I bought my first toy car after 23 years this April. My work kept me real busy until early June, when I finally got this girl road worthy. I've had her on the road for only a few weeks now.
'67 SS 396 all original except motor and a really f'ed up paint job. Good metal. Strong 396 ( out of a '68 Camaro ) but I don't think the motor was balanced. Unbalanced motors are a total no go with me. I can't have any fun when I feel the bottom end shaking. DONT EVER DO A HOT REBUILD WITHOUT BALANCING THE RECIP ASSEMBLY!
Anyway, I was planning on puttting my '67 L88 in this car either as an L88 or an L72 with tripower.
I bought the car for $5500 and have approximately another 1200 into it.
The guy who set up the front end was smitten with the car and is willing to give me 7000 for her. Not much profit for the approx 40 hours of work I have into it. ( But I haven't done this in over 20 years, it would've taken any one of you guys 10-15 hours to do the same work I'm sure ).
After I put a needed coat of wax on her, I realized that the paint is worse than I thought. She'll have to be completely stripped to get it right. I wanted the car back to the original Bolero red.
I'm going to drive around to a few paint shops to see what I'm up against. I'm guessing $4-5000 for the paint work. Lots of labor in stripping.
So, do I wheel my '67 and look for another home for my L88? The car will have 6800 plus 3000 for the L88 ( motor work I can do!), plus 4500 for paint = 14300. WOW.
I can probably find a 67/68 Vette for that kind of cash. ( Actually prefer the early 'Elles to Vettes or Camaros ).
What would you do?
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[This message has been edited by Gene Chas (edited 07-08-99).]
'67 SS 396 all original except motor and a really f'ed up paint job. Good metal. Strong 396 ( out of a '68 Camaro ) but I don't think the motor was balanced. Unbalanced motors are a total no go with me. I can't have any fun when I feel the bottom end shaking. DONT EVER DO A HOT REBUILD WITHOUT BALANCING THE RECIP ASSEMBLY!
Anyway, I was planning on puttting my '67 L88 in this car either as an L88 or an L72 with tripower.
I bought the car for $5500 and have approximately another 1200 into it.
The guy who set up the front end was smitten with the car and is willing to give me 7000 for her. Not much profit for the approx 40 hours of work I have into it. ( But I haven't done this in over 20 years, it would've taken any one of you guys 10-15 hours to do the same work I'm sure ).
After I put a needed coat of wax on her, I realized that the paint is worse than I thought. She'll have to be completely stripped to get it right. I wanted the car back to the original Bolero red.
I'm going to drive around to a few paint shops to see what I'm up against. I'm guessing $4-5000 for the paint work. Lots of labor in stripping.
So, do I wheel my '67 and look for another home for my L88? The car will have 6800 plus 3000 for the L88 ( motor work I can do!), plus 4500 for paint = 14300. WOW.
I can probably find a 67/68 Vette for that kind of cash. ( Actually prefer the early 'Elles to Vettes or Camaros ).
What would you do?
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[This message has been edited by Gene Chas (edited 07-08-99).]