FleaBay Insanity - $510+ bolts !!!
#62
Drifting
Ya know, it's guys like this, who have more money than brains, that artificially inflate the price of things, and make life more difficult for guys like us, who don't have a money tree growing in the backyard. Look at Barrett-Jackson, it's the reason you see rusty old station wagons in the classified ads for completely outrageous amounts of money. It's like if a guy brought his wife flowers every day; he's just making all of our lives more difficult, once your wife finds out about it.
Keep the shiny side up!:rock
Scott
Keep the shiny side up!:rock
Scott
#63
Melting Slicks
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My '69 427/435 is all numbers matching and just about all correct. After seeing what those bolts went for I thought I might take the bolts from my car and put them on Ebay...replacement bolts from Corvette Central are like six bucks...I can't see how I could lose on the deal.
Yesterday I checked my car...the bolts aren't even there! The only thing holding down the air cleaner base is the wing nut on the top...which is really all it needs.
Maybe the seller of those bolts snuck in my garage and removed the ones from my car!
Yesterday I checked my car...the bolts aren't even there! The only thing holding down the air cleaner base is the wing nut on the top...which is really all it needs.
Maybe the seller of those bolts snuck in my garage and removed the ones from my car!
#67
Overpriced FB (That Must Stand for Something) Bolts
You're all a little off...the price of these bolts I mean! They actually sold on eBay for $850.00!!!!!
Several months ago, Roy Sinor, the National Judging Chairman for NCRS wrote an editorial wondering how to get more younger people involved in the corvette restoration hobby since the price of restoration to NCRS standards has gone through the roof (no pun intended).
Roy, if u are reading this, you need to re-define the meaning of ORIGINALITY to prevent the rip-off artists who sell NOS & OLD original parts at "skies the limit" prices from killing the hobby. Personally, I bought my '68 almost thirty years ago but could not afford to restore it for judging until last year when I got to the ripe old age of 70.
I would be embarrassed to tell you what I had to pay for some meaningless parts.
Several months ago, Roy Sinor, the National Judging Chairman for NCRS wrote an editorial wondering how to get more younger people involved in the corvette restoration hobby since the price of restoration to NCRS standards has gone through the roof (no pun intended).
Roy, if u are reading this, you need to re-define the meaning of ORIGINALITY to prevent the rip-off artists who sell NOS & OLD original parts at "skies the limit" prices from killing the hobby. Personally, I bought my '68 almost thirty years ago but could not afford to restore it for judging until last year when I got to the ripe old age of 70.
I would be embarrassed to tell you what I had to pay for some meaningless parts.
#69
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If people refused to bid those kind of dollars the hobby wouldn't be so expensive. It only takes two bidders to drive the prices so high.
I guess it comes down to whether you're the seller or the buyer. If you're the seller you're loving life right now. If you're the buyer, you're setting the market price the rest of us can comment on how expensive the hobby has become.
I guess it comes down to whether you're the seller or the buyer. If you're the seller you're loving life right now. If you're the buyer, you're setting the market price the rest of us can comment on how expensive the hobby has become.
#70
That's likely why they're so rare. Back then eveyone got tired of taking out the extra bolts every time they touched the carbs, and most of them were thrown away.
My '69 427/435 is all numbers matching and just about all correct. After seeing what those bolts went for I thought I might take the bolts from my car and put them on Ebay...replacement bolts from Corvette Central are like six bucks...I can't see how I could lose on the deal.
Yesterday I checked my car...the bolts aren't even there! The only thing holding down the air cleaner base is the wing nut on the top...which is really all it needs.
Maybe the seller of those bolts snuck in my garage and removed the ones from my car!
Yesterday I checked my car...the bolts aren't even there! The only thing holding down the air cleaner base is the wing nut on the top...which is really all it needs.
Maybe the seller of those bolts snuck in my garage and removed the ones from my car!
#72
Melting Slicks
Not as much as those two little bolts.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/67-69-Corvet...sories&vxp=mtr
Keep the shiny side up!
Scott
http://www.ebay.com/itm/67-69-Corvet...sories&vxp=mtr
Keep the shiny side up!
Scott
I personally like the hunt for original parts, the years of searching for those elusive pieces, and once I get everything the thrill passes and the car sits unfinished for years. I then usually lose interest completely and sell all parts and vehicle, almost at that point with my 69.
#73
#74
Pro
You're all a little off...the price of these bolts I mean! They actually sold on eBay for $850.00!!!!!
Several months ago, Roy Sinor, the National Judging Chairman for NCRS wrote an editorial wondering how to get more younger people involved in the corvette restoration hobby since the price of restoration to NCRS standards has gone through the roof (no pun intended).
Roy, if u are reading this, you need to re-define the meaning of ORIGINALITY to prevent the rip-off artists who sell NOS & OLD original parts at "skies the limit" prices from killing the hobby. Personally, I bought my '68 almost thirty years ago but could not afford to restore it for judging until last year when I got to the ripe old age of 70.
I would be embarrassed to tell you what I had to pay for some meaningless parts.
Several months ago, Roy Sinor, the National Judging Chairman for NCRS wrote an editorial wondering how to get more younger people involved in the corvette restoration hobby since the price of restoration to NCRS standards has gone through the roof (no pun intended).
Roy, if u are reading this, you need to re-define the meaning of ORIGINALITY to prevent the rip-off artists who sell NOS & OLD original parts at "skies the limit" prices from killing the hobby. Personally, I bought my '68 almost thirty years ago but could not afford to restore it for judging until last year when I got to the ripe old age of 70.
I would be embarrassed to tell you what I had to pay for some meaningless parts.
Human nature drives prices on everything not NCRS, although there are those of you that would like to think a small not for profit organization dedicated to the collector car hobby controls everything.