Yep, the car is home. It was a local trade so we met at the bank and exchanged titles and cars, plus he gave me some cash. It seems like a nice enough car, but I am having a hard time letting go of my Corvette. I hope I didn't make a mistake. I see many of you have Corvettes, so I assume that's okay to admit. My thoughts were that by doing a local trade, I might have a chance at getting the car back. The guy has an incredible car collection that must me worth a few million. He never shows them and drives them only occassionally. Therefore I won't be at a carshow staring at my old car and hating myself. The Corvette was a 1962 model with some very rare options and an actual and documented 37,900 original miles. It was a completely original numbers matching car with a no hit body. Picture is attached below. Please tell me I didn't mess up. The new car seems to be in pretty good shape, 46000 "box a" (actual) miles. It's a true 383 car with some really nice factory options, and of course some added ones. It has a posi traction rear end, but it currently has highway gears. I plan to drop in a 3.55-3.70 ratio to wake it up a bit. I ordered personalized plates for it yesterday "FSTCUDA", they wouldn't let me have "BYE COP". I plan to "stamp" the fenders, if I can figure out where or how to do that. I plan to add the hood pins and driving lights if I can find them. I am also not quite happy with the appearance of the front grill, it's all yellow and I believe it should be all or part grey. I am still trying to figure that out.
