[67BelAir427]

I have been following this particular auction and have seriously considered buying this car. I have read the comments on the Nova Site board as well as here.The issue of "nit picking" as some call it is common to every board that I have ever seen. Someone asked recently why there were so many nasty posts on the NCRS website. The response was that the site was filled with a lot of angry old men who had just spent $70K restoring cars that were only worth $35K. [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]

On the one hand, I can agree with Frank in that sometimes the criticism seems relentless, and over the top. With due respect to Allen and the members of Steve's Nova site, I have often sat in front of the computer and watched some high quality machinery get dissected and wondered "Do these guys like anything? " [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/confused.gif[/img]

However, the same thing happens at car shows. The nicer the car, the more people seem intent on finding flaws. People have pointed out things which were incorrect in my cars and often they have done so for a variety of malicious reasons.But each time they did, I made note of what they pointed out. Sometimes they were wrong, but often they were right and each time helped me to improve my car just a bit more.

I guess the point that I'm making is I hate the nit picking. But I find it very useful.

On this car the Nit Pickers are right.The seller uses a number of bidder identities(just like the Alberta Yenko Cloner), and conducts private auctions which would make shill bidding easier. I have spoken to a past customer who has had some serious problems with his purchase. I have spoken to those who have inspected the car and while it may not have "undercarriage rust or repairs" there are other rust issues that are not mentioned in the ad. Now, you might ask, what do you expect for $16K? A while back I contacted another member of this board about the purchase of his Copo Camaro. He spent a great deal of time telling me specifically about how much rust the car had, and about things that would need attention. That was honest, and straightforward ,and that is what I expect. Not misrepresentation. It speaks volumes about the class and integrity of that member.

E-Bay is becoming a minefield for people trying to find an honest deal.I have a new word to describe what is happening. I call it "Tuttleization" [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]