'66 Big Block still for sale with Iconic Auctioneers
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Roscobbc
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As I understand it health and safety issues and accordingly non-availabilty of traditional materials and huge escalation in prices have created the issues......let face if (and perhaps only 'if' for most of us) we were in the position to pay out £15K for a paint job we'd rightly expect it 100% without a micro-blistering issue a year or two later.......real question though just has to be - would it add £15K to the value of the car at 'sale' time?
Nassau65
CCCUK Member
In my opinion it would not.
Mr. Cricket
Committee Member
A mate of mine splashed in a waterlogged rut at Stars & Stripes maybe 4 years ago and went to clean the mess up but a stain stayed behind. Autoglym had a stand on site so I asked them to take a look and there was nothing they could do to remove what became an etch in the black paint over the front fenders. I helped him find a painter that worked on FG and it cost him 10k to paint the entire car with little prep needed. We decided it was a combination of sheep piss, dear piss, aviation fuel and pesticides and he was just unlucky as no one else suffered any damage. Roy and Beryl paid the 10k out of pocket not thinking about claiming on insurance but when they told me I managed to act on their behalf (Roy has Parkinsons) and get their insurer to pay out not all but most of the 10k. Paint jobs on fibreglass cars are expensive as most shops don't want the hassle and would rather repair a car by clipping on new plastic panels. In, out, bish, bosh
Roscobbc
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And I agree with you if the 'host' car is only ever going to be in a sub £20K price bracket..........but move up to something like a £50K C2 and it could make the difference between a fairly nice and perhaps a concours car (arguably validating and probably getting the £15K back perhaps)
That would be restored by Rick Bufton if my memory serves me correctly.
Chevrolet
CCCUK Member
Aaah! I remember the name. A well known member of the club "back in the day"? Didn't remember that he was in business working on Vettes.
Chevrolet
CCCUK Member
Yes I remeber the car
Looking for Rick Bufton
Anyone know the contact details of Rick Bufton who used to be on the management committee of CCUK a number of years ago. He did a fair amount of restoration work on my C2 and I wanted to talk to him about the history of the car. Thanks Mike
www.corvetteclub.org.uk
Didn't he restore a maroon C2 coupe that then won Car of the Year in Classic American a few years ago? He also bought a 67 C2 convertible that I looked at and drove from someone in Guildford, I spoke to him when he had the car at the Nationals once. Following this I had an interesting exchange of emails with the person who eventually bought the car from Rick. He (Rick) had a couple of nice C2s that he was selling when I think he had left the UK. Wasn't he the club chairman for a while or is my memory playing tricks?
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