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By the way, I just upgraded to Gold Membership as I appreciate everyone's great suggestions and it is evident the knowledgeable friends I make on this site will save me from costly mistakes in the end. Was hoping that my upgraded status would show up by now.
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Roger
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By the way, I just upgraded to Gold Membership as I appreciate everyone's great suggestions and it is evident the knowledgeable friends I make on this site will save me from costly mistakes in the end. Was hoping that my upgraded status would show up by now.
Regards,
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THANKS FOR THE UPGRADE ROGER, ITS GREAT TO HAVE YOU ON BOARD !!!
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Good reading here. Gives a pretty good explanation of the C3s, differences between the model years, pros/cons, etc. Worth the cost of a copy.
As far as the '68s are concerned, I have one and would not discourage anyone from purchasing one if the right car was available for the right price. Any and all of the ballyhooed problems with the '68 have been worked out long ago by preivous owners.
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Ok, I should show up Gold by tomorrow. Turns out Paypal sent the payment as an eCheck and it is not expected to "clear" until tomorrow.
Thanks for the welcome! and Yea Mike, Corvette Buyers guide was the first book I bought. It is a great book but being a newbie, I would have liked for them to have pictures of examples of the things to look out for when buying and not just descriptions. I do not know alot of the terms and the part names where corrosion and other gotchas are that they describe, e.g., what is a "factory bonding strip that overlaps adjacent panels" and when they speak of rust in the "trailing arms" what do they mean?
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There is a publication called Old Car Prices that I subscribe to, however I personally believe their values are a little low. Look at buyavette.net in Atlanta for a good place to see values.
I have a big block 68, and I drove mine to work today. But I don't do that very often. I've thought of buying a 350, non-numbers matching, and just doing whatever I want to with it. There are a lot of modern upgrades you can do if you're not looking to stay original.
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The advice about big blocks versus small blocks is a good one. The small blocks are more "driveable", and actually perform better in some respects due to the more even weight distribution. The LT-1 is a good choice because it is both driveable, powerfull, and a "specialty" car, which will increase in value, especially if numbers matching. You do have to decide what it is you want to do with your car. As for myself, if I had it to do over again, I probably would have gone for a nice 350/350 and not worried about keeping it all original for resale value, and just enjoyed tinkering and driving! Don't get me wrong, I DO love my LT-1, but I just don't feel I should be driving it much because of its value. That was my first Corvette; maybe my next will be the daily driver!
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Well my brother and I went to the Waco NCRS Regional today and met Joel "Adam's Apple" (from this site) and his wife. We had a great time and learned alot. Whatever I end up with will be '68 to '71 and I would like it to be as close to original as I can afford. Amazing but most cars there were of the big block variety. Maybe few NCRS quality small block cars out there because they tended to be the ones that were more likely to be modified over the years by the owners to boost performance and thus few available
. Whatever I end up with will be '68 to '71 and I would like it to be as close to original as I can afford. Amazing but most cars there were of the big block variety. Maybe few NCRS quality small block cars out there because they tended to be the ones that were more likely to be modified over the years by the owners to boost performance and thus few available
I did look at the buyavette.net site and there are definitely alot of cars available there. Several folks at the NCRS event today recommended it better to buy from a current owner than a "dealer" because you are more likey to find one with a know owner history and documentation.
So who knows what I will finally end up with but I will certainly proudly 
announce it in the forums when that happens.
announce it in the forums when that happens. Regards,
Roger
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The guys prices mentioned seem to be spot on. Anything we could help with, just let us know!
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