed this car, blew all the dirt, leaves, rat **** and squirrel nuts out of it, (inside too) then bought 5 or 6 spray cans of flat black primer from Autozone and shot the whole car, aired up the tires and parked it on a real driveway with a price tag of 5 or 6 grand, guys would be all over it.
