mbarton
09-26-2008, 02:48 PM
hey all! nice site. i am a fellow enthusiast of the f-body heritage, ah who am i kidding..... i'm a gearhead! i love these cars. as you can see in my sig i have had a few. the newest to my collection is actually the oldest of the set. let me tell you a little about this gem.....
it all started with a phone call from a good friend of mine who was a bank teller at the time. she claims a customer of hers is selling a camaro with a corvette engine. 'it's just sittin in the driveway taken up space' she says!
well afetr some hemmin and hawin i finally go see this car. pull up and there is this hard top, black z28 with brand new tires. a little dirty, but workable. lt1 car, never been wrecked, every receipt ever collected on the car was in a folder on the pass seat. automatic trans and charcoal cloth interior, a little worn on the drivers seat.
i asked the lady how long it had been sitting and she said about 1 month because the transmision was bad. so i grabbed the keys and first crank- she started right up! purred like a kitten.looking under the hood all you can see is new belts,a/c lines, new hoses,brand new red top battery even. all this and an original 141k on the odometer! so the next day i went back with a trailer and we loaded her up, and i put 5 fresh $100 dollar bills in her hand. :face_shocked: i felt a little guilty for taking advantage of her so i offered another $100 but she kindly refused and told me to use it towards the transmission. i smiled and drove away.:finger:
that was in january of '07. she is currently under the knife getting a baby cam and head work along with a baby stall converter and long tubes. not bad for a daily driver!:D
it all started with a phone call from a good friend of mine who was a bank teller at the time. she claims a customer of hers is selling a camaro with a corvette engine. 'it's just sittin in the driveway taken up space' she says!
well afetr some hemmin and hawin i finally go see this car. pull up and there is this hard top, black z28 with brand new tires. a little dirty, but workable. lt1 car, never been wrecked, every receipt ever collected on the car was in a folder on the pass seat. automatic trans and charcoal cloth interior, a little worn on the drivers seat.
i asked the lady how long it had been sitting and she said about 1 month because the transmision was bad. so i grabbed the keys and first crank- she started right up! purred like a kitten.looking under the hood all you can see is new belts,a/c lines, new hoses,brand new red top battery even. all this and an original 141k on the odometer! so the next day i went back with a trailer and we loaded her up, and i put 5 fresh $100 dollar bills in her hand. :face_shocked: i felt a little guilty for taking advantage of her so i offered another $100 but she kindly refused and told me to use it towards the transmission. i smiled and drove away.:finger:
that was in january of '07. she is currently under the knife getting a baby cam and head work along with a baby stall converter and long tubes. not bad for a daily driver!:D