Thinking of jumping in but...

[GregWeld]

Originally Posted by BBBluey

See, now I'm thinking I got played to let it go.

It will hopefully make a beautiful ride for someone.

Best thing you ever did was let that POS go.....


You may not appreciate us now.. but you would have really wished you'd have listened to us had you bought it.

Remember something about RUST/ROT.... If you can see it... there's more lurking under and thru... Rust isn't "just surface" rust unless the car has been stripped to bare metal and is just being worked on and the idiot doing the work is unaware of the products out there to put on the metal so that it DOESN'T get surface rust.

When you see the rot in the bottom of those fenders and doors... and rocker panels.... RUN FOR YOUR LIFE! Because you've already stated your budget and your budget doesn't cover anywhere near the cost to repair that stuff let alone build a car when your done with fixing that kind of stuff. OMG.... You have no idea what these cars can look like under what your eyes can see. Let me point you to a thread of a car that is owned by a gentleman on here that owns a body and paint shop... and this is his personal car!



This was the GOOD METAL left of his '69 Camaro....

[BBBluey]

Originally Posted by GregWeld

Best thing you ever did was let that POS go.....

You may not appreciate us now.. but you would have really wished you'd have listened to us had you bought it.

Letting it go still hurts though. I lost sleep thinking about the phone call I'd get one day from Vince: "Come pick it up, it's done and ready".

Followed by the nightmare of "Now pay up, $25K Pendejo".

I do appreciate all of the advice,

I've learned A TON in listening to everyone. And I'm still reading investing 102, trying to make sense of it all...

[Vince@Meanstreets]

Now to be fair, 1st gens have way more available as far as replacement parts. 2nd gen firebird stuff just isn't out there and that equals tons of custom stuff and big dollars.

If it were a 69 Camaro then I'd bet it would be gone already.


I'm glad you passed.

Save your coin, we'll find you something. "done early" that's a good one.

Originally Posted by GregWeld

Best thing you ever did was let that POS go.....


You may not appreciate us now.. but you would have really wished you'd have listened to us had you bought it.

Remember something about RUST/ROT.... If you can see it... there's more lurking under and thru... Rust isn't "just surface" rust unless the car has been stripped to bare metal and is just being worked on and the idiot doing the work is unaware of the products out there to put on the metal so that it DOESN'T get surface rust.

When you see the rot in the bottom of those fenders and doors... and rocker panels.... RUN FOR YOUR LIFE! Because you've already stated your budget and your budget doesn't cover anywhere near the cost to repair that stuff let alone build a car when your done with fixing that kind of stuff. OMG.... You have no idea what these cars can look like under what your eyes can see. Let me point you to a thread of a car that is owned by a gentleman on here that owns a body and paint shop... and this is his personal car!



This was the GOOD METAL left of his '69 Camaro....

[fleetus macmullitz]

Originally Posted by Vince@MSperfab

Save your coin, we'll find you something.

Vince=Batman

lol

[Vince@Meanstreets]

lolz

[OLDFLM]

play... rewind... repeat: "Listen to Greg! Listen to Greg! Listen to Greg!"

You did a good thing by walking away from the 71 'bird... they're cursed anyway!

[BBBluey]

Originally Posted by Vince@MSperfab

I'm glad you passed.

I guess you already have your hands full with the current 71 "Twist". One at a time is plenty.

Sure hope a raffle goes in play for it too.

Originally Posted by OLDFLM

... they're cursed anyway!

They are haunting not cursed.

[Vince@Meanstreets]

Originally Posted by BBBluey

I guess you already have your hands full with the current 71 "Twist". One at a time is plenty.

Sure hope a raffle goes in play for it too.




They are haunting not cursed.

currently have 5 projects and many in line

[COYBILT]

Listen to Greg letting that car go was the best thing you ever did.
Trust me I replace the back half of camaros and Gto's all the time. These cars rot bad and half if not 3/4 are bondo dressed buckets.

[FETorino]

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