Looking to get into C3 Ownership - help needed please!

[Roscobbc]

Later C3's are far more plentyful and will be correspondingly less expensive than early chrome bumper cars - if ones uses the CCCUK membership of C3's (and there are more of this marque than all the other marques) you'll see a trend where the first year '68 has the lowest numbers in the club (13 no. I think) - 69 and onward gradually become more plentiful, with more later 70's cars than previous years.

 

[sublimemike]

I'd be looking out for small block 350 that's been stroked. Plenty of power for you then. Just avoid too higher compression so you don't end up with cooling head aches on a hot day

 

[Roscobbc]

I'd be looking out for small block 350 that's been stroked. Plenty of power for you then. Just avoid too higher compression so you don't end up with cooling head aches on a hot day

Plenty of logic behind sublimemike's advice. It costs as much to buy a 'stroker' rotating assembly as it does a stock stroke 350 cu in. Just be sure that when going for a stroker set-up its sourced or built by someone who has experience with them - there have been a few people who have had issues with excess crankcase pressures creating PCV and 'blow-past' problems.

 

[kentvette]

No we do NOT want negative Reviews, but we need to somehow stop someone who is asking for help being directed to a bad Trader

With apologies for going back to this aspect of the thread, I believe that it was made quite clear some years ago that if someone asked for experiences with a particular trader, that info was communicated via a PM (or "conversation" as it seems to be called here) and NOT on the public forum. I have done this on a number of occasions with regard to a Corvette trader found guilty of fraudulent behavoir - The committe of the time were aware of the name, it never made it into the public domain here, but, a warning was passed on.

Anyway HRG, I stand by what I said about reading the books before even attempting to buy.