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| j3studio | eBay Motors Craziness, Part 117 | ||
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Dear lord … https://www.ebay.com/itm/153375515737 1982 Chevrolet Corvette coupe with 6,388 miles and three owners over the last 37 years. Silver Green paint paired with the silver green leather interior—as it should be but was not required. That paint is way too nice to be original, but correct in color. Radio is reasonably stock appearing but is aftermarket—as are the tires. Otherwise, this last of the sharks looks completely original. Normal wear on the seat bolsters, aging and separation of the carpeting, characteristic droops on the front clip, and a notable scratch on the driver's side headlight cover. Perhaps a 1-/2+ car on the Hagerty scale, which would put it in the $19,900 to $29,800 range. This rare color (less than 3% of production) is breathtaking in person, but the dealer has done an unusually good job with the photography. The photo below gives an excellent sense of the car. Attach file:  536_p18_l.jpg (345.37 KB) |
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Posted on: 2019/2/14 14:23
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| Matatk | Re: eBay Motors Craziness, Part 117 | ||
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It's a nice car but crazy price. I think the paint is original since it's such a low mileage car. These dealers just polish them and use good lighting. Look at the damage on the d/s headlight cover, there is orange peel on the hood, there are swirl marks on the p/s door/fender, and the paint color has faded between the urethane bumper and hood. So if it's a repaint, it's an old one.
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Posted on: 2019/2/14 17:20
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| j3studio | Re: eBay Motors Craziness, Part 117 | ||
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Quote: Matatk wrote: That's a good point on the swirl marks. I caught the headlight cover damage but assumed that was post repaint. So, likely merely relatively well preserved. Agreed on the price, but I wouldn't be surprised if it sells somewhere in the $20,000 to $25,000 range. If we ever get one of these, I'd have to decide between getting one like this that's complete and almost perfect which I wouldn't modify or getting one that's a little down on its luck that we can modify the !@#$% out of. It would be this color combo, though—just perfect for the 1980-1982 version of the shark body style. |
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Posted on: 2019/2/14 18:27
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| Matatk | Re: eBay Motors Craziness, Part 117 | ||
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The 80-82 is probably the best value c3 right now although prices are creeping up. Just be careful with a fixer-upper as we all know the costs can skyrocket quickly.
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Posted on: 2019/2/14 23:56
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| j3studio | Re: eBay Motors Craziness, Part 117 | ||
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Quote: Matatk wrote: You are so correct—if we got a fixer-upper, it would be one with good bones. |
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Posted on: 2019/2/15 0:07
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| TommyT-Bone | Re: eBay Motors Craziness, Part 117 | ||
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When I was looking at Sharks back almost 2 decades ago I came to like (not love) the 82's when the my preferred option, 68-72 Corvettes had prices that were out of my budget range. Didn't care much for the 73 to 79 era especially with the heavy reduction in horsepower. As everyone knows, each year newer Corvette comes with refinements over the years before. As with many cars today I've watched the prices creep up. Before you know it the prices rise above what at one time you would have been willing to pay. So if something is hot on your wish list, I'd get it while the getting is good. If not you'll be saying something like "I remember when I could have picked one of those up for $XX.XXX. The DeLorean and Pantera are two examples of cars at one point I could have picked up under 15k. Of course 15k then is like 30k today. ;) Ferrari Testarossa's I saw in the 55-65k range. Fuggetabout it. 05/06 Ford GT's, some at a little over 100k. Of course C-3s don't compare pricewise to the vehicles mentioned but I've even seen price improvement in my lowly 79 928. So if you like the 80's Corvettes, it's probably time to leap.
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| Matatk | Re: eBay Motors Craziness, Part 117 | ||
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Tommy is right about the prices. You never seem to buy at the "bargain" price.
I really wanted an older Porsche in the early 2000s that I could have picked up cheap from a friend. I recently looked at the price and it was 3-4 times what I would have paid then. Of course at that time I was young with no money and I couldn't afford it. |
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| TommyT-Bone | Re: eBay Motors Craziness, Part 117 | ||
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Now your middle aged with no money and can't afford it.  Now that I am older, wiser, semi-retired and more watchful over assets, I still wouldn't drop all that coin on an older vehicle (other than the coins we dropped on the vehicles we have). Too many affordable options that give a lot of bang for the buck available. |
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Posted on: 2019/2/18 14:19
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| Matatk | Re: eBay Motors Craziness, Part 117 | ||
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Well, I can afford the then price but not the now price |
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Posted on: 2019/2/18 18:12
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