Does anybody know this Vette?

[Dave Rifkin]

Defend himself from me? Where in any of my posts did I attack him or his car? I simply stated that I had never seen his car and I live very near Manahawkin. Not that it means anything, I was more surprised that I had never seen it since I try to keep my eye out for any nice cars in my area. If he doesn't drive the car that much maybe that would account for why I never saw it; no big deal.
Regarding my reference to the paperwork; now where in my post did I question the authenticity of the car. I simply stated that if I was selling that car and wanted to stress that it came from, or was modified by Berger, I would have shown an example of the paperwork. If the seller chooses not to do that for fear that someone might try to copy it or whatever again that's his decision.
The fact that Bob felt the need to register on the site to defend himself from my post is a little strange I certainly meant no offense and really don't understand what he felt he needed to defend himself from.
As far as my offering an apology for making the statements I made in my original, or even my follow up post; I don't think an apology is warranted but, if it will make everyone happy I am sorry that you took offense to my posts Bob. Good luck with the sale of your car.

[bob p]

First of all, I would like to thank markjohnson. He gets it Dave Rifkin doesn't. The only reason I posted on this site is because I actually had two potential buyers who told me about the site and about the comments made and they questioned if this car even existed becasue of comments made here. I am an avid collector with 19 cars in my collection. I myself, when I buy a car, don't rely on information posted on a site (and by the way, I did not post on this site). I personally contact the seller and review whatever documents he has and personally look at the car. Even if you post documents, some people believe they're not real anyhow and some make copies to scam people. I do however find it odd that people contacted this site to find out about the car and not contact me through the site I had it listed on. Nevertheless, if Dave was an avid car enthusiast, he would've known of the Boy Scout car show for Troop 21 I put on every year to raise money for their trips. All of my cars where there in a row with "Do Not Judge" stickers on them, including this vette. We had over 150 cars at the show and hundreds of spectators. This is a pretty decent show for a small local show. This show was probably less than 5 miles from Dave's house, and everybody who had cars in the few small towns surrounding had them there. I do not have any hard feelings toward Dave but the fact is his comments were probably misconstrued by possible buyers and hurtful to me. I do believe that if the shoe was on the other foot, he would probably feel the same way.

[Xplantdad]

Hey Bob...got any pictures from that car show?

[bob p]

Actually, I don't have any myself, but I believe the troop might have some. If you want some pics, I'll ask the scoutmaster if he's got any and forward them to you.
Thanks, stefano, about the tank sticker. Actually, a little history on this car. I haven't had time to look at the sticker yet. The owner before me had this car just sitting in a pole barn for many years, unused. Calipers were frozen, brake fluid was like mollases, center carb was shot, and since it's an automatic tri-power, the center carb is hard to come by. Luckily I searched one down from Chicago Corvette. Interior needed a change, carpet had to be changed, there was just alot of little issues from sitting that had to be corrected. I figured the tank sticker would still be there if I got around to it, and there were just more important things to get together on the car. The Berger Chevrolet deal is pretty cool. I personally did not believe it to be a fraud, especially with the work orders from Berger that were given to me by the previous owner. But at the end of the day, this is just a pretty cool car. Its a 427, numbers matching, automatic. Casting codes on the engine are all correct. It has two tops, white conv. and blck hard top. And I do believe there were only 150 or so of these made in '69. The unfortunate part is that Berger keeps no records of the cars they do, or so they're telling me. Right now, the car is in the paintshop getting the nose redone, there were some spider cracks. since this was the original color, but not the original paint I thought this wouldn't be an issue. I will try to post pictures of this car and my other cars and I do appreciate any help anyone can give on some insight on this car. Thanks.

[Xplantdad]

Sure...send them! We can post a few here...

[Drew Papsun]

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Actually, I don't have any myself, but I believe the troop might have some. If you want some pics, I'll ask the scoutmaster if he's got any and forward them to you.
Thanks, stefano, about the tank sticker. Actually, a little history on this car. I haven't had time to look at the sticker yet. The owner before me had this car just sitting in a pole barn for many years, unused. Calipers were frozen, brake fluid was like mollases, center carb was shot, and since it's an automatic tri-power, the center carb is hard to come by. Luckily I searched one down from Chicago Corvette. Interior needed a change, carpet had to be changed, there was just alot of little issues from sitting that had to be corrected. I figured the tank sticker would still be there if I got around to it, and there were just more important things to get together on the car. The Berger Chevrolet deal is pretty cool. I personally did not believe it to be a fraud, especially with the work orders from Berger that were given to me by the previous owner. But at the end of the day, this is just a pretty cool car. Its a 427, numbers matching, automatic. Casting codes on the engine are all correct. It has two tops, white conv. and blck hard top. And I do believe there were only 150 or so of these made in '69. The unfortunate part is that Berger keeps no records of the cars they do, or so they're telling me. Right now, the car is in the paintshop getting the nose redone, there were some spider cracks. since this was the original color, but not the original paint I thought this wouldn't be an issue. I will try to post pictures of this car and my other cars and I do appreciate any help anyone can give on some insight on this car. Thanks.

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Hello Bob,
" I do believe there were only 150 or so of these made in '69 "
Can you explain to me and the reader this statement. I do not know you are tell us.
Regards,
Drew Papsun

[bob p]

when i was looking for a center carb [witch is a holly 4056-1]i was told buy chicago corvette the reason these carbs are hard to come by was because the tripower auto 427 was a small production #, the 4 speeds all used a 4055-1 holly witch was much more common.they told me they believe in 69 only 150 or so 427 auto's were made. if someone has more infro on this please let me know

[Hugger427]

I dont care what anyone has to say... These cars are some sweet rides and if I live close to you I think I would have noticed them driving by. Good luck with the sale.

[bob p]

Bruce, here's a few of my cars and I'll get pics from the show later. The vette is included in these.

[Xplantdad]

Nice cars Bob....I likey the pace car...