neighbor offered to sell me his 67 vette tonight

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knoxtom
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I'm really thinking about this one.

Its a restomod. Original frame, body, 327, etc. He added boosted disk brakes, fuel injection, suspension, new interior with original seat frames, etc. Motor has been rebuilt with a little hotter cam. Car is pretty dang tight. It has a couple small scratches so it can be driven.

Going to look at it seriously in a week or two when my wife has recovered from surgery as she knows more about those cars than I do. While it is a restomod, it is done right. Looks completely stock but doesn't sound stock.

He has me really curious at least.
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knoxtom said:

I'm really thinking about this one.

Its a restomod. Original frame, body, 327, etc. He added boosted disk brakes, fuel injection, suspension, new interior with original seat frames, etc. Motor has been rebuilt with a little hotter cam. Car is pretty dang tight. It has a couple small scratches so it can be driven.

Going to look at it seriously in a week or two when my wife has recovered from surgery as she knows more about those cars than I do. While it is a restomod, it is done right. Looks completely stock but doesn't sound stock.

He has me really curious at least.


What?

Did they put one of those ports at the base of her skull like in the Matrix and she downloaded the classic sports car module?
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knoxtom
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maroon barchetta said:

knoxtom said:

I'm really thinking about this one.

Its a restomod. Original frame, body, 327, etc. He added boosted disk brakes, fuel injection, suspension, new interior with original seat frames, etc. Motor has been rebuilt with a little hotter cam. Car is pretty dang tight. It has a couple small scratches so it can be driven.

Going to look at it seriously in a week or two when my wife has recovered from surgery as she knows more about those cars than I do. While it is a restomod, it is done right. Looks completely stock but doesn't sound stock.

He has me really curious at least.


What?

Did they put one of those ports at the base of her skull like in the Matrix and she downloaded the classic sports car module?
She raced 60s Mustangs for years so she knows her way around them really well and Vettes/Novas/etc pretty well.
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knoxtom said:

maroon barchetta said:

knoxtom said:

I'm really thinking about this one.

Its a restomod. Original frame, body, 327, etc. He added boosted disk brakes, fuel injection, suspension, new interior with original seat frames, etc. Motor has been rebuilt with a little hotter cam. Car is pretty dang tight. It has a couple small scratches so it can be driven.

Going to look at it seriously in a week or two when my wife has recovered from surgery as she knows more about those cars than I do. While it is a restomod, it is done right. Looks completely stock but doesn't sound stock.

He has me really curious at least.


What?

Did they put one of those ports at the base of her skull like in the Matrix and she downloaded the classic sports car module?
She raced 60s Mustangs for years so she knows her way around them really well and Vettes/Novas/etc pretty well.


None of the photos of any of the topics you mentioned are displaying properly.
woodyhayes
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Buy it !!!
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Coupe or convertible???
Stat Monitor Repairman
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Is your neighbor Joe Rogan?
lb3
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Honestly, restomods are the way to go unless you have a really rare version. Cars are meant to be driven.
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Check the frame in front of the rear wheels. That is a common spot for rot.
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lb3 said:

Honestly, restomods are the way to go unless you have a really rare version. Cars are meant to be driven.
Been thinking about this logic for some time now. Going to start some serious planning and implementation on a '70 442 Convertible.
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lb3 said:

Honestly, restomods are the way to go unless you have a really rare version. Cars are meant to be driven.
Yep. I have 2 friends w/ 68 Camaros, one w/ a numbers matching 305 or 327 and the other with a blown 502 (now 544 I think) w/ a modern chassis & suspension. Guess which one is more fun to drive and wins the car shows....
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drumboy said:

lb3 said:

Honestly, restomods are the way to go unless you have a really rare version. Cars are meant to be driven.
Yep. I have 2 friends w/ 68 Camaros, one w/ a numbers matching 305 or 327 and the other with a blown 502 (now 544 I think) w/ a modern chassis & suspension. Guess which one is more fun to drive and wins the car shows....
It's not even about big motors. It's about not regapping points every oil change, it's about fuel injection and not pumping the gas 7 times to start the car or cranking and cranking to fill the float bowl after the car has sat for two weeks. It's about disc brakes and not having to ride you drum brakes after hitting a puddle, it's about quality sound systems, and decent air conditioning.
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If you don't want it I'd be interested!
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I would be careful of 60s car pricing. I spoke to a broker a few years ago - he mentioned don't buy anything in the 60s for the next 10 years (I want a 69 Camaro).

The thought is these baby boomers are buying what they had, inflating prices and the kids eventually won't want them. He said buy in the 80s now and sell that to buy the 60s car in 10 years.

All that said, it was just a discussion that gave me a different perspective. Could be wrong - we'll see…
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SnowboardAg said:

I would be careful of 60s car pricing. I spoke to a broker a few years ago - he mentioned don't buy anything in the 60s for the next 10 years (I want a 69 Camaro).

The thought is these baby boomers are buying what they had, inflating prices and the kids eventually won't want them. He said buy in the 80s now and sell that to buy the 60s car in 10 years.

All that said, it was just a discussion that gave me a different perspective. Could be wrong - we'll see…
I've been hearing that for 10 years. Us Gen Xers keeps buying classics and odd 80s cars are going up in price.

I'd kill for a GNX or Monte Carlo SS.



Or Denzel's car (this one has better wheels)
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lb3 said:

drumboy said:

lb3 said:

Honestly, restomods are the way to go unless you have a really rare version. Cars are meant to be driven.
Yep. I have 2 friends w/ 68 Camaros, one w/ a numbers matching 305 or 327 and the other with a blown 502 (now 544 I think) w/ a modern chassis & suspension. Guess which one is more fun to drive and wins the car shows....
It's not even about big motors. It's about not regapping points every oil change, it's about fuel injection and not pumping the gas 7 times to start the car or cranking and cranking to fill the float bowl after the car has sat for two weeks. It's about disc brakes and not having to ride you drum brakes after hitting a puddle, it's about quality sound systems, and decent air conditioning.
Whatever. It's all ball bearings nowadays.
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drumboy said:

SnowboardAg said:

I would be careful of 60s car pricing. I spoke to a broker a few years ago - he mentioned don't buy anything in the 60s for the next 10 years (I want a 69 Camaro).

The thought is these baby boomers are buying what they had, inflating prices and the kids eventually won't want them. He said buy in the 80s now and sell that to buy the 60s car in 10 years.

All that said, it was just a discussion that gave me a different perspective. Could be wrong - we'll see…
I've been hearing that for 10 years. Us Gen Xers keeps buying classics and odd 80s cars are going up in price.

I'd kill for a GNX or Monte Carlo SS.



Or Denzel's car (this one has better wheels)

My father's friends we're building chop-tops and driving old '32 hot rods. I'm mostly interested in 60's vehicles, not because I was alive then but those are the cars my father drove. I really want a 67 Plymouth Sport Fury.

While I love the Grand Nationals, nobody I knew in the 80s drove one. I do however have some interest in 90s vehicles. Primarily the 98 or 99 2dr Tahoe as an entry level future collectible and '96 Viper GTS as a higher end collectible.
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Your pictures really helped us make a judgment call.
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My buddy with a Grand National back at A&M knew every cop in CS on a first name basis. They had all warned or ticketed him at one time or another! LOL
Class of '93 - proud Dad of a '22 grad and a '26 student!
knoxtom
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I want my wife to look and drive with me and she just had surgery so we are waiting a couple weeks. He doesn't have it on the market and said he is in zero hurry. So once she is a little better we will drive and post some pics.

Coupe
Red
Small scratch at drivers door
Modded suspension
327, also modded
5 speed trans
Factory air and power windows
Original seat frames with new leather
Modded interior protection
Fuel injected, new ignition, etc
knoxtom
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I want my wife to look and drive with me and she just had surgery so we are waiting a couple weeks. He doesn't have it on the market and said he is in zero hurry. So once she is a little better we will drive and post some pics.

Coupe
Red
Small scratch at drivers door
Modded suspension
327, also modded
5 speed trans
Factory air and power windows
Original seat frames with new leather
Modded interior protection
Fuel injected, new ignition, etc
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Funny, the pictures still aren't loading
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I started to disagree with the sentiment that 60s-70s cars would lose value as the next generation would want the newer classics, but than I starting thinking about how I would love to have a 90-is Mustang LX hatchback with the 5.0.......

I do agree that the market for 80s and 90s cars will increase, but well preserved and restomodded 40s-60s cars will still have an insane value over the next few years.

That being said, my dream car is a 59 Eldorado convertible, red with white interior and top. And it was made 15 years before I was born.
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It's all supply and demand.

I wonder if baseball cards would be a good trend line to track/compare. The problem is baseball card manufacturers went crazy in the late 80s and 90s and those cards are still sitting out there. Plus, a lot of the stars during that period are tainted.

I think cars will be a little different since the manufacturers didn't go totally crazy and a lot of those cars found the junk yard or got crushed.

Either way the cars of the 60s are just cooler and with the ability to update them to more modern they're going to continue to be more desirable.
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I too am waiting on pictures of the vette racing wife.
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lb3 said:

drumboy said:

lb3 said:

Honestly, restomods are the way to go unless you have a really rare version. Cars are meant to be driven.
Yep. I have 2 friends w/ 68 Camaros, one w/ a numbers matching 305 or 327 and the other with a blown 502 (now 544 I think) w/ a modern chassis & suspension. Guess which one is more fun to drive and wins the car shows....
It's not even about big motors. It's about not regapping points every oil change, it's about fuel injection and not pumping the gas 7 times to start the car or cranking and cranking to fill the float bowl after the car has sat for two weeks. It's about disc brakes and not having to ride you drum brakes after hitting a puddle, it's about quality sound systems, and decent air conditioning.

Them: they don't make 'em like they used to

Me:thank God they ****ing don't.
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Best $150 I spent on my 1970 Corvette was Pertronix to get rid of the ignition points, and it still looks original.
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lb3 said:

drumboy said:

SnowboardAg said:

I would be careful of 60s car pricing. I spoke to a broker a few years ago - he mentioned don't buy anything in the 60s for the next 10 years (I want a 69 Camaro).

The thought is these baby boomers are buying what they had, inflating prices and the kids eventually won't want them. He said buy in the 80s now and sell that to buy the 60s car in 10 years.

All that said, it was just a discussion that gave me a different perspective. Could be wrong - we'll see…
I've been hearing that for 10 years. Us Gen Xers keeps buying classics and odd 80s cars are going up in price.

I'd kill for a GNX or Monte Carlo SS.



Or Denzel's car (this one has better wheels)

My father's friends we're building chop-tops and driving old '32 hot rods. I'm mostly interested in 60's vehicles, not because I was alive then but those are the cars my father drove. I really want a 67 Plymouth Sport Fury.

While I love the Grand Nationals, nobody I knew in the 80s drove one. I do however have some interest in 90s vehicles. Primarily the 98 or 99 2dr Tahoe as an entry level future collectible and '96 Viper GTS as a higher end collectible.


Slightly off topic but I'm restoring a 67 Sport Fury currently. Will have a transplanted 505 and a 68 back end. Slightly unorthodox but it'll be my car!
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RealBad08 said:

Slightly off topic but I'm restoring a 67 Sport Fury currently. Will have a transplanted 505 and a 68 back end. Slightly unorthodox but it'll be my car!
Start a build thread. I need to live vicariously through your project until it's time to live vicariously through a bunch of 18-21 year old kids again.

Here is one I regretted not buying, hunted it down a few years later, only to be disappointed by its degraded condition and owner's inflated market assumptions for a 440.

https://texags.com/forums/46/topics/2640239

ETA: I see you commented on my previous thread. You really are delinquent on starting your build thread.
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Not even a car person but just stumbled on this thread and I want to see the future posts...
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'57 corvette is my dream car.
It's not that I couldn't afford one, just would want to drive it everywhere so between the value drop every time I took it out and maintenance, it would be a money pit. Plus where I live right now it's not easily stored.

There are 2 out there that I know of that have a white body with red coves and red interiors - not stock presumably but stunning cars.
Jay Leno has a '57 but his is an Inca Silver body.



One day.
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Wife has an 82 collector edition all numbers matching and wants a 58 now if I find an original "decent" one for less than $75 or $80 K. Been looking but no luck; yet. BUY that 67 !
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knoxtom said:

maroon barchetta said:

knoxtom said:

I'm really thinking about this one.

Its a restomod. Original frame, body, 327, etc. He added boosted disk brakes, fuel injection, suspension, new interior with original seat frames, etc. Motor has been rebuilt with a little hotter cam. Car is pretty dang tight. It has a couple small scratches so it can be driven.

Going to look at it seriously in a week or two when my wife has recovered from surgery as she knows more about those cars than I do. While it is a restomod, it is done right. Looks completely stock but doesn't sound stock.

He has me really curious at least.


What?

Did they put one of those ports at the base of her skull like in the Matrix and she downloaded the classic sports car module?
She raced 60s Mustangs for years so she knows her way around them really well and Vettes/Novas/etc pretty well.
I'm thinking I may know you guys. TAMSCC mid 80's?
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lb3 said:

drumboy said:

SnowboardAg said:

I would be careful of 60s car pricing. I spoke to a broker a few years ago - he mentioned don't buy anything in the 60s for the next 10 years (I want a 69 Camaro).

The thought is these baby boomers are buying what they had, inflating prices and the kids eventually won't want them. He said buy in the 80s now and sell that to buy the 60s car in 10 years.

All that said, it was just a discussion that gave me a different perspective. Could be wrong - we'll see…
I've been hearing that for 10 years. Us Gen Xers keeps buying classics and odd 80s cars are going up in price.

I'd kill for a GNX or Monte Carlo SS.



Or Denzel's car (this one has better wheels)

My father's friends we're building chop-tops and driving old '32 hot rods. I'm mostly interested in 60's vehicles, not because I was alive then but those are the cars my father drove. I really want a 67 Plymouth Sport Fury.

While I love the Grand Nationals, nobody I knew in the 80s drove one. I do however have some interest in 90s vehicles. Primarily the 98 or 99 2dr Tahoe as an entry level future collectible and '96 Viper GTS as a higher end collectible.
My dad always talks about the Fury II he had. '71, I believe.
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