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JohnyHachi6
JohnyHachi6 HalfDork
4/18/13 12:02 a.m.

Not my style, but the price is right.

http://atlanta.craigslist.org/nat/cto/3749822659.html

"1986 Chevrolet Corvette seller trade - $1900 (Cartersville)

1986 Chevy Corvette runs and drives lots of new parts needs air flow sensor and few miscellaneous items good tires good motor and transmission removable hardtop sale or trade"

Sil80redtop
Sil80redtop Reader
4/18/13 6:59 a.m.

I find it odd that corvette sellers never find it necessary to mention whether their car is manual or auto.

icaneat50eggs
icaneat50eggs Reader
4/18/13 7:13 a.m.
Sil80redtop wrote: I find it odd that corvette sellers never find it necessary to mention whether their car is manual or auto.

If they fail to mention it >95% its a slushbox

Sil80redtop
Sil80redtop Reader
4/18/13 7:15 a.m.

More than likely.

DILYSI Dave
DILYSI Dave MegaDork
4/18/13 8:06 a.m.
  1. Buy $1900 Corvette.
  2. Spend $100 to paint it pink.
  3. Put on "free" new Kumhos.
  4. Go to challenge.
  5. Hire a blonde stripper to play the part of Barbie.
Spinout007
Spinout007 GRM+ Memberand SuperDork
4/18/13 8:08 a.m.

6.Best bribe?

noddaz
noddaz GRM+ Memberand HalfDork
4/18/13 8:23 a.m.
DILYSI Dave wrote: 5. Hire a blonde stripper to play the part of Barbie.

Ummm... Does that go against the budget?

Bobzilla
Bobzilla UltraDork
4/18/13 8:31 a.m.
noddaz wrote:
DILYSI Dave wrote: 5. Hire a blonde stripper to play the part of Barbie.
Ummm... Does that go against the budget?

no, because she is coming as your "companion", not a car part.

Swank Force One
Swank Force One MegaDork
4/18/13 9:01 a.m.
Bobzilla wrote:
noddaz wrote:
DILYSI Dave wrote: 5. Hire a blonde stripper to play the part of Barbie.
Ummm... Does that go against the budget?
no, because she is coming as your "companion", not a car part.

Just don't nail her to the hood and you're golden.

You can nail her ON the hood, just not TO the hood. This small difference is important.

DILYSI Dave
DILYSI Dave MegaDork
4/18/13 9:29 a.m.

<3

noddaz
noddaz GRM+ Memberand HalfDork
4/18/13 10:29 a.m.

IDK, does anyone else look at prices on cars like these (Corvettes) and have have part of their brain shouting "Look! It's a Corvette you can AFFORD!!!"

Swank Force One
Swank Force One MegaDork
4/18/13 10:32 a.m.
noddaz wrote: IDK, does anyone else look at prices on cars like these (Corvettes) and have have part of their brain shouting "Look! It's a Corvette you can AFFORD!!!"

Not even a little bit. At least not Corvettes.

MrJoshua
MrJoshua PowerDork
4/18/13 11:49 a.m.

Man that a heck of a competent chassis for na miata prices.

Swank Force One
Swank Force One MegaDork
4/18/13 11:53 a.m.

You certainly can't pick up the plus-sized hookers in an NA Miata, that's for sure.

pres589
pres589 SuperDork
4/18/13 12:06 p.m.

Honestly, I'd feel better about buying a 3rd gen Camaro for equal-ish money, than a similar-era Corvette. Just a bit less flash I guess.

This is a lot of chassis for the money but it's wrapped up in Mrs. Pac Man era styling.

tuna55
tuna55 UberDork
4/18/13 12:20 p.m.
pres589 wrote: This is a lot of chassis for the money but it's wrapped up in Mrs. Pac Man era styling.

So unwrap it. This is GRM after all.

Knurled
Knurled GRM+ Memberand UltraDork
4/18/13 12:47 p.m.
noddaz wrote: IDK, does anyone else look at prices on cars like these (Corvettes) and have have part of their brain shouting "Look! It's a Corvette you can AFFORD!!!"

Sandy got one of my friends a free C4. All it needed was an engine and an interior and a wiring harness.

cutter67
cutter67 HalfDork
4/18/13 1:08 p.m.

i think this is one of the best deals on here i know if it was close i would have bought it already i just sold one that didnt look as good as that one for $4,500.00 fast. there are people out there that just go crazy when they see a vette and think they are worth a ton of money.

Ian F
Ian F PowerDork
4/18/13 1:14 p.m.

In reply to cutter67:

There was a C4 for sale near me that didn't look as good - $5000 window price. It was gone in less than a week. If it runs and drives reasonably well, $1900 is a steal.

Irene claimed a C4 near work and I passed by it for a couple of years. I was tempted to stop and ask about it but I have neither the time nor space to deal with such a project, not matter how cheap they may have sold it for. It finally disappeared a few months ago.

poopshovel
poopshovel UltimaDork
4/18/13 2:11 p.m.

Hmmmmm. I wasn't the least bit interested, but now I'm tempted to buy, park in front of shop, stick $4500 "for sale" sign in window.

cutter67
cutter67 HalfDork
4/18/13 2:21 p.m.

In reply to poopshovel:

if you are close go for it.....i think its a no brainer.....people who buy these cars are not looking for performace they are buying to look good and 80% of the public dont know a C4 from a C6 they just see vette

Spinout007
Spinout007 GRM+ Memberand SuperDork
4/18/13 2:26 p.m.

Hell if I had 4500 to drop on a 'vette, I think I would have grabbed Bobzilla's (I think?!?!) when he was selling his. It hadn't been converted to carb, had been gone through, etc. 4500 was a steal on that car!

Mr_Clutch42
Mr_Clutch42 New Reader
4/18/13 8:09 p.m.

In reply to cutter67:

No way, anyone who will pay attention can tell that is an old car.

integraguy
integraguy UltraDork
4/18/13 8:25 p.m.

I saw one of these for sale near me for $2970....it was decent enough for a $3K car, I guess. Unfortunately, it was sitting outside a collision repair shop so it could have been a case of a customer not wanting his car back after the repairs.

Sine_Qua_Non
Sine_Qua_Non Reader
4/18/13 8:44 p.m.

It's outta here

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