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#1 StephenSLR

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Posted 16 February 2018 - 08:32 AM

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This also applies to many Torana ads.

Sometimes having a body that is basically eternal means you end with some serious basket cases that are getting sold as “restorable.”

Take this 1958 Corvette that was listed recently on Craigslist. A half buried slab of fiberglass with three round object vaguely resembling wheels, it’s hard to even call this a “car.” But here it is, listed for sale as needing a “full restoration.”

You think?

Oh, there is no engine, no transmission, we doubt there is much of a frame left, and the top is AWOL. There is no word on the nose of the car either, but apparently the seller does actually have the passenger door. Somewhere. Did we forget to mention that there is no title or tag to speak of either? At this point you are selling less of a car and more of a body shell, and that makes the nearly $9,000 asking price even more hilarious.

We fully understand that anything is worth exactly as much as someone else will pay for it, but we feel that praying on the mentally disabled with that kind of astronomical pricing might be crossing a line. Thankfully if you think that level of cash is asinine, the seller is open to trades. That means if you happen to own a perfectly functional Harley, boat or ATV, you can trade them for this slab of fiberglass that could be a real car again. In 10 years after spending $50k.

 

In Aus. you'd be spending way more than $50k to restore that

https://www.corvette...ds-restoration/

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Edited by StephenSLR, 16 February 2018 - 08:35 AM.


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Posted 16 February 2018 - 11:06 AM

People will pay good money for a basket case nowadays.  Look the XA GT just found in a garage in need of full resto.  Bet it gets big dollars...



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Posted 18 February 2018 - 08:13 AM

People will pay good money for a basket case nowadays.  Look the XA GT just found in a garage in need of full resto.  Bet it gets big dollars...

 

Ha, that XA GT was not 'just found in a garage' like a Barn find.

The current owner knew the car was sitting in his shed since he pushed it in there some 30 years ago.

Before that it sat in his back yard for approx 2 years. Last year he and his best friend decided to pull it out of mothballs and investigate it's history with a view to restoring it after hearing how much these cars were currently fetching. Problem is he now needs to get a crane to lift it over his house to get it out of the back yard.
 


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Posted 18 February 2018 - 08:33 AM

I see that crane lift has occurred, and its out. 



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Posted 19 February 2018 - 08:29 AM

Here is some footage

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Posted 19 February 2018 - 09:50 AM

Great to see another classic car saved and later to be out on the road  :spoton:

 

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Posted 19 February 2018 - 11:00 AM

I would say the only reason it left the shed was to fetch the owner some good dollars. Hopefully the new owner does it justice.



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Posted 19 February 2018 - 11:54 AM

I believe the dad decided to put a pool in then they couldn't get the car out.  Cheers Ron






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