Question about a 69 Camaro on ebay

[Derek]

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Derek,

-------Whats your spending limit? I heard about a 69 375/396 69 today. Supposed to be ultra-original. Priced around 40ish.

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Bill, I appreciate your willingness to help me but $40K is a bit steep for me. Especially since I'm intending to spend a chunk of money building a BB to put it the car. There's no reason for me to buy a car with an original engine, rare engine, or one with an engine that is already built up for horsepower. I would love to start with a shell and restore a car from the ground up, but I know I just do not have the time for that. I have learned this lesson from my dad and the on again off again 20 year long relationship he has had with an old '59 Chevy Truck. I keep thinking one of these days he's gonna finish her! There's just too many other things going on in my life to tackle such a time consuming project. Therefore I'm looking for a car that has been very recently completely restored but with nothing special for an engine. (That way the fun part is left to me!) That's a tall order, because I've found that the highest quality restorations for some reason chose not to start with a 6 cylinder car... go figure!

Thank you all for the suggestions. I will place a wanted ad on this site that's a bit more specific as to what I'm looking for and also visit the other websites y'all recommended. Maybe there'll be some good car shows and drive-ins in my area soon (DFW area) and I'll look there as well. I'll just have to be patient till the right one comes along!

p.s. About this crook selling the camaro on ebay, I definitely believe ebay needs to be notified. I think they might take it more seriously if they heard from Phil (Racefan) since he's the one who received that incredible email admitting to swapping VIN's.