A cheap corvette is an expensive corvette

[Emc]

Bought from a seller in Miami and well worth watching.

 

[antijam]

Wow! If that isn't enough to put the frighteners on anyone tempted to buy a 'nice looking' C3 sight unseen, I don't know what is - and that was bought by a guy who obviously knew what could reasonably be expected to need doing on the car.
What is amazing is the amount of work the seller must have gone to to cobble together this abortion. I doubt the $3600 would have gained him much of a profit.
Thanks for the link Gavin. If anyone needed convincing that if something seems cheap, it's cheap for a reason; this is it.

 

[Roscobbc]

Certainly bad, very bad, extremely bad in fact. Just goes to show you irrespective of asking price the perils of buying sight unseen...........having said all that he did 'only' pay $2600.........

 

[antijam]

Certainly bad, very bad, extremely bad in fact. Just goes to show you irrespective of asking price the perils of buying sight unseen...........having said all that he did 'only' pay $2600.........

I think he said he paid $3600 Rosco and with shipping he reckoned he was into it for about $4k. OK, that's still cheap and sometimes you get lucky on eBay when you pick up a bargain that's not attracting much interest. It's hard to imagine it as a viable restoration project and there didn't seem much that would be worth salvaging as spares. I think that's one buy you write off as a lesson learnt.

 

[Emc]

I think he said he paid $3600 Rosco and with shipping he reckoned he was into it for about $4k. OK, that's still cheap and sometimes you get lucky on eBay when you pick up a bargain that's not attracting much interest. It's hard to imagine it as a viable restoration project and there didn't seem much that would be worth salvaging as spares. I think that's one buy you write off as a lesson learnt.

Ben is no novice, he knows corvettes, I have done buisness with him he knows what's what, he is showing the pitfalls of buying unseen. Which is meant to educate all potential buyers of C3s

 

[Roscobbc]

Have never ever seen one with a totally rotted-out front suspension crossmember......amazing!

 

[teamzr1]

Certainly bad, very bad, extremely bad in fact. Just goes to show you irrespective of asking price the perils of buying sight unseen...........having said all that he did 'only' pay $2600.........

I suggest it is worth the cost to find someone local to the vehicle and have them go in person to check out closely before someone shells out the money

 

[antijam]

Have never ever seen one with a totally rotted-out front suspension crossmember......amazing!

No indeed, they're quite often bent from the car being jacked under there without proper support but rotted out?? The extent of the corrosion throughout the car and the different years of major parts suggests it might have been cobbled together from several different scrappers that had been living outside for many years.

 

[Emc]

I know of the seller in Miami, I have spoken to him, nothing looks or sound right with any of his cars, hence I left him alone.

 

[Roscobbc]

And over the years there have been a few odd sellers this side of the 'pond' that have needed to be treated much the same way..........