C3 vs C4 suspension
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Thanks for your reply to my thread. I really lucked out on the body, it is excellent, straight, never hit from what I can tell, no rust, and has a complete interior with newly done seats, new carpet in the box, and all new wiring harnesses in the box. The paint even looks good.
I have noticed the touring car market heating up on the televised auctions as well. Lots of Chevelles and Camaros. The corvettes seem to be mainly C1s and C2s,, and the ones done right are bringing 70 to 100k plus. Not sure where the C3s fall in the mix.
I have contacted several of the frame builders for quotes on a turnkey system. prices are consistent from builder to builder and run about 40k. Everything is top shelf, nothing left out, all you have to do is drop the body and paint.
I have noticed the touring car market heating up on the televised auctions as well. Lots of Chevelles and Camaros. The corvettes seem to be mainly C1s and C2s,, and the ones done right are bringing 70 to 100k plus. Not sure where the C3s fall in the mix.
I have contacted several of the frame builders for quotes on a turnkey system. prices are consistent from builder to builder and run about 40k. Everything is top shelf, nothing left out, all you have to do is drop the body and paint.
I would thing there a bit more involved than just dropping the body and painting unless you are using a c2 or c3 frame... Things dont just line up even between different year c3 frames there were changes. The c4 did not have a stand alone frame that the body sat on. the "birdcage" was part of the frame. Basically a unibody from what I understand. May be I'm wrong?
for 50k you can have one hell of a custom vette but I doubt you will have as much luck with resale value as the things that make these cars valuable usually have little to do with modern performance... For that most would just buy a new vette. just MHO..
Last edited by augiedoggy; Aug 11, 2015 at 11:46 PM.
