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Old Mar 1, 2019 | 10:08 AM
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New neighbor right next door saw my car in the garage when he was buying the house. "What's that you got in there?" "04 Z06" "Cool, a Corvette owner, I have an old Corvette"
The other day my wife is on the phone and sees this pulling in, excitedly pointing to it...

As one can guess I'm out there pretty quickly, pretending to shovel my driveway. A few minutes and I'm helping him and his buddy push this into his backyard shop, pretty cool!


Sorry about the horrible pics, no idea what happened.
It's a project car, doesn't even have a motor. Hope to see this, maybe even help out a bit, turn into a beautiful '65 Stingray.

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Old Mar 1, 2019 | 10:43 AM
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Nice to have a neighbor with the same blood, type. You never know when you need a donor.
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Old Mar 1, 2019 | 10:51 AM
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Originally Posted by Evil-Twin
Nice to have a neighbor with the same blood, type. You never know when you need a donor.
Well, he needs a donor, a motor!
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Old Mar 1, 2019 | 11:34 AM
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Well, he needs a donor, a motor!
https://www.chevrolet.com/performanc...percharged-lt5


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Old Mar 2, 2019 | 09:47 AM
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Sounds like your neighbor has a fun project car.
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Old Mar 2, 2019 | 09:58 AM
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Originally Posted by knewblewkorvette
Not so sure about that!

I looked at a C3 just before Christmas and it had a ZZ383 crate. That was a sweet sound'n piece, probably a little more suited to the C2 the OPs neighbor has. He also had a Tremec M5 and a new rear w/some fancier clutch, I forget which. It was a real clutch though. When I started it up it felt about like my LS7.



OP, you hit the jackpot on the neighbor. Count your blessings cause there's a boatload of em out there coulda made your life significantly worse.
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My neighbor saw my C5 after he moved in and promptly bought one. Kept it for a while, then traded it on a year old C7. Both autos, so they don't count.
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Originally Posted by Vetteman Jack
Sounds like your neighbor has a fun project car.



While the "stinger" hood is cool, I've always loved that early style of big block hood!
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