Great Expectations

[Mac]

Well, if it ain't the prodigal son hisself! Welcome aboard!!

-Mac

 

[67HEAVEN]

Hey yall,

So what gives here.. we have a fallen star that is in need of a little lovin and you guys are reading it, its last rights fip fip fip:cry there aint no such thing as a vette that cant come back.. those rear fenders will buff out and well the nose errr ahh hmm ... guess some one blew just a lil to hard.. but comon lol them bird cage parts you speak of.. cant a guy get a new one at the pet store

Ron

This Corvette's not pinin'! It's bloody passed on! This Corvette is no more! She has ceased to be! She's expired and gone to meet her maker! She's a stiff! Bereft of life! She rests in peace!

If you hadn't nailed her to the dolly she'd be pushing up daisies! Her metabolic processes are now history! She's off the twig! She's kicked the bucket! She's shuffled off the mortal coil, run down the curtain and joined the bleedin' choir invisible!

THIS IS AN EX-CORVETTE!!

Hi Ron.

 

[ron*d]

ROTFLMAO.. oh my.. tears,,, well done........... gotta tissue.


So really lol cut the crud and tell me what we gooda do here.. duct tape, vise grips, couple trips to crappy tire and we should haver runnin by mornin... cripes I still crying here

 

[Mac]

Look matey, this Vette wouldn't voom if I put four thousand volts through it. It's bleeding demised.

-Mac

 

[ron*d]

Now Mac,,, you should know better than to say that to me... I told you when I was doin yours that there aint a vette alive (used very loosely here on this one lol) that I cant bring back.. it all boils down to will err and that other thing .. what was that ..oh yeah $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$

and Beer

 

[henny496]

This has been for sale from Pro Team corvettes for at little while. There are no tags with it http://www.proteam-corvette.com/parts/63rearcpe.htm

 

[smook]

Ouch!

NO WAY!
-Bill.

 

[ron*d]

This has been for sale from Pro Team corvettes for at little while. There are no tags with it http://www.proteam-corvette.com/parts/63rearcpe.htm

Hmmm that might not need work on the rear deck .. right around the filler neck.. the cage will need a little work.. this one here is on ebay... what do you think.. at least the clock still works and for 98 bucks.. how could a guy go wrong. Looks like its NOS ta boot

 

[richscorvettes]

... I would pay that kind of money for that car with the parts he has. I would have liked to make a deal for the car and the frame he has. That is the frame I would like to put under a midyear. The cage rot is a nightmare due to the amount of glass parts that would need to be removed. My bet is the whole cage is junk.These cars are so much money to play with, sometimes I think I am out of my mind. But it looks like I am not alone.

I saw that body on e-Bay and followed the auction until it closed. As henny496 mentioned, the cost of many of the one-year-only parts can quickly add up especially for parts such as the exterior and interior window moldings. I searched for months until finding everything I needed (which was all of them!) and you seldom find complete sets. The ones you do find usually still need to be restored.

Being deeply into building a 63 coupe now we have learned quite a bit about the birdcage. We found three areas with rust (after the media blasting) but I have found sources for some parts, such as the drip-rails, and there are sources for some of the birdcage parts. Luckily all but one area of the birdcage itself was in great shape but we had one area where we couldn't find repo parts and I had a restoration shop reproduce them. I would have been very hesitant to start with a birdcage with as much rust as the one on e-Bay but, at a more reasonable price, it might have been a good deal just for the other hard to find parts.

Rich Lagasse

 

[jerrybramlett]

Canadian '67 body

A man named Kevin in northern Ontario is offering a '67 Corvette coupe body for sale on the Corvette Forum parts bulletin board.

I'd sure like to forward his e-mails to one of you in Canada. I have many questions about driving across the U.S. border to buy a Corvette body. I'd like someone who lives in Canada to help me interpret this offering before I commit to anything.

Please e-mail me if you're willing to give advice. I don't want you to do anything but read e-mail messages we've exchanged and then answer some of my general questions about this deal.

Thanks,

Jerry Bramlett
Mobile, AL
jerrybramlett@comcast.net
(251) 478-4003

 

[67HEAVEN]

Jerry,

67HEAVEN at ComputerSupport.ca

A man named Kevin in northern Ontario is offering a '67 Corvette coupe body for sale on the Corvette Forum parts bulletin board.

I'd sure like to forward his e-mails to one of you in Canada. I have many questions about driving across the U.S. border to buy a Corvette body. I'd like someone who lives in Canada to help me interpret this offering before I commit to anything.

Please e-mail me if you're willing to give advice. I don't want you to do anything but read e-mail messages we've exchanged and then answer some of my general questions about this deal.

Thanks,

Jerry Bramlett
Mobile, AL
jerrybramlett@comcast.net
(251) 478-4003