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I agree totally, the car looks great in the pics, that's why I bought it. The pics just don't show any of the problems, unfortunately. And yes, in hindsight, an inspection would have been a good plan. Seller told me that an extensive inspection was done and ( don't remember the exact wording he used)but no issues were found. I guess it depends on who inspects it, as learned in other posts.

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Not that it helps you in any way now but if that's the place I think it is (seller) it's only about ten miles from me. I stopped there a few years ago and the cars in stock were pretty rough. Let's just say the description didn't line up with the actual condition in my opinion. This car does look really good in the pictures. The seller did a fair job of describing it and even stated an inspection was advised. It's all subjective and you were hoping for the best possible condition and got way less. He obviously tried to make it sound as attractive as possible. Bottom line is don't buy a car without looking at it yourself or having a trusted person do it for you especially when you're laying out that kind of cash. If it does have all the original major components you probably paid too much but might want to give it some time, cool off about it and then start making it the car you had hoped it would be. They are only going up in value and you should break even or come out ahead at some point down the road. You'd probably lose about $10K unloading it now. You may be able to sort it out for that.

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Thats what I like about this site, lots of differing opinions to make an informed decision. Sounds like very good advice. Cool off before making any rash, emotional decisions. Thanks.

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Gordon I think you paid a little too much for the car you are describing but it is Done, Put together a list of
problems And hope that it does not need a lot of parts$$. If it is mostly time and things you can do yourself
I think you will be OK, The car is going to increase in value as long as you own it and you will not get hurt
When you sell it in the future. A numbers Matching #1 condition 70 Z/28 with that color combination for 40
would have been a steal in today’s market. If you are not very mechanically gifted and just plain don’t like
to work on your cars I would just drive it or sell it. If you do enjoy getting dirty once in a while; Get to work.
That will be one Seriously Kool Car that will be worth much more then what you paid for it when you are
finished. If you are Dead Set on selling the car email me,

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Grusum, I know that this won't make you feel any better but I did the same thing a couple of years ago. I purchased a 68 Camaro from someone in Utah. Not only did the pictures make it look great, he sent me a video of the car including the sound of it running. After receiving the Camaro, it was obvious that his idea of a perfect interior and mine were different. They were things that could be fixed but I felt it was misrepresented. It was a two speed racing powerglide which didn't have a first gear. He refuted the claim. He said it was working ok before it was shipped. What I learned after this experiance is I would wait as long as it took to find one locally, which I did. My wife and family (all grown children) thought that the car was really nice and that I was nuts. Maybe I was a little picky but I sold the car 2 weeks later taking a $4000 loss including the price of shipping. I eventually found one that I was happy with and look back at my internet buy as a learning experiance. Good luck to you.

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Don't get me wrong, I was'nt expecting a concours show winner. For the money, I was expecting an older nicely retored driver that had most all the things it should have. I 'm not interested in having a trailer queen now or in the future. I was expecting a driver that I could tinker with over the next few years, but still have it show well in the meantime. Already had a list to address some of the things like air cleaner, fan shroud, dash fitment, rear bumper guards, etc. Was looking forward to it immensely. What I got is a car in need of alot of work to just make the doors close properly, needs paint job(looks good in pictures, but some very questionable work was done). Makes me shudder to think what I'd find if I did decide to dig a little deeper. I'm not exagerating, the way things were done it was obvious someone slapped some shoddy work on it just to flip it. I don't think it was the guy I bought it off of either, he was probably glad to get rid of it while it still looked good. Having it go over 2500 miles away probably didn't hurt either. There may still be some issues whether it's also a true Z or not. More to come later on that

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If I could get out of this by only losing 4-5K I'd be ecstatic. Lesson learned........could get onto finding the car I want, with alot more knowledge and understanding that there are people out there who aren't on the up and up. Call me a trusting, good natured small town boy, but I guess that's what I am.

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The seller is on the other end of the state from me...I've talked to him and his son a couple times. I've also looked at some of their stuff at Carlisle. I've seen some nice stuff and some not so nice. I've never seen anything that wasn't pretty close to the way they called it but even with that said...and with apology's to all car dealers out there, [and I'm one of 'em] These guys survive on the bigger 'fool' theory..[no insult intended, we've ALL been there]

That whole auction was a series of disclaimers and red flags....Yeah it was detailed nicely but the quality or lack thereof was there to be seen...if only one would look.

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Yeah, I know what you I mean. I guess I was way too over anxious, I thought the red flags thet were being thrown up in the description only made it more legit. He put it right out there , meaning (to me anyways) that it would stand up to scrutiny, if you know what I mean. I'd just had too many other cars eluding me by the smallest of margins (missed my dream car by about 12 hrs.)

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AFTER FOLLOWING THE PREVIOUS 5 PAGES OF THIS THREAD, I CAN APRRECIATE EVERYONES INPUT WEATHER IT IS GOOD OR BAD. I'VE READ THE AUCTION DESCRIPTION NUMEROUS TIMES AND THE SELLER MADE NO CLAIMS THAT THIS WAS A SHOW CAR OR #1 CAR. I DONT SEE ANYWHERE IN THIS AD THAT ANYONE COULD FORM THE OPINION THAT IT WAS. GRUSUM, YOU BOUGHT A REAL DAYTONA YELLOW / HOUNDSTOOTH 70 RS Z/28, IF THIS WAS A #1 CAR I WOULD BE EXPECTING TO PAY NORTH OF $50K +. SOUNDS TO ME THAT ANY IMPROVEMENTS YOU MAKE TO THIS CAR WILL ESCALATE THE QUALITY AND VALUE OF THE CAR. JUST MY .02 CENTS.... KP