Market for survivors...

[RPOLS3]

Originally Posted by SBR

It already has, most of the Bloomington Gold Benchmark and NCRS bowtie Corvettes from the 50/60s have been so heavily fluffed that I would hardly call them survivors. As someone once told me, they are restored to look old. There are exceptions but they are very few and far between.

I remember a pretty nice silver/black 67, 435 coupe that we took the body off (did not touch the body, paint, glass, or interior) and fluffed the chassis to make it look "old". Someone who knew what they were looking at could tell it was not untouched, but most run of the mill car show people had no clue. This was back in the 1989-90 timeframe. At the time I was in awe how it turned out as 99% of the work being done then was overly perfect restorations.

[SBR]

Originally Posted by RPOLS3

I remember a pretty nice silver/black 67, 435 coupe that we took the body off (did not touch the body, paint, glass, or interior) and fluffed the chassis to make it look "old". Someone who knew what they were looking at could tell it was not untouched, but most run of the mill car show people had no clue. This was back in the 1989-90 timeframe. At the time I was in awe how it turned out as 99% of the work being done then was overly perfect restorations.

I think I know the car that you are referring to.

On another note, the pictures that Steve posted of his children is absolutely priceless!

[RPOLS3]

Originally Posted by SBR

I think I know the car that you are referring to.

Always curious what happened to that car as I do not recall ever seeing it again after they took it to Bloomington that year. I think that was the year we had a bunch of cars in a big tent out in the showfield by the highway and a terrible storm came up and snapped several of the large wooden tent posts and miraculously none of the cars sustained any significant damage including that silver 435.

Sorry for the thread hi-jack but those were fun times and these discussions bring back great memories.

[SBR]

Originally Posted by RPOLS3

Always curious what happened to that car as I do not recall ever seeing it again after they took it to Bloomington that year. I think that was the year we had a bunch of cars in a big tent out in the showfield by the highway and a terrible storm came up and snapped several of the large wooden tent posts and miraculously none of the cars sustained any significant damage including that silver 435.

Sorry for the thread hi-jack but those were fun times and these discussions bring back great memories.

If it's the car the David B. did a "chassis rejuvenation" on then that car is owned by a collector in the east coast. It has side exhaust, red stripe tires with headrest seats.

[RPOLS3]

Originally Posted by SBR

If it's the car the David B. did a "chassis rejuvenation" on then that car is owned by a collector in the east coast. It has side exhaust, red stripe tires with headrest seats.

Sounds like the one - same guy own it now as back then?

Thanks!

[WILMASBOYL78]

Interesting thread...people spend tons of money for plastic surgery to look young again...car folks spend the same money to make their ride look old.

So, if the owner looks younger than the car looks old...beware

Great hobby...always a new wrinkle [sorry, we can fix that too]

-wilma

[Ryan1969Chevelle]

"Always a new wrinkle"

Tee Hee

Ryan

PS: if my money tree blossoms I will be the second owner of a wide variety of survivor or semi-survivors :-) I would pay more for a survivor than a restored car.

[427TJ]

Originally Posted by WILMASBOYL78

Interesting thread...people spend tons of money for plastic surgery to look young again...car folks spend the same money to make their ride look old.

So, if the owner looks younger than the car looks old...beware

Great hobby...always a new wrinkle [sorry, we can fix that too]

-wilma

Everyone wants the untouched virgin, not the one who has been passed around with the sketchy history. Cars, that is.

[Big Block Bill]

Originally Posted by RPOLS3

I remember a pretty nice silver/black 67, 435 coupe that we took the body off (did not touch the body, paint, glass, or interior) and fluffed the chassis to make it look "old". Someone who knew what they were looking at could tell it was not untouched, but most run of the mill car show people had no clue. This was back in the 1989-90 timeframe. At the time I was in awe how it turned out as 99% of the work being done then was overly perfect restorations.

I believe the car you are talking about was owned by a Greg Donaldson. He found the car through David Burroughs. it went Survivor / Gold / Benchmark in 1992? If it was that car, I always remembered the de-lamination of the windshield, and thought to myself "Why don't they replace that?". Because it was "Original " to the car. It did have factory side pipes as well.

Bill