kalister1

Two words : BUY IT!!!!
It sounds like the OPTI got wet? Buy the car, get it running for less than $1000.00 and sell it for $10,000.00



Sorry: 91 does not have an OPTI. BUT buy it anyway, the parts are worth $1500.00

Sam Lam

There is an ole saying.....if ya snooze, ya lose! Don't wait too long to make a decision involving a $1,500 car. Someone else may see this deal and jump on it. This is a good buy

KeyWestJack

ABSOLUTELY

ta3ff

I'm 90% sure I'll pick it up today. Oh and here's a pic...

http://i229.photobucket.com/albums/e...f/IMG_0129.jpg

GS4-LT1

For 1500.00 BUY IT!!!
Did you?

black85

I vote----BUY IT!

dclafleur

Jump on it, there's more then $1500 in parts on it, but before you dump money in it, tear it down and see how much it really needs.

70ZZ3 96LT4

Don't know about the 91 Corvette you might buy, but my 96 owners manual states that when a coolant change you also use GM Engine Coolant Supplement (sealer) (GM Part no. 3634621 with complete coolant change. The same sealer can be bought at automotive parts stores under Bars Leak, a blister pack of solid tablets that is put into the surge tank. Different car I have is a 96 Monte Carlo. Bought it from the original owner about 4 years ago that is a co-worker. He told me about how he was losing coolant but could not find it on the ground. The only place that had serviced the coolant was the local Chev dealership. I changed the oil on the car before I bought it, no anti-freeze in it, and bought it. I changed the coolant and put the Bars Leak tablets in it and the coolant loss stopped. Engine is the 3.1 with aluminum heads and cast iron block. On Bars Leak web page they state that their products are used by car makers in new cars when they leave the factory. Bars Leak must package the same tablets for GM, I compared the two years ago for the first coolant change on my 96 LT4 and they were the same in appearance and size. The owners manual for the 91 Corvette may state the GM coolant supplement.

jhammons01

basically you are buying a roller for $1500

That is ok, you really can't lose for that amount.

As far as putting a lot of money into it? lemme tell ya' my 60K mile "garage queen" I was so proud of has needed one of everything........

So you can shop around for really nice low mileage car pay a premium and then replace every ~20 year old part on it

-----------OR------------

You can buy a Roller and replace every ~20 year old part on it.

The 2nd choice means you have to do all the replacing up front vs spread out over 2 years.

The kicker is, that you know what you are planning to do before you buy it. You know you are probably going to have to pull the motor and rebuild it. You know you have to buy interior pieces. Big whoop, 20 year old leather seats usually need replacing anyway. Most enthusiast wind up building a nice new motor for a vette anyway.

Greg Gore

A nice side benefit of doing a project car is you will know more about that particular model Corvette when it's finished.

jhammons01

Not only that, you can take apart a multitude of systems while the car is jacked up.

If you know it is going to be down for a while, you buy the U-joints and the suspension bushings and replace those when you are waiting for Heads to be ground at the machine shop......

If you are just trying to "fix" one item and get it back on the road, A person usually puts off needed maintenance items for the purpose of expediency.

Nice long winter coming up, buy that thing, pull it in the warm garage and start pulling things apart.

jakers

I bought a fixer upper 2 years ago. I am still pouring money into it. I have put an additional $8,000 into the car and it is still iffy on road trips. It will need a repaint soon. etc. etc... Buy a solid car not a fixer upper. I have about $14,000 into a car that is worth may be $8,000. Be smarter than me! Not hard really! Look at my posts over the last two years ouch!

Oh hell, why not! Have fun and we will look for your posts!