The '69 Chevelle that wasn't
Posted: Sat Jul 15, 2006 11:06 pm
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Well, Tony and I are sitting in a Starbucks right now (10:46p) with a truck and an empty trailer. We found the car we were looking for, talked with the owner, went for a test drive, but in the end Tony decided the car just wasn't worth the money. I'll post more details later. The interior was just too pieced-together, there was a major flaw in the paint on the passenger rear quarter, the driver's door was a cheap replacement, and the engine was less than advertised. The flaw in the paint was painfully obvious in bright sunlight, but not so much once it was a little overcast. Fortunately, he turned down our initial offer (before we discovered the flaw in the light).
It's a car that looks really good from just a few feet away, but upon closer inspection, just too many little things wrong for the money that was asked. He was initally prepared to spend $16k (cash! lots-o-hundreds), but in the end we weren't sure we'd even pay $12k. The good news is we might swing through Cincinnati on the way home and look at a motorcycle for sale instead.
The weather is HOT. It's in the 90s. But Super Chevy Show is cool. There are some *really* nice cars in the show area. Good for getting ideas.
-Dave
Well, Tony and I are sitting in a Starbucks right now (10:46p) with a truck and an empty trailer. We found the car we were looking for, talked with the owner, went for a test drive, but in the end Tony decided the car just wasn't worth the money. I'll post more details later. The interior was just too pieced-together, there was a major flaw in the paint on the passenger rear quarter, the driver's door was a cheap replacement, and the engine was less than advertised. The flaw in the paint was painfully obvious in bright sunlight, but not so much once it was a little overcast. Fortunately, he turned down our initial offer (before we discovered the flaw in the light).
It's a car that looks really good from just a few feet away, but upon closer inspection, just too many little things wrong for the money that was asked. He was initally prepared to spend $16k (cash! lots-o-hundreds), but in the end we weren't sure we'd even pay $12k. The good news is we might swing through Cincinnati on the way home and look at a motorcycle for sale instead.
The weather is HOT. It's in the 90s. But Super Chevy Show is cool. There are some *really* nice cars in the show area. Good for getting ideas.
-Dave