yellow77
Well-known member
Guys, I have been off the board for quite a while now, for which I would firstly like to apologize. I am in a situation where I could use some honest advice / opinions.
About 5 years ago when I bought the vette, I had just sold my previous project because it was finished, and I wanted something more performance oriented. I jumped into the vette because, she looked pretty good to the uneducated eye, and there was plenty of room for improvement.
Firstly, this is a list of what I have done:
1: New seats, dash pad, guages, stereo, door panels.
2: Steeroids rack and pinion
3: VB&P monoleaf front suspension, lightweight upper and lower control arms.
4: Tires
5: Brakes and calipers
6: Rear suspension bushings
7: New weatherstripping
8: Hot Rod Air, heat and air conditioning.
9: ZZ3 crate motor / with nitrous, (more for appearance than anything), although she ran a 12.7 at 110.
Now for the problems
1: The body is really rough
2: The car had previously been hit in the left rear and now has a 80-82 rear bumper cover.
3: The car had been hit left front, th4e front has been patched leaving a gap at the front left of the hood, and the replacement front bumper cover has been "pugged" into the fenders which is now starting to crack.
4: The bottom of the front crossmember had been pretty badly dented.
5: The car never really feels stable on the road, and although I have been told it ,looks ok, I dont think it tracks properly.
6: There is a 1/8" wide crack running from the floor to the top of the firewall where the factory cooling fan used to be.
Now, this is where I need some advice. The car is probably worth between 5K and 7K. I Dont earn a lot of money, but I would really like to disassemble the car and build it again from the frame up. If I was to do this, I think it would need a new body. The frame, also, may not be straight. The car probably would still only be worth about 10K.
If she was yours, what would you do?
Cheers
Richard
About 5 years ago when I bought the vette, I had just sold my previous project because it was finished, and I wanted something more performance oriented. I jumped into the vette because, she looked pretty good to the uneducated eye, and there was plenty of room for improvement.
Firstly, this is a list of what I have done:
1: New seats, dash pad, guages, stereo, door panels.
2: Steeroids rack and pinion
3: VB&P monoleaf front suspension, lightweight upper and lower control arms.
4: Tires
5: Brakes and calipers
6: Rear suspension bushings
7: New weatherstripping
8: Hot Rod Air, heat and air conditioning.
9: ZZ3 crate motor / with nitrous, (more for appearance than anything), although she ran a 12.7 at 110.
Now for the problems
1: The body is really rough
2: The car had previously been hit in the left rear and now has a 80-82 rear bumper cover.
3: The car had been hit left front, th4e front has been patched leaving a gap at the front left of the hood, and the replacement front bumper cover has been "pugged" into the fenders which is now starting to crack.
4: The bottom of the front crossmember had been pretty badly dented.
5: The car never really feels stable on the road, and although I have been told it ,looks ok, I dont think it tracks properly.
6: There is a 1/8" wide crack running from the floor to the top of the firewall where the factory cooling fan used to be.
Now, this is where I need some advice. The car is probably worth between 5K and 7K. I Dont earn a lot of money, but I would really like to disassemble the car and build it again from the frame up. If I was to do this, I think it would need a new body. The frame, also, may not be straight. The car probably would still only be worth about 10K.
If she was yours, what would you do?
Cheers
Richard
