steemin

Has anyone here had any dealings with Bob Sharon owner:
Classic Corvette Investment. He is a small dealer in Michigan.
Thanks,
Scott

Harps

I personally don't know him, or have talked to him, but I believe I've seen many of his cars for sale on various sites, including ebay. They look like very nice, top quality cars from the pictures, and if this is the same guy I am thinking of.

ctjackster

Harps, not sure if this is the guy you are referring to, Bob Sharon runs a very small shop, although perhaps he has grown.

So small in fact that I was suprised to see this as a topic - try Googling on him or the shop's name, chances are you won't find him or his website (he has one I could link you to, but I am on the road via Blackberry right now).

My 65 went through his hands back in the mid-90s, I came to learn from a title search. After finally tracking him down, I spoke with him, he remembered the car but wasn't all that informative. I understand that the car was "cleaned and flipped" but have no idea as to how honestly it was presented by him. He struck me as old-school honest. He is an older gentleman.

JohnZ

I inspected a '67 convertible at his shop for a potential buyer about two years ago that he advertised as an "all numbers-matching original investment-grade car". Turned out to have a buggered-up replaced VIN tag, one-piece front clip, interior color change, and two pages single-spaced of wrong parts on it. Don't know if that's representative of cars he's handled since, but that experience wasn't confidence-inspiring.

steemin

Bob's shop is only a couple of hours from me so I thought I would check it out.
I spoke with him briefly and he does come across as "Old School honest" He is a dealer but it is a "small part-time retiree deal" for him.
He is a retired from the auto industry (Damlier Chrysler I believe).
Just curious if anyone has ever had any dealings with him before I go see him next week..
Scott

steemin

Hmmm. Interesting.
That is dissappointing news.
I had hoped that I would get some good feedback.
Thank you for your input.
I will proceed with caution.:
Scott

Injected Stingray

Hi Scott I live 5 minutes from his shop. Have looked at a couple of his cars and I would say he deals in drivers at best. So if your looking for a show car I would say you'll be dissapointed.

BobzVette

Good decision to proceed with caution...as you should with any DEALER!!! : : :

steemin

Having not seen his cars in person yet I can tell you that they are priced considerably less than the other dealers cars.
Who knows if they are "fair deals" or not. That is why I am going to check him out.
At any rate I am looking for what I would call a High end driver.
I suppose some might take this type of car to shows?
I want great cosmetics..paint,interior,chrome and stainless,detailed under the hood.
As well as excellent mechanicals. I want everything to work well.
And finally most importantly I want a car with a solid frame,birdcage and body.
As far as a perfect NCRS numbers matching show car that is not what I desire at this point. Maybe someday
Thanks again for everyones input. It is much appreciated
Scott

PeteZ

Hey Jack,

You young whipper-snapper you. Sheessh, I just want to let you know that I'm one of those 'older gentlemen.' These days I'm very sure about the 'older' part ... the 'gentleman' part seems evasive to me though .

Sorry, I just could not help remark about my advanced state of 'advancement.' .

Best Regards,

PeteZ .

woolooloo

Steemin - sent you a PM, thanks!

oneputt

About 4 years ago I drove up to his shop to check out a 64 convertible he had for sale. He seemed like a pretty nice guy. So I took the car out for a test drive and he wouldnt let me drive it over 35 or 40 mph, I dont know why. After about 10 minutes of driving he steered me back to the shop. I was planning on a little longer test drive, at least to see if there was any overheating issues. Anyway, when we got back he put it on a lift to look underneath and oil must have been leaking because there was oil covering a lot of the undercarriage. I took a pass on the car. What struck me funny was he had it advertisied as the nicest 64 in the country. Not.

ricks327

He used to list most of his cars on Ebay but I haven't seen him lately. I believe he used to deal primarily in mid-years but maybe he has changed and that is why I don't see him much anymore.

vintagecorvette

He has this listed on ebay right now.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/CORVE...QQcmdZViewItem

Warped Head

He does advertise on TraderOnline's website:

http://ww2.collectorcartraderonline....ite.php?777390

Here's his home page:

http://home.comcast.net/~rsharon6/

67redster

Bought a 67 vinyl covered hardtop from him several years ago. It was better than described and he was a stand-up guy through-out. Check out his ebay feedback. I think he goes by 66sting.

ctjackster

Hiya Pete!

I might not have done a perfect job conveying my sense about him - as another posted, he started the shop AFTER retiring from the auto biz, and I got the sense he did not retire early; and he struck me as "older" even at the time of this conversation (were I just talking to a freind of siilar age to mine (43) I might even have used the word "elderly").

In other words, this operation is something he does alsmost as a hobby in his retirement. He is surely no PeteZ!

I see that warpedhead posted a link to his web page - I have that link too, hard as hell to find by mere google searching, at least it used to be so.

kbuhagiar

Wow...for a hobby, that's quite an inventory he's maintaining. I counted 10 Corvettes for sale.

Rumblegutz

I bought a mid year soft-top frame from Bob through an eBay auction a few years ago. I had asked about rust, particularly in the header. He was evasive at best, which I should have viewed as a red flag. Drove 4 hours to pick it up. Paid top dollar as I owed it to a buddy and I wanted that cleared up.

The frame in the auction was bare. The one I picked up had an old white top on it. I was dim enough that I didn’t realize it until unloading it at home. Checked the auction and the photos were of a bare frame. I stripped the top off the frame I purchased and low and behold it had a rotted header bow. Contacted Bob who was offended that I point out that the top in the auction and the top I picked up did not appear to be the same one. I was stuck with it. Bottom line I did not perform due diligence and I made an error in trusting this seller.

My first Corvette was a 1962 2 top 300hp 4 spd that was white with a red interior. White isn’t a color I would look for but this car could have been puke green and I would have bought it. I have always had a soft spot for 62’s and white with red interior and hard top always catch my eye. I spoke with a fellow that reached that point in his life where he had bought his dream car. The car he bought was a white ’62 with red interior. He bought it from Bob in an eBay auction. Closing the deal he asked if there was a hard top to go with it. He was willing to pay additional for a hard top. Buyer was on the West Coast and felt it would be much simpler for him to have the car shipped with a hard top rather than have one shipped separately from where ever he might find one. Bob said he didn’t buy the car with one. Further he didn’t have one Some weeks following the sale of the car Bob ran an auction for white ’62 hard top.

This did not come as a surprise to me as I had been watching his auctions following my experience. Hard tops, soft tops, spares, jacks, jack handles, radios were the most prevalent items offered at auction on eBay by 66sting weeks after the auctioning of a car of the same year. Or so it would appear.

Due diligence may not protect one entirely but it can’t hurt and it may help.

ricks327

Rumblegutz,
Very good observations on your part. Thanks for the heads up...