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hzl6cm
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First off I didn't get it.
It was a very solid original carCarpets a little worn but now tears in the seats or cracks in the dash. Engine looked all original, even still had the ignition shielding and original air cleaner and valve covers, nothing had been messed with or modified. Original rallye wheels were in good condition as were both the rear and front bumpers. Car had tilt, air, power brakes and steering. Exhaust was almost new and the front end had been rebuilt. Car started right up, didn't smoke, sounded good and idled smooth. The owner had owned it for 12 years and knew the guy how owned it for the previous 18 years before that. The previous owner had hit the front right fender and the right rear corner (the previous owner hit a brige guard railing with it after the current owner had bought it. The fiberglass repair was good but the repaint on the repaired areas wasn't good and wasflaking a little. The rest of the paint looked to be original and was in good shape with just some knicks and rock chips. There was some survace rust underneath but nothing bad. The doors hung correctly and opened and closed easily. The oner was a farmer type about 70 years old, short and a little stout wearing bib overalls, a checked shirt and a feed cap (not who you would picture as the typical big block corvette owner. The car sold with no researve and went for $14,250. I heard that it had sat in front of his house for a few weeks with a for sale sign on it and he was asking $11k or $12k. The car was located in a rural area about 60 miles SE of Kansas City. I took a few pictures if somebody would like me to email them let me know
Kevin
It was a very solid original carCarpets a little worn but now tears in the seats or cracks in the dash. Engine looked all original, even still had the ignition shielding and original air cleaner and valve covers, nothing had been messed with or modified. Original rallye wheels were in good condition as were both the rear and front bumpers. Car had tilt, air, power brakes and steering. Exhaust was almost new and the front end had been rebuilt. Car started right up, didn't smoke, sounded good and idled smooth. The owner had owned it for 12 years and knew the guy how owned it for the previous 18 years before that. The previous owner had hit the front right fender and the right rear corner (the previous owner hit a brige guard railing with it after the current owner had bought it. The fiberglass repair was good but the repaint on the repaired areas wasn't good and wasflaking a little. The rest of the paint looked to be original and was in good shape with just some knicks and rock chips. There was some survace rust underneath but nothing bad. The doors hung correctly and opened and closed easily. The oner was a farmer type about 70 years old, short and a little stout wearing bib overalls, a checked shirt and a feed cap (not who you would picture as the typical big block corvette owner. The car sold with no researve and went for $14,250. I heard that it had sat in front of his house for a few weeks with a for sale sign on it and he was asking $11k or $12k. The car was located in a rural area about 60 miles SE of Kansas City. I took a few pictures if somebody would like me to email them let me know
Kevin
So what you bid is what you pay. The auctioneer takes his cut from the seller. So $14,250 was what the buyer drove it away for. I thought that it was a very reasonable price for a solid original BB car. I really didn't need another car so I would only have bought it if it was a steel (under $10k in this case - otherwise I would be sleeping in the garage with the Vettes!
