[trackbird]

The highlights of the original ad are quoted here:

Bought the car from the cars first owner who was in his 70's. He died from a stroke. My intent was to make it a track car taking students for training rides on a sport car course. Never happened. Spent too much time on my race car. I bought hardware to do this and I'll include it with the car. If parts are not wanted we can talk less $$ for car.

Adjustable coil overs for front.
Shorter rear springs
Adjustable panard bar [ need when rear is lowered ]
4 New shocks [ already installed ]

I bought the car 6 years ago with 28K miles on the car, it now has 32K miles. Since I have owned it it has been run with Mobil 1 oil. In fact I just changed the oil and filter a week ago.

Kellys Blue Book lists the car for $12.6K

Starting in 2001 all LS1 engines came with LS6 [ again corvette ] intake manifolds without an EGR system.
Advertised HP raised from 310 to 325's with the SS options which is what the car is. Actually probably higher because GM has been know to lie on HP of performance cars.
All 6 speed cars had the corvette ZO 6 clutches.
At 70 MPH on highway with cruise the car gets 26 MPG. Difficult to believe but engine is only turning around 1750 RPM's.
I took the chrome SS wheels off to keep them nice and have corvette wheels on ; both come with the car.

I want $12K for the car and parts. Less if you don't want the parts. I've discounted the price already so don't offer less. I don't ask more than I want so you feel like you got a better deal by talking me down. Ask Pat if you don't believe me.

Price the similar cars on line and you find them priced much more than $12K. I blew two engines in my race car and need $$$$$ for winter rebuild/upgrade for the 2013 season.

I have put approximately 2k miles on this car. Since I purchased it I've done a tune up (plugs, wires and fuel filter) since it didn't run well at all when I picked it up (it runs fantastic now) and I've added an SLP "lid", SLP "SS" floor mats, SLP front license plate bracket, Hellwig 22mm hollow adjustable rear sway bar (to go with the front 35mm bar on the car) and a Spohn strut tower brace. The car also has a Hooker cat back exhaust on it that's in excellent condition (and sounds great without being too loud). (I've likely put over $700 in it since buying it).

It still includes the front upper control arms, rear springs, coil over parts and chrome SS wheels ("ZR1's" with SS center caps, it's currently wearing '91 Corvette "sawblades"). I'll throw in the 5 point Sparco cam lock harness (expired) if you want it. I have a box of monsoon speakers to fix the blown front speakers (I never got around to it, but I have the parts). I have stock a car cover and the Decarbon rear shocks and you can have those too. I have a stock PHB for the car, it's included and I'm sure there's more.

For an extra cost I have a set of new trackbrackets and virtually all the parts for the conversion (add PAB's and brake hoses and you're there). I also have an assortment of front and rear sway bars for a 4th gen, if you need/want other bars we can talk about that too.

$12k

[trackbird]

Shhh....the new owner is registered here now. Turns out he is a friend of Robs (Rob71LM7, one of the mods/long time members here) from the Kentucky F-body group some time ago.

[bubba353z]

But we are counting the days until we can get rid of this jeep. This is one of the few vehicles I've ever owned that I really dislike. I'm sure it's leaving....just when and for what?

I understand, but then again I've never been a fan of anything Chrysler. Some of their styling is great, but I never thought much of their long term quality.

That's why I'm looking at CJ-7's if I get a Jeep. Before Chrysler took over.

[trackbird]

The seats aren't comfortable. It will go ANYWHERE...but I don't want to sit in it long enough to get there.

[bubba353z]

The seats aren't comfortable. It will go ANYWHERE...but I don't want to sit in it long enough to get there.

That's just you getting old..... (IMG:http://www.frrax.com/rrforum/style_emoticons/default/nutkick.gif)

[David S]

Shhh....the new owner is registered here now. Turns out he is a friend of Robs (Rob71LM7, one of the mods/long time members here) from the Kentucky F-body group some time ago.

What is this shh business? (IMG:http://www.frrax.com/rrforum/style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)

Hi everyone, excited new owner here. As Kevin mentioned, I was in (co-founded) Kentucky F-Bodies... www.kyfbodies.org... with Rob, who Im sure I met at some point at a bash or something... That was a number of years ago and sadly, not much action there anymore. Ive been the proud owner of 2 Z28's.. 95 and 97, both 6-speed and 1 t-top. I had to get rid of the 97 (had a 355 with a mild cam and full exhaust) when the first born started baking in the oven, traded it for a Tahoe then traded that in on a minivan. Needless to say, I cant wait for this car to show up.

For those wondering, the car will remain as is (probably putting the stock sway bar and PHB on) for awhile. My other car (2001 VW Passat with 175k) is going to get put on jackstands and will get overhauled so it can run for another 175k issue free. Once thats done the SS will go to weekend warrior status and a build project will be started. (IMG:http://www.frrax.com/rrforum/style_emoticons/default/2thumbs.gif) in the meantime Im going to be doing some reading and question asking here so as to prepare for said build.

[trackbird]

Welcome aboard David. I'd put the stock rear bar on it, but leave the 35mm front. The larger front bar has little impact on ride quality and really helps handling and response. Beyond that, the Bilstiens should have about 4k miles on them and the stock PHB works for a daily driver.

It should be on the way (they said the truck was leaving today) and you should see the paperwork on Saturday via Fedex.

As for questions, ask away!

[CrashTestDummy]

Pretty much. Cruising Craigslist has pretty much become a part time job trying to find someone who isn't out of their mind. I don't see how people think their shit box with a bunch of dents qualifies for KBB Excellent RETAIL pricing...

Well, KBB isn't standing here with a stack of hundreds to buy your truck and I am...

They only rated it as "excellent" because KBB doesn't have a "my shit is spectacular" price on the website...

The one buyer I had come look at my truck (when I was selling in 2012) said "book is 11 and I'm thinking "$10k". I booked it (honestly with the options) and it was $12,800 to low $13's. He didn't add any options, just "2007 C 3500" and said "Oh, $11k". He was going to give me $10k. Carmax gave me $9k and I didn't have to screw around for the day getting the title work done and all that. He called back two days later and I told him it was gone. Oops.

If I found that same truck today (2 years and the mileage later) someone would be asking $15k for it....I'm almost sure of it.

Indeed. When we settled on a replacement vehicle for the now-getting-troublesome 95 Caprice my wife was DD, and started looking, we found a dealer in Florida that specializes in police vehicles. They'd post on their website 'new arrivals' with a price, before they'd take delivery. Then, they'd make a bid on the things, and get outbid, sometimes at more than what they were offering the vehicles for on their site. They said that other resellers are even buying vehicles from them at what they're priced them at, jacking up the price again, and reselling them.

We finally got lucky on a 2010 PPV, but ended up paying probably only about $7K less than what the thing went for new. We're still quite happy with the purchase, though, even at the premium. It's fun to drive, and so far, has been dependable, which is Job 1 for someone who's on call 50% of the week.

[dailydriver]

Shhh....the new owner is registered here now. Turns out he is a friend of Robs (Rob71LM7, one of the mods/long time members here) from the Kentucky F-body group some time ago.

What is this shh business? (IMG:http://www.frrax.com/rrforum/style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)

Hi everyone, excited new owner here. As Kevin mentioned, I was in (co-founded) Kentucky F-Bodies... www.kyfbodies.org... with Rob, who Im sure I met at some point at a bash or something... That was a number of years ago and sadly, not much action there anymore. Ive been the proud owner of 2 Z28's.. 95 and 97, both 6-speed and 1 t-top. I had to get rid of the 97 (had a 355 with a mild cam and full exhaust) when the first born started baking in the oven, traded it for a Tahoe then traded that in on a minivan. Needless to say, I cant wait for this car to show up.

For those wondering, the car will remain as is (probably putting the stock sway bar and PHB on) for awhile. My other car (2001 VW Passat with 175k) is going to get put on jackstands and will get overhauled so it can run for another 175k issue free. Once thats done the SS will go to weekend warrior status and a build project will be started. (IMG:http://www.frrax.com/rrforum/style_emoticons/default/2thumbs.gif) in the meantime Im going to be doing some reading and question asking here so as to prepare for said build.

Welcome and congrats on the sweet ride! (IMG:http://www.frrax.com/rrforum/style_emoticons/default/2thumbs.gif)

DO NOT let ANYONE tell you that these cars cannot be used as a daily driver with a baby/young kids.

I've used it to transport my two sons from the time they were young, and even took BOTH of them to hockey practice/games in it at the same time, with ALL of their equipment, and one was a goalie!!!!! : (IMG:http://www.frrax.com/rrforum/style_emoticons/default/gr_eek2.gif)