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Back when I started going to college in 1978, they were repaving the street I usually took, so I used a detour for a few months. The detour went by a small used car lot. I didn't know much about cars back then and wasn't into cars like a few years later. One car did catch my attention. It had a wedge-shaped front end with popup headlights and a HUGE rear spoiler. They had a for sale cheap sign on it, no price. Steve- Those Superbirds had a hard time selling. I think the wing & nose was freaking people out. This was when the price of gas had jumped big again and nobody wanted gas-guzzlers. Agreed. I now know what that car was- a blue Plymouth Superbird. Could have got it real cheap, probably for a couple thousand maybe. Who knew they would turn into almost gold.
Fast forward about 5 years. I have an engineering job and want a new car. I was at a local plaza and they happened to have a corvette show. I still wasn't big into cars yet, but I knew what a Corvette was. I saw a car that I really liked and briefly considered it, but thought a 2-seater was too impractical. The guy was asking $14,500 for the Vette. I still cringe when I think I could have bought it. I hear ya, & know that feeling. It was a mint-condition red 1967 convertible with a Tripower 427 with 435hp. That car just might be worth more today!
I'm thinking just a bit more... LOL
A few months later I bought a new Pontiac 6000STE for about $1000 less than that guy wanted for the Vette. Hindsight is always 20-20. The Pontiac is long gone and probably only was worth the scrap metal value at the end of its life. The Vette, on the other hand, would have been worth a LOT today. Absolutely. I probably could have sold it today and with the money bought a new C8 and a new winter car also. That I think would have been very possible imo.
Steve
Fast forward about 5 years. I have an engineering job and want a new car. I was at a local plaza and they happened to have a corvette show. I still wasn't big into cars yet, but I knew what a Corvette was. I saw a car that I really liked and briefly considered it, but thought a 2-seater was too impractical. The guy was asking $14,500 for the Vette. I still cringe when I think I could have bought it. I hear ya, & know that feeling. It was a mint-condition red 1967 convertible with a Tripower 427 with 435hp. That car just might be worth more today!
I'm thinking just a bit more... LOL
A few months later I bought a new Pontiac 6000STE for about $1000 less than that guy wanted for the Vette. Hindsight is always 20-20. The Pontiac is long gone and probably only was worth the scrap metal value at the end of its life. The Vette, on the other hand, would have been worth a LOT today. Absolutely. I probably could have sold it today and with the money bought a new C8 and a new winter car also. That I think would have been very possible imo.
Steve
Here's a quick one from Hemmings on a fastback 67 Corvette 427/tri power.
https://www.hemmings.com/stories/201...n-indianapolis
I do agree, but like I said everybody has different taste in cars.
"I am pretty sure HHR SS will become Pontiac 6000ste of the future. It doesn't have a name or history to become valuable."
Cat Man- The mrs had a 1969 Vette w/427-- 435HP that was set up with the factory snowflake aluminum intake (3937797) & had the Three Deuce Holley Carbs (3902353, 340929, 3902353) mated to a Muncie Four Speed Transmission.
Wish she still had that Bad Boy.
https://www.hemmings.com/stories/201...n-indianapolis
I do agree, but like I said everybody has different taste in cars.
"I am pretty sure HHR SS will become Pontiac 6000ste of the future. It doesn't have a name or history to become valuable."
Cat Man- The mrs had a 1969 Vette w/427-- 435HP that was set up with the factory snowflake aluminum intake (3937797) & had the Three Deuce Holley Carbs (3902353, 340929, 3902353) mated to a Muncie Four Speed Transmission.
Wish she still had that Bad Boy.
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The rear lock buttons are so you can lock the doors after loading or unloading the back. Same as hitting the lock button after getting out of the car.
The dude didn't mention the fold down passenger seat.
Do they really come with the lock/unlock buttons in the rear? Seems odd to me, how did you get to it if the car was locked?
The reason for rear inside door handles is escape, same as the hidden manual release. It is a law.
Do they really come with the lock/unlock buttons in the rear? Seems odd to me, how did you get to it if the car was locked?
The reason for rear inside door handles is escape, same as the hidden manual release. It is a law.
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