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ok I have several Question threads and I'll try to keep them separate form this one but someone mentioned I should start a build thread a while back so here goes nothing :woowoo:
When I was young my dad bought me a 1964 C2 with a hard and soft top, 327 4 speed red with white interior it was absolutely perfect and the only car I have ever "babied" but while my cousin was visiting she warped his 1965 mustang around a telephone pole shortly after that he made me sell the vette :crybaby: I have always wanted another one but could never afford it and raising two kids by my self there always seemed to be other more important things to spend money on as I am sure some of you will agree.
years past as a 2nd car I bought my oldest son a Porsche 944 (fairly cheap) as a upgrade form his jeep anyway he hit a piece of truck tire on the highway one night the insurance company totaled it , so he wanted me to look for a corvette but was unable to find a decent one for the cash amount we had so I rebuilt his Porsche right about the time I finished I saw a local add for a 1980 corvette project , the pictures looked much better then in person but his asking price was cheap so I went and looked I could see it was very rough and missing pretty much everything that could be striped and sold, I made him a much lower offer and figure he would turn it down but before I could leave he countered with $500 and he get me the tittle well I actual had the $500 and it may not be a show car but its a start and i could do it one piece at a time like the old johnny cash song
Ok lets see a few pictures. this first one is the picture in the for sale add looks good for there..hahaha
ok that's enough candy coating now lets see whats really there :eek2:
Inside rear
empty engine compartment not even a brake booster
cracked front drivers fender
broke off fiberglass under rocker panel
Drivers side floor pan (the better of the two!)
When I was young my dad bought me a 1964 C2 with a hard and soft top, 327 4 speed red with white interior it was absolutely perfect and the only car I have ever "babied" but while my cousin was visiting she warped his 1965 mustang around a telephone pole shortly after that he made me sell the vette :crybaby: I have always wanted another one but could never afford it and raising two kids by my self there always seemed to be other more important things to spend money on as I am sure some of you will agree.
years past as a 2nd car I bought my oldest son a Porsche 944 (fairly cheap) as a upgrade form his jeep anyway he hit a piece of truck tire on the highway one night the insurance company totaled it , so he wanted me to look for a corvette but was unable to find a decent one for the cash amount we had so I rebuilt his Porsche right about the time I finished I saw a local add for a 1980 corvette project , the pictures looked much better then in person but his asking price was cheap so I went and looked I could see it was very rough and missing pretty much everything that could be striped and sold, I made him a much lower offer and figure he would turn it down but before I could leave he countered with $500 and he get me the tittle well I actual had the $500 and it may not be a show car but its a start and i could do it one piece at a time like the old johnny cash song
Ok lets see a few pictures. this first one is the picture in the for sale add looks good for there..hahaha

ok that's enough candy coating now lets see whats really there :eek2:
Inside rear

empty engine compartment not even a brake booster

cracked front drivers fender

broke off fiberglass under rocker panel

Drivers side floor pan (the better of the two!)
