54 #430
 

Is this the same 1954 Corvette #430 that was recently parted out on EBay? Got this out of Noland Adams book.....
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Don't know, but Noland has the 54 VIN number incorrect in this quote.

E54S00430 is missing a digit. :D Might be E54S001430, 2430, 3430, or even 4430.

Chuck

the one that was parted out was car number 429 of 3640
ViN was 430
Wisconsin car
Polo white
RIP

Yep, it WAS a pretty complete car. ..

The arrogance of the boneheads that part out perfectly good, irreplaceable historic items always astounds me. They die off after a time, but history is lost forever. Selfish, arrogant SOB's....

Here is Vin # 4611 so it was 39 from the last as a 54 Corvette BUT the history will live on in this car because it has been changed to the 1954
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Motorama Re creation

I cant stop looking at the darn thing ,it's so beautiful :thumbs::cheers::woohoo:

Roy I will send you a few pic of the Motorama Car.

#4400. :D

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I've read about that project, NICE.

From a purely business standpoint, it makes sense.

If nobody is willing to pony up 30K, 40K, etc. to buy the car as a project, one can sell off the parts for probably much more.

The value of the "sum of the parts" is greater than the value of the entire car.

Sad, but true. :(

Chuck

that is true until you add up your time to catalog the entire car and list it one by one. or drag it around to every swap meat possible:willy:

Is this the eBay Corvette?


http://www.ebay.com/itm/1954-Chevrolet-Corvette-CORVETTE-/321939706139?forcerrptr=true&hash=item4af51a111b%3Ag%3AqpMAAOSwcBhWYh7W&item=321939706139&nma=true&si=uC1hk6wUMZ%252BN%252F5EMsr5P8xFHAAA%253D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2557

parts sold added up to approximately $70,000. shipping cost were also high, so there was probably some money made there. the seller appears to have done well parting out the car.

Chuck, agreed, and Mike, I apologize...I didn't know the rest of the story. Beautiful car!
Jeff

If someone on here knows Noland or his email address maybe he can make a correction the next time the book is printed.

I know Noland and I have his e-mail address but I am not sure he will be writing any more books
mikes54vet@aol.com

I finished my 54 build with a lot of parts from the Texas company that specializes in original parts. Cost me lots of $$$ to get the correct parts. When I tried to sell it, this company contacted me wanting to buy it............to disassemble and resell!! I couldn't do it after all the money and work I put into it. Just goes to show that they are worth more for parts than they are all restored. I wish I knew where it is now, maybe I could re-buy it.

https://cimg8.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.cor...07087706a7.jpg

Where did you get that figure ?????? the car is/was owned by my cousin - I bought over 1/3 of the parts - the body and frame are unsold which I am trying to buy - total parts sold is WAY WAY south of that number

total came from auction results which can still be found by going to the sellers "sold" listings. (aside from the body, which was listed sold at 4600 and later relisted for $8000). name any item on the car and I can give you the price it sold for. if the parts you purchased were not purchased through the ebay auction, then if I were you I would not mention it. from the list I have, all parts on the car were accounted for. having bid on many items, I would not look kindly on finding out that the seller did not go through with a third of the final bids when all items were listed as sold. just looked up the frame and it should have been sold for $1525