I have been wanting a c5z for a little over a year now and almost ended up with one about 10 months ago but it fell through. When that one car fell through I got a bad taste in my mouth and gave up for a while. To make that story as short as possible the seller was a snake in the grass and nothing he told me was true. then 2 to 3 months after that mess we moved from Florida to Pennsylvania where I grew up (don't ask whi we are still figuring it out) and shortly realized that the economy is not as good here as it was in Florida. Now that we were all settled in and adjusted to the new place and smaller budget I started looking for a fun car. I was initially looking for a 3/5 thousand dollar project like a rat rod or something that I could have fun with. At this point I am not even looking for a c5 because i kinda discounted it from the realm of possibilities. Then a couple days ago browsing the local classifieds I see a 99 frc. I looked at the pictures and drooled for a while thinking of how nice it would be to own it. At this point it is still to expensive for me to feel right about purchasing but I never closed the tab on my phone so I could continue to dream about it. Then on the fourth or fifth day I noticed the price dropped and I get excited but do not mention it to my wife yet. The next morning we go to the dealer to get some warranty work done to the wife's car and I mentioned the corvette to her when we got back home. Both of us being verry money conscious/frugal it was not a easy decision but she knew how much I wanted it and for how long I have been wanting one so we call the guy and get everything set up to check it out. When we get there the car was accurately described to me and was in the condition he said. It is not a show car but it seems to be a solid car but then again I would have never been able to afford a show room condition car. So we negotiate for a little bit and I end up taking the car home. It is now sitting in the garage ant the only thing keeping from going out to tinker with it is that I am writing this story I can't wait to get some things fixed on it and start to enjoy it.

There will be more info and pictures later but I need to get up and start my day. Thanks for reading and have a great day.

 

Congrats on finding your FRC - good luck getting it in shape and looking forward to seeing some pics of the car.

 

 

Congrats, now lets see some pics!!!

 

Congrats. And as you can see, we are picture junkies around here.......

Shakey

 

Pics, pics, pics....congrats on the new to you ride. You'll have a blast with it.

 

Congrats and Welcome !!! Let the fun begin

 

Here is the only pic I have at the moment there will be more when it gets a good detail. My work schedule for the next couple days is quite busy tho.

 

Congrats and welcome to the MADNESS....
Read the stickies and ask LOTS of questions ... ALWAYS come to the FORUM first then make a decision on how to fix your car....

 

congrats.

 

Thanks everyone

 

Sweet!!!

 

So cool to read your post. Almost my exact story minus all the moving out of state stuff. I've always wanted a C5 and finally got one yesterday. Mine is a black 97, and also needs some TLC but it's still a great car, and it's literally sureal seeing it parked in my driveway like --- "hey, this is actually MY car"!. Congrats! And btw, based on your pic, your Vette is Hot!! Very nice!

 

That is crazy. The pic shows the car better than actual condition it needs some work but it is not to far gone.

 

Nice lookin' ride---looks like it came with some goodies.

 

Welcome to the FRC club

 

Congrats and welcome!!

Looks nice!! Wealth of information on this forum and a great bunch of guys/gals

Enjoy your new FRC

 

Welcome to the forum

 

Welcome to the asylum!

 

Welcome to the forum and congrats on the Corvette.