I agree Bill, all good points. However, when you live on a rock there are not many options like driving to another state to buy or look at a car. I was lucky, I found my 67 RS, 327, 4 speed car for $2,500. The only reason I got it for that price was because the guy lived in a condo, and the association told him he could not have a project car on the property. It helped that he had only two more days to get it off the property, and I had cash. I did however make the worst mistake you can make when buying a car, I bought it at night. So here I am now two and half years later and 85% of the panels replaced.
I envy all of you in the mainland, you all get free / almost free shipping on all your stuff. We get killed here in Hawaii, I have probably spent $5,000+ on shiping on all of my Camaro stuff over the past 2 1/2 years. I have had many times where the shipping charge was as much if not more than the parts I purchased. As the saying goes here in Hawaii, "Lucky you live Hawaii".
Things could be worse, I could still be looking for a first gen.
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