congrats
Its about time I got a Vette
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6th Gear
Joined: Jun 2011
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From: Green Bay WI
Its about time I got a Vette
Hey all,
I just got a new (to me) Vette. It’s a ’99 pewter targa top with 55,000 mi on it and I love it. After looking for a few months I finally found this one for $15,000 and it’s in good condition. Very clean underneath, body is in great shape with only two stone chips on it, interior is very clean and it runs great. I have not yet found any defects with it. I purchased it from a Lexus dealer in Chicago, and he didn’t know much about the car… but from what I can tell it seems to be quite basic… it has the base suspension (first thing that needs to be replaced – plan to do bars and shocks later this year or early next). Looking under the hood I was happy / surprised to see that it has headers (not sure which ones) and a performance intake on it. Despite the headers (still has the cats) it sounds very mild… maybe a little too mild, but I’m not too concerned about that. It also has some repo chrome Z06 wheels (topline) and new firestone run flats (stock size).
I have been admiring Corvettes since I was a kid and started going to Bloomington gold (and other car shows / auctions) with my father… we have been going since 1981 and only missed one or two years since then. My dad has usually had a few Vettes in the “toy box”, and I finally had the opportunity to add one to mine.
I plan on using it as a daily driver in the spring, summer and fall and store it in winter. I also hope to start looking for some autox events in the area where I can play with it, and as it gets up in miles, I hope to freshen it up and change it over to be a track car.
Cheers,
Steve
I just got a new (to me) Vette. It’s a ’99 pewter targa top with 55,000 mi on it and I love it. After looking for a few months I finally found this one for $15,000 and it’s in good condition. Very clean underneath, body is in great shape with only two stone chips on it, interior is very clean and it runs great. I have not yet found any defects with it. I purchased it from a Lexus dealer in Chicago, and he didn’t know much about the car… but from what I can tell it seems to be quite basic… it has the base suspension (first thing that needs to be replaced – plan to do bars and shocks later this year or early next). Looking under the hood I was happy / surprised to see that it has headers (not sure which ones) and a performance intake on it. Despite the headers (still has the cats) it sounds very mild… maybe a little too mild, but I’m not too concerned about that. It also has some repo chrome Z06 wheels (topline) and new firestone run flats (stock size).
I have been admiring Corvettes since I was a kid and started going to Bloomington gold (and other car shows / auctions) with my father… we have been going since 1981 and only missed one or two years since then. My dad has usually had a few Vettes in the “toy box”, and I finally had the opportunity to add one to mine.
I plan on using it as a daily driver in the spring, summer and fall and store it in winter. I also hope to start looking for some autox events in the area where I can play with it, and as it gets up in miles, I hope to freshen it up and change it over to be a track car.
Cheers,
Steve
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St. Jude Donor '11
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Welcome to the Corvette family. Hold off on the mods until the winter while it is stored and enyoy driving it now. Also lets see some pictures.
If you are not sure how to post pictures, here is what you will need to know http://forums.corvetteforum.com/help...es-thread.html
If you are not sure how to post pictures, here is what you will need to know http://forums.corvetteforum.com/help...es-thread.html
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Thread Starter
6th Gear
Joined: Jun 2011
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From: Green Bay WI
Cheers,
Steve
Drifting
Joined: Oct 2003
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From: Warrenville Il
Thanks... I appreciate the input. I'm slowly trying to figure out what I have here. I just painted the brakes red, looking inside the wheels is how I found out what kind of wheels I had. do you know if there would be anything on them that would help me figure out exactly what they are?
Cheers,
Steve
Cheers,
Steve
