Crazy project in Brazil...
02-28-2012, 07:13 PM
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Well, I have been to SP and Brazil before, and yes, I can't remember seeing a corvette. A couple Mustangs, but the rest were all small cars... for those up here in the states it seems odd, 2 liters is a big motor down there! A honda accord is as much as a new z06 up here.
Suggestion (like others have said) really look at bringing in body panels, if you buy them from a recycling place customs can not dispute the value and you just have to pay the import tax on the used value. http://www.corvetterecycling.com/default.asp - can sell you all the parts you want.
Or can you buy a wrecked car and get that imported as a "parts car" and then repair it? Good luck!
Suggestion (like others have said) really look at bringing in body panels, if you buy them from a recycling place customs can not dispute the value and you just have to pay the import tax on the used value. http://www.corvetterecycling.com/default.asp - can sell you all the parts you want.
Or can you buy a wrecked car and get that imported as a "parts car" and then repair it? Good luck!
02-29-2012, 09:12 AM
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Well, I have been to SP and Brazil before, and yes, I can't remember seeing a corvette. A couple Mustangs, but the rest were all small cars... for those up here in the states it seems odd, 2 liters is a big motor down there! A honda accord is as much as a new z06 up here.
Suggestion (like others have said) really look at bringing in body panels, if you buy them from a recycling place customs can not dispute the value and you just have to pay the import tax on the used value. http://www.corvetterecycling.com/default.asp - can sell you all the parts you want.
Or can you buy a wrecked car and get that imported as a "parts car" and then repair it? Good luck!
Suggestion (like others have said) really look at bringing in body panels, if you buy them from a recycling place customs can not dispute the value and you just have to pay the import tax on the used value. http://www.corvetterecycling.com/default.asp - can sell you all the parts you want.
Or can you buy a wrecked car and get that imported as a "parts car" and then repair it? Good luck!
02-29-2012, 10:29 AM
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A Chevrolet straight six is a very common engine here. You can have one working good as new with US$ 1k. A small block, US$ 10k...
The GTB is a little bit rare. A good one is about US$ 10 - 20k. But the Puma GTS (on VW chassis) is around US$ 5 - 10k.
The GTS (VW air cooled / bug chassis)
The GTB is a little bit rare. A good one is about US$ 10 - 20k. But the Puma GTS (on VW chassis) is around US$ 5 - 10k.
The GTS (VW air cooled / bug chassis)
It reminds me of my first car, a Fiat 850 Sport Spyder. I imagine it runs much more dependably than the Fix It Again Tony
02-29-2012, 11:29 AM
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Hi friends,
I'm talking from Brazil, a terrible place where there are no vettes...
Ok, Brazil has Corvettes. But 1 Corvette for each 2.000.000 people I think. There are more Lamborghinis than Corvettes here. A Corvette is a very rare car, and cost about US$ 500,000.00
But I love Corvettes. I love Corvettes since I was a child, since I bought my first car magazine and see a picture of a C4. The most wonderful car I ever seen. The perfect car. A big nose, rear wheel drive, V8, the most beautiful car made in the history.
Then, I decided to commit a crime: I will do my own vette. REALLY. A replica.
I already started with my replica project, and will share the progress here.
I know, a vette is a kind of holy thing, but I need to do it before I die. This is the only way I have to have one.
I am starting to do the best I can do, with a very accurate 3D model, and using fiberglass. I hope to see this car running some day.
Thanks for all and sorry for my crime...
I'm talking from Brazil, a terrible place where there are no vettes...
Ok, Brazil has Corvettes. But 1 Corvette for each 2.000.000 people I think. There are more Lamborghinis than Corvettes here. A Corvette is a very rare car, and cost about US$ 500,000.00
But I love Corvettes. I love Corvettes since I was a child, since I bought my first car magazine and see a picture of a C4. The most wonderful car I ever seen. The perfect car. A big nose, rear wheel drive, V8, the most beautiful car made in the history.
Then, I decided to commit a crime: I will do my own vette. REALLY. A replica.
I already started with my replica project, and will share the progress here.
I know, a vette is a kind of holy thing, but I need to do it before I die. This is the only way I have to have one.
I am starting to do the best I can do, with a very accurate 3D model, and using fiberglass. I hope to see this car running some day.
Thanks for all and sorry for my crime...
03-01-2012, 11:56 AM
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But unbelievable is see your "Fix It Again Tony". We have the same joke. Translating will be something like "Italian rusty/lemon f... the traffic"...
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03-01-2012, 02:19 PM
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I bought a copy of AutoMarket - brasilian publication -
Price for ZR1 = R$700,000
Z06 = R$640,000
Boss 302 = R$350,000
Conversion today is 1.71 So ZR1 is approx $415K US?
Price for ZR1 = R$700,000
Z06 = R$640,000
Boss 302 = R$350,000
Conversion today is 1.71 So ZR1 is approx $415K US?
03-01-2012, 03:09 PM
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. I look forward to seeing your project completed.
