Thanks everyone for the great comments. It's funny how cars you saw when you were a kid and now can "afford" are never forgotten. I wasn't even born when this model year car was on the showroom floor but in the small town of 3,800 I lived there was a 4 headlight C1 vette that was a classmates dad as well as a 69 camaro. I have a feeling both will end up in the stable when all is done and said. The corvette got to be a big focus for me 4 years ago when I tore by achilles and in was spring/summer. I was bored out my mind with the short Minnesota summers and not being able to move around so I got very focused on getting the C1 vette. I literal test drove a C1 the week after sugery with a big cast on. Needless to say, "handling" left something to be desired. I actually had check in hand and drove 4 hours to buy a 68 camaro and it also was "not what I expected". The Downs body was an Ebay impulse buy but one where Jamie Downs was trying to get rid of it and didn't even have an Ebay rating. Let's just say, I have a good/cheap base to build a pro-touring C1 vette without buying all the stuff that I didn't want. I'm not a very patient person but this website and the economy really help me do the research and put together a combo of parts and great partners with Kurt/Autokraft, Jason Rushforth, Tracy at RecoveryRoom and Frank at Prodigy.
|