Need help, looking to buy a 68 Camaro

[rich-allen]

I purchased my car as "ready to drive" and paid a pretty penny for it too.

Shortly after purchasing it I decided I wanted to upgrade the brakes to and wheels........ 2 years and $70K later my car still isn't finished.
I decided to go with a newer corvette motor, suspension and all the goodies that make a good track/street driver.
If I had it to do all over again, I would either purchase a car already done or I would have bought a completed shell from someone like Mikes Custom cars http://www.mikescustomcars.com/


Yes, shelling out $20k for a complete frame and body seems like a lot of cash however, the fact the car is ready for finish paint when it arrives at your door is a major relief.

I have another year and $20K (including paint) before my project is completed. My point is, if your looking to build a pro-touring car, buying a ready for the road car is more expensive than buying a good shell.

Good luck,

rich

[Vegas69]

I'd have to disagree Rich. I picked up a super clean original 307 car for 14k complete and drove perfect. I sold off over 2k worth of parts so I was 12k into the car. It needed around 2500 in body repairs before paint and I ended up with GM sheet metal with some small patches. Some of those little parts aren't reproduced and can't be bought out of a catalog.

Now if your talking about buying a 30k car with wheels, engine, tranny, etc. you aren't going to reuse and aren't worth much then I agree.

[Al Moreno]

I'm going to see it today. Can you guys tell me what you think?

What would you offer for the car?

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/1969-...1%7C240%3A1318

[buickfunnycar.com]

Car looks clean enough...what's with that hockey stripe?