Dances with Snakes...

[*89x2*]

Looks like one may be the original owner of this car, if it is bought

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Chev...017QQitemZ270202703442QQrdZ1QQsspagenameZWDVW


I think I remember this one for sale, back in 2001 or 2002 :cool ...the decals, gave it away :W


...anyone up for rescuing it from Texas?? ;help

 

[Brangeta]

I must live in the wrong part of Dallas. ;squint: I've never seen a Callaway Corvette on the road, and rarely see any C4 Corvettes at all. I see more Ferraris than I do C4 Vettes, and something is wrong with that... ;squint:

 

[John H. Christensen]

YOU NEED TO GO OUT DURING THE CALLAWAY HOUR.
RIGHT MARK!

 

[Jeroenvgfn]

I must live in the wrong part of Dallas. ;squint: I've never seen a Callaway Corvette on the road, and rarely see any C4 Corvettes at all. I see more Ferraris than I do C4 Vettes, and something is wrong with that... ;squint:

maybe your eyes are not fast enough to spot "Callaway" Vettes

 

[*89x2*]

This car, was owned by Rupert, who owned the Bragg-Smith Corvette Driving School (Now known as Spring Mountain - with new ownership)

Interesting car. :cool

 

[Brangeta]

maybe your eyes are not fast enough to spot "Callaway" Vettes

otfl I must be blinking! :L

 

[shopview]

YOU NEED TO GO OUT DURING THE CALLAWAY HOUR.
RIGHT MARK!

Must be... I see 2 - 6 all the time. 2-4 on the road... Usually near the airport metro area.

 

[*89x2*]

It's back :cool

This Callaway Corvette is on display in our Dallas, Texas showroom located at 1912 W. Mockingbird Lane. We are open 6 days out of each week. Walk-in visitors and inspection appointments are welcomed.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Chev...017QQitemZ270210740824QQrdZ1QQsspagenameZWDVW​

 

[Brangeta]

It's back :cool

This Callaway Corvette is on display in our Dallas, Texas showroom located at 1912 W. Mockingbird Lane. We are open 6 days out of each week. Walk-in visitors and inspection appointments are welcomed.​

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Chev...017QQitemZ270210740824QQrdZ1QQsspagenameZWDVW​

BRB! :L

Nah... not today. But I'll try to make a visit to see it sometime this week. Cool news, I didn't know it was that close to me. 4 miles.

If anybody is interested in this car and wants me to take some specific pictures or write up a review, send me a PM!

 

[*89x2*]

...don't forget to DRIVE it

Brandon, go and take about 20 pics and email them to me with your complete review on the car - who knows. .. In 5 weeks, it could be a COTQ car

BRB, funny

 

[Brangeta]

K, will do. I might end up going out of town to deal with some stuff this week, but I'll try to get to this place in the next few days.

 

[Brangeta]

Does this car have some sort of history or something? They're asking $42k for it. I don't know the Callaway Corvettes too well, but I would assume that is pretty high...?:confused :ugh

Is there anything anyone specifically wants a picture of? I may be able to go check it out later this afternoon or tomorrow.

And is it just me, or is the throttle body cover on upside down? :confused

 

[*89x2*]

Brandon, the car was bought and used as a track/instructional car for the (Rupert) Bragg-Smith Advanced Driving School (nw ow known as Spring Mountain Advanced Driving School, who btw, has their own track Callaway :cool )

The car is real and well doccumented. As far as a parice, it has a lot of nice touches like the roll bar and belts. The decals on the rear hatch would HAVE to go though :ugh

 

[Brangeta]

Hmm, I'm definitely outside my realm of expertice, but I'll give it a thorough look through when I visit it (likely in about an hour).

Maybe if I'm lucky, they'll start it up for me and I can finally get a firsthand experience of how a SNAT sounds. I'll make a movie if so.

 

[*89x2*]

Brandon, come back with video of you driving it, or we'll revoke your man-card

 

[Jeroenvgfn]

Brandon, come back with video of you driving it, or we'll revoke your man-card

 

[Brangeta]

Brandon, come back with video of you driving it, or we'll revoke your man-card

LOL! Crap, I just lost my man-card!

I just got back home from taking some pics and video of the car. I didn't drive it as I wasn't offered the opportunity, but DAMN did it ever sound good! :eek

Chris-- Would you like me to email you my review and pics directly, or would you like me to just post that stuff here? Since I don't know the Corvettes as well as you, you might be able to improve on anything I say. (Like... I don't know what wheels this car has, or if those are the stock brake calipers/discs just by looking at them).

The videos are too large to email; 72MB and 36MB, so I'll just put them on youtube if they turned out nice. I haven't looked at the stuff yet on my computer, but hopefully they capture just how nice it sounded!

 

[Jeroenvgfn]

LOL! Crap, I just lost my man-card!

I just got back home from taking some pics and video of the car. I didn't drive it as I wasn't offered the opportunity, but DAMN did it ever sound good! :eek

Chris-- Would you like me to email you my review and pics directly, or would you like me to just post that stuff here? Since I don't know the Corvettes as well as you, you might be able to improve on anything I say. (Like... I don't know what wheels this car has, or if those are the stock brake calipers/discs just by looking at them).

The videos are too large to email; 72MB and 36MB, so I'll just put them on youtube if they turned out nice. I haven't looked at the stuff yet on my computer, but hopefully they capture just how nice it sounded!

Brandon shoot me a PM with your email.
I can provide you a temporary FTP access to my database so you can upload the video without quality loss.
Then everyone interested can download it for their own use.

thanks for visiting this car, I hope this footage is as good as what you did with the white C12.

about the Man-card, I am in a similar situation with 89-10
I am trying to get an appointment made for a photoshoot and hopefully a drive but everytime it gets delayed.

 

[Brangeta]

Alright, I'll send you a PM.

I think the videos turned out well, as long as you have a subwoofer on your computer speakers. They are 640 x 480 at 30 fps I think.

The pictures weren't too great overall. I got some good detail shots though. The high res (mostly) uncompressed pics are on webshots, so they're already pretty much originals.

 

[Brangeta]

So far it doesn't look like my review and pics of the car have helped the bidding on ebay. For $13k, sheesh, even I'd be tempted to sell my car and buy it. :ugh

6 hours left... maybe the price will jump? I'm no C4 Corvette expert, but I'd say it's worth at least 20k at bare bare bare bare minimum.