Car looks great, Rod!!   See you down there

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well here I sit in Ocean City! We left home around 2:45 and arrived in Ocean City at 6:15. The car ran great all the way here. Tomorrow I will fill up with gas to get an idea of what mileage I got on my 175 mile drive. It was a great afternoon for a drive in the vette. The sun shining down the whole way. I drove with the top up. My top speed from my GPS says 87 MPH. I dont remember going that fast but I must have if it says that. The car ran very smooth. I was surprised at how quiet it was while driving at 70 MPH. With the 4:11 rear and the 200r4 trans I was taching 2450 RPMs. At 80 I was at 3000 RPMs. Not sure what 87 was but I'm sure more then 3000! lol I think I almost made up my mind I like the car and will keep it!
I'll keep you up to date on the rest of the weekend.
Look forward to seeing Barry and Dan this weekend.
And how about "bigtoe", I havent heard if you are going to be here.
Rodney


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Darn was sort of hoping you'd want to dump it

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Rod, I thought YOU were the one that said you don't like driving too fast!!!! I don't know, but 87 seems fast to me! lol, Rodney!

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Went to the gas station this morning to fill up and check the mileage. Got 14.1 MPG on the drive down. I cant complain about that. We went and registered this morning then put the top down and went for a drive around the area. The weather was great as the sun shined down on us. The funniest thing about the day was as soon as I parked at the hotel a guy came over and ask if I would consider selling the vette. I said sure which surprised him. Of course he said How much and I threw out a number. He called his wife and told her to bring a check along. Then he looks at me and offers me $3500 less than I told him so I laughed at him and walked away. He followed me and ask if I was serious about selling. I said yes but only at my price. He gave me his business card and said I need to call him this week.
Now the best part of this story is that once I got back to the condo i decided it was time to figure out what I had invested in the car. Yes Ebo I now know that number! And the price I quoted him was around 5k less then I would have to have. Guess its good he didnt take me up on the first price. Now it will cost him more as the show special is over!

I did see Barry, Dan and Hank later this afternoon and all cars looked good! Cant say that about the drivers! lol

More to come tomorrow
Rodney

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Rod, you and the 72 MUST make next years BBQ!!!

Lukester,
 I would love that. Put the date out plenty early so I can schedule around that. Had a blast last year and felt bad about not making it this year.
Rodney


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Yes Paul get that date out there early.....I'm overdue!

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Ebo, I would go thru with the sale if he would have come up with the money. He came over Saturday during the show and wanted to know if I was going to sell it. I told him the show special expired Friday when I gave him the price but now since I have a real number the price had gone up. I dont think he liked that approach! He didnt stick around long after that. The funniest thing is when I checked his business card he is only about 15 miles from me. SO it looks like its staying with me a while. But just think if i did sell, I would get another one and that would mean many more posts as I go through all that fun again!

The weekend ended up being a great time. I had lots of attention Saturday at the show and met so many great people. We swapped so many stories about building this car and those building their cars. The show was filled with so many great looking cars. I keep thinking about what it would be like to have a newer one but the ride home with the top down put an end to that. It was truely my first ride for any distance with the top down and it was great. The weather was fantastic for the ride and the car performed terrific. And even better on the trip home I got 15.1 MPG which was an improvement from the trip down. The 4:11 gears made it fun to drive and the Overdrive trans made it cruise at a great RPM, 2400-2500 RPMs. We traveled right around 70 all the way home.

Now that this weekend is over my wife says there is a lot of work to be done around the house. Dang, sure wish that I could come up with another reason to put off them chores! Shes been so good about spending time on the car so I guess I need to put the car to the back burner for a while.

Oh. lastly the friend that I took along this weekend wants to buy the 74 from me. I think thats the one to go if he comes up with money. He has to sell his 67 camaro first but he want s to be a vette owner. (poor guy doesnt know what he would be getting into!) LOL

Rodney


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Hmmm about two weeks ago you told me "No more project cars" so does this mean if you sold the 72 you would not be looking for another project car?

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Hey Rod, I really like that color combo.  And with the Cragars...looks awesome.  Is that factory color paint?  I'll bet the pics don't do it justice.  Red convertibles seem to always get peoples attention.

      I'm in the middle of redoing the suspension on my '72 coupe with new poly bushings, rear fiber spring & new frt. coils, new offset rear trailing arms, new sway bars frt. 'n rear, new ball joints, all new bearings...and so on.  I have 3:36 in the rear and was curious as to whether you may be interested in selling the 3:55s?

      Good luck in your project and enjoy the ride.

 

Rick J