cl find
 

bought this vette this morning.

1996 auto red/tan
less than ~69,000 miles (been running with different rear end gears for a few years)

after market exhaust. flowmaster i'm told
hypertech chip
k&n filter
newer rear end w/ gears
knock off ZR1 wheels

problems:
hole in resenator
driver's side window motor doesn't work
small oil leak, looks like its out of the valve covers
hatch shocks need replaced
seats are worn and torn in a couple places
crack in front fender from backing into a pole
reconstructed title from body damage

ladie's ex husband became a crack head and lives on the other side of the country. $4500

http://www.dragcityvideos.com/images...Corvette_1.jpg

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http://www.dragcityvideos.com/images...Corvette_3.jpg

http://www.dragcityvideos.com/images...Corvette_4.jpg

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Re: cl find
 

wow, nice find

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----, the economy is treating you well! O0

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ok

http://washingtondc.craigslist.org/n...010051128.html

Re: cl find
 

thats a good deal too :)


this vette is pretty damn fast... i'm surprised. not quite as fast as my camaro but pretty close. in the 13s somewhere at 102-104 i'd say

Re: cl find
 

Is that supposed to be a deal or something? You check KBB and it is actually OVERpriced.

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sucks that it's an auto, but cool find.
any plans for it?

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I checked KBB. At excellent condition the SS is $6800 private party. But does KBB really reflect the "value" of an SS Camaro?

johnny turbo that trick slut

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They state that less then 5% of all used cars fall into the excellent category and I dont think a car with 109k miles is going to meet all the guidelines for excellent.

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kbb is a ---- site.
i just checked the private party cost of ss in excellent condition with 700k miles and it came back $6,475
i don't know anyone that would pay that much for a ss with 700,000 miles on it. i change the mileage to 100,000 miles and now it's worth $7400. no way in hell 600,000 miles is only gonna drop the price $1k

don't use kbb if you want to know what your car is really worth.

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It's easily a $9 or 10k car around here.

Re: cl find
 

togan is right, around 10k for that car is what you'd pay especially at a dealership

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What are your plans for the car?

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drive it like i stole it, fix the body, clean it up...

maybe drive it for a while, maybe keep it for a while... maybe trade/sell it to buy a muscle car. i was really looking for a stingray corvette to buy, or a 1st gen camaro.

there were a couple stingrays i found priced responsibly but this was too good of a deal for a 1996

Re: cl find
 

Get you a 63 split window with the 327 fuelie.

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anyone know any backdoor ways to clean the title on this bitch.

being totaled for having body damage sucks, any sneaky ways to get a clean title for it. legal ways?

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i heard that once registered in a few states, the salvaged title disappears. not sure if its true....

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mine was totaled in another state, still on the title in this state...

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KBB is bullshit...

According to them my CRX is worth $1000-1300.

I've had hillbillies off the street offer more than that when I wasn't even selling it.

Cool Vette. I think they're the ugliest ones of all, but for that price I doubt I could say no.

Can't you just find someone with a rebuilder license and get you a rebuilt title?

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Re: cl find
 

how much is a new front end?

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too much :P

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I race with a guy who has a bone stock Vette such as the one you now own. All he does is bolt on a set of slicks and it runs 13.60's at about 100mph.

Nice find.

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---- yeah I had the same Vette just maroon in color. I bought mine for $800 off a mechanic where it had been left with no title and stripped interior. Fucker ran great though. I drove it like I stole it for about 2 months and finally liquified a piston doing a top speed run. It only got to 157 before it blew up. My DSM has gone faster than that rofl. I ended up driving it to a gravel pit on 7 cylinders and ripped it around until it was running on like 3, then ramped it off a huge cliff and got whiplash so I shot it to ---- with my Sabot filled Mossy and then torched the fucker haha. Huge cloud of black smoke that only left a hollowed out wreckage. I came back a week later and some huge front loader had shoved it deep into the side of the pit. I'd guess it's still part of the gravel pit lol.

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you should've put a lien on it and retitled it :P

well i guess top speed runs are fun to. 160 sounds about right :P

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Good choice all GM cars should be drove off a cliff then torched :6

Re: cl find
 

Steve speaks truth.

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With a clean title and no body damage maybe 8.5-9

Those engines are crap compare to any LSx engine, even a LS1 is way better, you shouldn't have sold your camaro. My ls1 with heads/cam is fun as ---- to drive even on stock gears,im gonna put some 3.90's and it'll be way faster, every .1 in gearing feels like 7.5hp so it should feel near 500hp.

Fail johnny fail, LS1 for life.

Re: cl find
 

Scott speaks truth.

Re: cl find
 

you are on crack like usual

there are a lot of LT4 vettes that beat c5 ls1 vettes stock for stock

the LT1 and LT4 motors are good motors, not as good as lsx motors but they are still good... except the ignition setup


and 90s c4 vettes are expensive as hell. just check craigslist or any used car stealership. any corvette is expensive as hell. even a 220hp stingray ::)

ps: he was talking about the ss camaro when he said 10k car

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That's still a garbage boat anchor engine that sucks balls, headflows like a kidneystone going through widebodys urethra, fuel system is garbage, bottom end sucks ass. LsX engines are far superior, selling your camaro was the stupidest thing you've done.

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The C4 chassis is superior to an F-body with respect to laying down power.

In scottsi's performance range, pffft, a stock LT1 will hold enough spray to make that C4 come around his Camaro like it's sitting still. Edsel, you spray waht a 100-125 shot? ----, dude, one of my friends is running a 200 shot on a stock rod LS. UN-impressive.

Johnny, if it's salvage title I think you overpaid. Yes there's a way to shuffle the title across a few states and clean it up, but it might never be clean in your state since they already have the VIN on file. It costs money.

Re: cl find
 

actually its titled in washington so its not in my state :P

and this isn't the "boat anchor" LT1 in camaros or firebirds, or earlier vettes.

this one has aluminum heads. its 300hp. not 275 like in a camaro or firebird.

300hp
340tq

http://www.grandsportregistry.com/lt1vslt4.htm

ps: you'll never find a 96 vette even wrecked for 4500. at least i never have :)

Re: cl find
 

You look way better driving a 2g turbo integra that smokes :y

Bought a new house ? or renting... btw whens the big date?

Re: cl find
 

AbaZ alive?

Re: cl find
 

yea i bought the house :)

not sure when the big date is :p

i beat you to one thing though. leeann is going to pop mid may 8)

Re: cl find
 

Holy ---- dude! Congrats!!!!! If we could afford one, we would be already there too!

JohnnnyJR4TW

Re: cl find
 

what little event happened eh about 9 months from mid may? somewhere in washington 8)

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Sounds like a time vs effort with a little cash thrown into the mix situation. Let me ask around discreetly, there's a semi-local place that's been having containers full of Skylines, RHD Mk4 Supras, etc, delivered to Mexico and then they drive them across the border and somehow scam titles for them. I imagine cleaning your title up is a similar situation, but I could be wrong.


A 25 whp gain on a 2000 lb vehicle is worthless, and a 25 crank hp gain on a 3000 lb vehicle is even less impressive. Stop nit picking over how it's a fraction faster than pathetically slow and bolt a goddamn turbo to it like your Integra, or Mustang. Or better yet FINISH YOUR SWEET QUAD.

Re: cl find
 

quad is almost done