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Lifetime MemberC3VR Founder
Eagleville, PA - USA
Joined: 11/1/2001
Posts: 18565
Vette(s): Used to own a 1979 Corvette now owned by JB79
I would like to welcome tanks78 to C3VR!
Thanks for signing up!
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Thanks for signing up!
Please don't hesitate to Contact Us if you have any problems, questions or suggestions.
-Adam Wartell
NCM Lifetime Member #1222
Founder: C3 Vette Registry
C4 Vette Registry, C6 Vette Registry
My first Vette, now owned by JB79:
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Hi Don, Welcome to an amazing group of C3 fanatics. We love our cars and improving on them all the time. One dollar investment...............hmmm!
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Lifetime MemberHOWELL, NJ - USA
Joined: 5/18/2004
Posts: 6812
Vette(s): 1979, Targa Blue (72 Color), Pace Car rear spoiler, L88 hood, Dark blue factory interior, 525HP 406, HD 700R4, 370 gears,Steeroids, composite rear spring, TT IIs wrapped in T/A Radials.
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Welcome, Don! You'll find that this is the best site on the net for C3 info and talk! Enjoy!
Barry
Lifetime MemberLemon Grove, CA - USA
Joined: 10/17/2007
Posts: 2041
Vette(s): 1982 C3 Collectors Edition 44000 miles, sat in the sun most of its life, My wife purchased it for me for Father's Day in 2007 from her girlfriend that had it for 19 years. It is on the road again. I'm retired but it is now my daily driver.
Don
Ok I will bite. Post a picture and give us a story to go with the 1 dollar investment.
I know of a kid (22 years old) that was given a 61 Corvette by the guy he used to mow is lawn. It was his sons who was killed in vietnam. The guy took it out of storage less than 2000 miles and gave it to him for a wedding present. That was about 15 years ago.
What is your $1 story.
Well first of all ya gotta know my father in law. He wastes more money than most will ever see (its crazy).
When I met my wife some 5 years ago, I noticed that he all of these cars in his back yard: an old Datsun 280Z, an old Jaguar, an older Beretta, a 75 Caprice Classic Convertible, a 65 mustang convertible and of course my Vette.
I had been on him for the first 3 years of fixing up, or at least give me the money and I would do it for him. I asked him why he had parked it (14 years ago) and he said that it was leaking brake fluid. I asked him how much it was using and he said maybe a small bottle once a month......yeah.
Two Christmas's ago he came up to me and asked me if I had a dollar and I told him yeah. He proceeded to hand me the title and told me that I just bought myself a Vette. I was in shock to say the least, but later found out that his wife told him that he couldn't buy a new one until he got rid of the other one. Worked for me. lol
I ended up replacing the fuel pump, fuel line, putting Lucas Oil Treatment in each cylinder for a couple of weeks or so, new spark plugs and cleaning out the fuel tank and rebuilding the carb and a few other small things and it fired up and runs just fine. I have done little things like new shocks, new upper and lower ball joints, new brake calipers all the way around and a few other little things. He actually asked me why I was replacing the tires tho...... after I "tried" to explain that they were dry rotted, he told me that I was wasting my money.
I really lucked into this one and am planning on giving it free and clear to the first one of my kids who graduates college with at least a Bachelors Degree. I always heard you could put a price on education.
As far as pics, I need to dig some out and I will post them.
When I met my wife some 5 years ago, I noticed that he all of these cars in his back yard: an old Datsun 280Z, an old Jaguar, an older Beretta, a 75 Caprice Classic Convertible, a 65 mustang convertible and of course my Vette.
I had been on him for the first 3 years of fixing up, or at least give me the money and I would do it for him. I asked him why he had parked it (14 years ago) and he said that it was leaking brake fluid. I asked him how much it was using and he said maybe a small bottle once a month......yeah.
Two Christmas's ago he came up to me and asked me if I had a dollar and I told him yeah. He proceeded to hand me the title and told me that I just bought myself a Vette. I was in shock to say the least, but later found out that his wife told him that he couldn't buy a new one until he got rid of the other one. Worked for me. lol
I ended up replacing the fuel pump, fuel line, putting Lucas Oil Treatment in each cylinder for a couple of weeks or so, new spark plugs and cleaning out the fuel tank and rebuilding the carb and a few other small things and it fired up and runs just fine. I have done little things like new shocks, new upper and lower ball joints, new brake calipers all the way around and a few other little things. He actually asked me why I was replacing the tires tho...... after I "tried" to explain that they were dry rotted, he told me that I was wasting my money.
I really lucked into this one and am planning on giving it free and clear to the first one of my kids who graduates college with at least a Bachelors Degree. I always heard you could put a price on education.
As far as pics, I need to dig some out and I will post them.
Lifetime MemberC3VR Founder
Eagleville, PA - USA
Joined: 11/1/2001
Posts: 18565
Vette(s): Used to own a 1979 Corvette now owned by JB79
I bought mine from my dad for $1, too.
$17,000 later, it still ran and looked like crap.
Wound up selling it.
-Adam Wartell
NCM Lifetime Member #1222
Founder: C3 Vette Registry
C4 Vette Registry, C6 Vette Registry
My first Vette, now owned by JB79:
Welcome to the C3VR family, Don (tanks78). 
Have fun with that 78. 
Have fun with that 78.
Larry
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