Goodwood revival

[Nassau65]

Trying to buy a car is always a headache.

It can be.
Go and have a look at it, always better to see it in the flesh so to speak

 

[Mad4slalom]

Not yet but always looking.

I’m

 

[Mad4slalom]

It can be.
Go and have a look at it, always better to see it in the flesh so to speak

I have told you before james, how long it took me to finally buy one , after dilly dallying , pontificating and talking myself out of several. Just get the best you can afford and expect there to be ongoing repairs and improvements required. I dont regret buying mine at all , even though i have major jobs to do, its been fun collecting all the bits needed to do the gearbox job when i am ready. Just finding , buying , shipping and now owning it has been a great experience and wish i had done it years ago. The polititians i am convinced are determined to price us off the road , so if we are lucky we will have at best 10 years or so left to enjoy them. so the sooner you fulfil your dream the better.
If the cars end up worth little or nothing i dont mind as at least we had them while we still could

 

[Mad4slalom]

A decent paint job will be big bucks.

At least corvette engine bays are black

 

[Chuffer]

At least corvette engine bays are black

Some black with paint , some black with oil !

 

[Nassau65]

At least corvette engine bays are black

That’s the only thing I dislike about Corvettes, the black engine bay up to the introduction of the C4 models. ( still black but with the clamshell hood, a totally different look ) The engine bay would look so much nicer if it was body colour.

 

[Chuffer]

That’s the only thing I dislike about Corvettes, the black engine bay up to the introduction of the C4 models. ( still black but with the clamshell hood, a totally different look ) The engine bay would look so much nicer if it was body colour.

I dunno , black can show off the shiny bits better , not that mines got many shiny bits compared to some .

 

[Adtheman]

It think Carrot Town had it up for £18,500 in the end. To me it doesn’t bode well that it is up for sale again already and for practically the same price. However, if it is rust free and drives, then it could be a cheap ticket to 69 ownership for someone who doesn’t mind a doer upper.

Its cheap for a reason they always imo are. If it had been a good solid car it wouldn't be sub 20k. Which is fine if you have 10k to throw at it to get it where it needs to be.

 

[Letank]

Its cheap for a reason they always imo are. If it had been a good solid car it wouldn't be sub 20k. Which is fine if you have 10k to throw at it to get it where it needs to be.

I totally agree and I wouldn’t be surprised at all if this one has some underlying issues for it to have changed hands twice in quick succession.
Having spent the past few years looking at many chrome bumper C3s for sale, I know that if you want a good one then you have to spend close to £30k these days. £35k+ if you want a really nice one.

 

[Roscobbc]

Perhaps a satin black engine bay is a good contrast to the shiny bits?

 

[James Vette]

@HJG you going to goodwood revival? I'm there saturday.

 

[HJG]

@HJG you going to goodwood revival? I'm there saturday.

Unfortunately not this year, James.
Weather permitting my car will be at Pilgrim Motorsport's event next Sunday. Always an interesting mix there.

 

[James Vette]

I'm heading straight to the car park in search for americana I don't really care about the actual event full of poshos.

 

[Nick B]

Be very careful, seems too cheap, people don't sell stuff for less than its worth.

 

[James Vette]

goodwood photos! it was seriously packed so glad we got there early.

 

[Chuffer]

So you didn`t watch the racing then ?

 

[James Vette]

some more

 

[Nassau65]

Thanks for all the pictures James much appreciated. It appears you had a enjoyable day.

 

[Nassau65]

Seems I’ve had a posting deleted , my god, what on earth did I write to warrant an intervention by the club police.????

 

[James Vette]

Seems I’ve had a posting deleted , my god, what on earth did I write to warrant an intervention by the club police.????

seems the hottie was deleted