Needing reassurance on purchase

[Grusum]

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

[Grusum]

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.

[Jim Ferron]

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.

[Grusum]

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.)

[KENNY_PASCOE]

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

[Grusum]

Believe me Kenny this is no #1 car nor was I expecting it to be. For the price and amount of interest in the car, I just expected not to find some of the things I did. Just plain shoddy workmanship, just obvious lack of attention as to how things were assembled, etc. The drivers door won't close with the window up, new weathersripping improperly installed, poor fit on the bumpers, non working radio, floppy side window, floppy dash. I could go on and on. I expected to touch this baby up for the price I paid, not have to strip her down and start from scratch. If this is what I'm finding now I can't imagine what'll be found a little deeper. The blatant lack of concern for these cheap simple little things leads me to believe it's probably more sinister the further you delve into it.

[Grusum]

All this speculation is also assuming that it is a true Z. The jury is still out on this one. If its not even really a Z then I feel it's a case of fraud. If it turns out not to be a Z then we're looking at a very mediocre 18-20K car. I'm working on verifying this. What do you guys think.