From: MV (MV@dc9.tzo.com)
Date: Thu Aug 25 2005 - 06:51:41 PDT
Sorry about your Dad.
Anyway if you don't want the vette and have no emotional attachment to
it and you won't take a bunch of crap from your family for selling
"Dads" vette. Then clean it up and plan on taking 6-9 months to sell it
at the very highest price you can. I'd think about putting it in a big
Auction (like one of the Kruse Auctions) and see what you can get for
it. Put a high reserve on it and get as much out of it as you can.
Then do whatever you want with the money - I'm big into completing stuff
I already have since it's getting crowded at home with half done
projects, but that is just my state of affairs.
Good Luck,
Dave
timothy.smith1@att.net wrote:
> Lads,
>
> Here's something I'd like to take an informal MV-list poll on.
>
> My father passed on in September last year. I receivd from his estate a beautiful 1980 L82 Corvette with only about 18,000 miles on the clock, snow white, with lipstick red leather guts. Though I really didn't want a Corvette, (I've owned a 63 split-window) I wasn't about to spend the rest of my life saying to myself that I should have taken the Vette! Anyway, it sat covered & unused in his garage for a very long time. It sat for so long, in fact, that the Goodyear Eagle GT's developed flat spots (though they outwardly appeared to be in excellent condition). I replaced the tires with a set of brand new Eagle GT II's and as a precaution, I also replaced the radiator hoses and belts, all of which were original to the car, before driving it back to San Antonio, Texas, from N. central Ohio. Because it just wasn't driven much by my father, the Vette hardly qualifies as a family heirloom in my estimation. Congestive heart failure has a way of making it very tough to get i
n and out o
> f such a low-slung car!
>
> Dad, who was only mildly interested in my interest in MV's at best (he, being an aviation enthusiast) always said he thought I should have acquired something more substantial than thin-skinnd vehicles (i.e. armor) though I am restoring a Scout Car. To that end, I have four questions of the group.
>
> Question One:
> Should I sell the Vette and roll the dough into a relatively turn-key half-track or other armored MV? (provided I can find one of comparable value)
>
> Qustion Two:
> Should I sell the Vette & roll the dough into the completion of the restoration of the Scout Car?
>
> Question Three:
> Should I offer to trade the Vette for a suitable MV?
>
> Question Four:
> Should I keep the Vette?
>
> I would be interested in everyone's perspective on this.
>
> Regards,
> TJ Smith
> Boerne, Texas
>
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