Rick
The only car that was ever at NICAB L78 with A/C was back in the early 90's. I should know-
I owned the car for 9 years-I never told anyone it was a documneted car, because there was NO build sheet-when I restored the car I only found fragments on the tank-vin # 136370L181932. By the way, it was probably a restamp but the SAME vin was on the block as the car. And yes I had it at Schaumburg-it was the year the guy with the white Chevelle kept doing burnouts on the frontage road. If you need any more info on the car, I have the file with the title history that I ran on it. As to the Mystery Chevelle, you keep overlooking the fact that the car was restored again when it went to Florida-have you seen it since? I doubt it. This guy put thousands into the car, and you're still telling everyone it's not a good resto. I'm not upset about the "floating " comment- I'm upset because you completely made up the history of the car in Illinois. What is the difference between the dealers "misrepresenting" cars and you sitting in here lying about the dealers? You proved to me you didn't know anything about the history of that car, so why say anything? As to honesty, you ask anyone you want about me. There's a few guys in here that know me well-if anything, I downtalk a car because with the uneducated Baby Boomers, we are now selling to a clientele that doesn't know where the dipstick is. And, unfortunately, many who find out it isn't a Cadillac with a Northstar System are badmouthing in many cases for no reason. I have been there 5 years and sold almost all the cars there in that time. We have replaced three engines and two transmissions for customers at no charge, have a mechanic on duty if they need to bring it back, etc. We just paid a $200 tow bill because a customer locked up a Muncie and didn;t have enough brains to go under and pop it back- he called in a panic that the tranny was blown and pick it up right away. A stupid couple in Wisconsin filed a claim with Better Business Bureau because they thought the oil was dirty and the wipers didn't work-we told them to bring it to us and we would fix-they chose BBB instead. These are old cars people, they aren't perfect and I tell people that. Our prices are on par with any other dealer, and in fact pretty much in line with NADA. I'm not just some punk that pimps cars- I'm 50. I presently own a '56 Blown Chevy that has won 2 firsts and a best of show this year. One of my cars, the '66 Pro Street Candy Brandywine Nova, was on all Popular Hot Rodding subscription cards for 2 years '97 and '98. I owned the Fathom Blue Chevelle for 9 years and a Black Cherry '70 for a year. I am one of the Chicago Wise Guys sponsors-member of IAAA and NADA Classic and Collectible advisory board-NHRA-member #19 of ACES, owner of
www.nofearmotorsports.com and
www.autosinfo.com.Point is, I live the hobby 24 hours a day- I don't know when the last time was that you were at NICAB in person to see the place, but it is 1000% different from the days in Buffalo Grove and at the pole barn by the house. And the quality of cars reflects that. Of course, when you sell a volume of cars, there will be problems- some can't be helped- but who do you know in the country that has a 100% trade in policy and really does it? That means you get exactly what you paid for the car on a trade as long as you trade up. I just did one today. Not all of our buyers are like many of you, with frequent flyer miles and the time to travel all over to save a few hundred on a car. You need to shut the computer down, walk outside, and update your information on the people you talk against. There is not one point you made in the thread that was the truth. And as to the hood pin, stripe, cowl debate-file this with the proper shade of color for the wheels-unsolvable. In truth, we all know the factory option was all three together, but that ANY combination came from the factory and that the dealers all had stripe kits and pin sets to even mix it up more. By the way, there is no deduction for any combination you have unless the judge is a fool. Enough said.
Randy