Thinking about buying a Corvette

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Any of you guys ever own a Corvette or know much about them? I ran across a 68' Stingray with a 327 in it and thinking about buying it. It has been garage kept, runs, interior isn't to bad. It could be cleaned up, gone through and driven without a restoration if you really wanted to. Guy said he needs money and wants $3000.00.
I don't know, I'm still debating. I don't know anything about Corvettes but it does seem like a good deal.
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Fiberglassflyer 7/20/2015 7:53pm
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Any of you guys ever own a Corvette or know much about them? I ran across a 68' Stingray with a 327 in it and thinking...
Any of you guys ever own a Corvette or know much about them? I ran across a 68' Stingray with a 327 in it and thinking about buying it. It has been garage kept, runs, interior isn't to bad. It could be cleaned up, gone through and driven without a restoration if you really wanted to. Guy said he needs money and wants $3000.00.
I don't know, I'm still debating. I don't know anything about Corvettes but it does seem like a good deal.
Edmunds.com just bought one for a long term test. Might be a 66 or 67.
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APLMAN99 7/21/2015 3:57am
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FlickitFlat wrote:
Any of you guys ever own a Corvette or know much about them? I ran across a 68' Stingray with a 327 in it and thinking...
Any of you guys ever own a Corvette or know much about them? I ran across a 68' Stingray with a 327 in it and thinking about buying it. It has been garage kept, runs, interior isn't to bad. It could be cleaned up, gone through and driven without a restoration if you really wanted to. Guy said he needs money and wants $3000.00.
I don't know, I'm still debating. I don't know anything about Corvettes but it does seem like a good deal.
From what I've read, the 68 wasn't a great car and had a lot of issues that were corrected for 69, but for that price it might be worth picking up and customizing.

If you want a really nice one, my best friend is selling a 67 big block roadster for slightly more than that........
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tomm55x 7/21/2015 4:24am
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If the numbers match (all original equipment ) on the car and it's not rotted out then I think you would have yourself a pretty good deal.
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FlickitFlat 7/21/2015 6:37am
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Thanks guys. Your friends car sounds nice APLMAN but I really wasn't in the market for one. I just ran across this and thought it might be a good deal and fun to play around with. I mean, everyone likes Corvettes to some extent but to say I am into them would be a lie. I know nothing about them as far as years and changes ect. Just not my dream piece. But it might be fun. I'm still contemplating. I am supposed to call the guy at 4:30 today after he gets off work and let him know if I'm coming to get it or not. I still haven't made up my mind.

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dr516 7/21/2015 8:23am
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H%LL yea love vets my dad has a 55,56 and 60
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TommyLee93 7/21/2015 9:58am
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If it runs and drives that would be a very good deal.
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Rooster 7/21/2015 10:33am
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Check the condition of the fiberglass. It can dry out over the years and it takes a ton of sanding and fresh gel coat to get it back to a good condition. It can get really brittle when it dries out too.

It should be relatively easy to get parts for, but authentic GM stuff will be very big $$$$. Lots of reproduction and aftermarket stuff out there for them though.

68 and 69's are probably the most collectable of the mako shark body style years as they still had the metal bumpers. Too bad it wasn't a big block but for the price it sounds like a deal if it's drivable as is.
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Mini Elsinore 7/21/2015 12:34pm
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Buy it, put a big block in, throw on some side pipes, shoot a can of primer and drive it like you stole it---because you did.
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lostboy819 7/21/2015 1:58pm
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3K for a running decent looking Vett is a good deal and they will need work, but you should be able to get your money back out of it when you are done having fun with it.
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hillbilly 7/22/2015 4:30am
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If the engine is original the heads are made for unleaded and dont have hardened valve seats.. the compression ratio could be enuff to require 93 fuel.

You can take timing out of the engine and cure the pre ignition ,add a little lead will save the valves a while.

The heads could be the "double hump" castings and are worth about 1500 a set themselves.

My guess is the engine isnt original and a late model 350 has been stuck in. Could be wrong.
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FlickitFlat 7/23/2015 9:19am
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I had to back out of it. I was able to jack it up and get a good look at the frame. It was messed ate up just above the fender well. Hillbilly hit the nail on the head. I looked a little harder and it wasn't a 327, it was an older 350 and the guy told me it was the 327.
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hillbilly 7/23/2015 12:21pm
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I had to back out of it. I was able to jack it up and get a good look at the frame. It was messed ate...
I had to back out of it. I was able to jack it up and get a good look at the frame. It was messed ate up just above the fender well. Hillbilly hit the nail on the head. I looked a little harder and it wasn't a 327, it was an older 350 and the guy told me it was the 327.
Yeah,the 327s of that era were high compression and heads were robbed off everything at the least and the entire engine robbbed to put in hotrods.

Nowadays there is such a selection of aluminum heads that the demand for the "double hump" or 762 castings may not be what it was but $1500 a set was easy not many years ago.

The compression ratio of that era burned most the fuel charge,when they dropped it to tame the horsepower manufacturer put catalytic converters and air pumps to burn the fuel nt burnt in the engine. In a v8 it was almost a forth of the fuel you put in the tank being burned in the converters.

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