stingraymyway

Congrats.
If it's rubber. Replace it; tires hoses belts. Fresh coolant, brake fluid, gas. Make sure the brakes work properly.
Classic Vette's take work and TLC. But their worth it.

stingraymyway

I forgot to add. Replace the bumpers. The old urethane bumpers, once they start to crumble, aren't worth fixing.

dochorsepower

Welcome to the Corvette family and the forum. Now, pick up a wrench,you're burnin' daylight.

doorgunner

Congrats!

By the way......

those GREAT-LOOKING front tires on the '68 car I bought from under a shed nearly killed me two weeks ago.....

for no apparent reason they decided to start coming apart at 60 mph!

Then I checked the manufacture date----------barely used and about 15 years old!


"SAFETY FIRST........FUN COMES NEXT!"

JoeC427

With this crowd your post is worthless without pics. Everyone wants to see a barn find. Best of luck getting her running,

Karam

Karam

A few quick pics ! Tires are good but they are not original.

LS4 PILOT

That's a good looking car .

Karam

Postal123

Congrats! Your car already looks great!

I would definitely try to match the bumpers and only make small blended repairs for any imperfections in the paint. After some time on this forum, you'll soon realize what a huge deal paint and body are on these things.

You're also extremely fortunate to have such complete interior that looks to be in really nice shape.

For the rest...I agree with the others, give it a good restore on the perishable items...hoses, weather stripping, seals, fluids....

Welcome to the forum!
Rob

Mick71

Car sure looks nice. Your Dad is a generous man.

Karam

Thanks guys! I am excited to get it back in the condition it deserves ! I'm a automotive diesel tech so yes I went over the usual service of oils and hoses and belts and it had a lifter tick so I went in and new cam lifters and timing chain,new distributor,wires,plugs,fuel pump,carb,intake,etc I keeped all original parts!!!

Brandons72vette

Man your car looks better than I imagined. YES it is worth fixing up, from the looks of it…it really does not need as much work as one might have thought.

doorgunner

That must have been a brick, climate controlled barn that your dad has........

Put new bumper caps on it and DRIVE!!!!!!

80Baby

Whatta score!!! Your dad rocks!!!

Jeff_Keryk

That's a great car. I would drive it every day.

minitech

There you go. Not every barn car is a dusty moldy pile.

This is a great car that has been cared for. No need to replace all the hoses, etc.. Get history on fluids. Change tires and just drive it.

F4Gary

Fix the bumpers, add a/c, and new tires. Then DRIVE it.

Karam

Im not selling it just wondering aprox value i know its not the most collectible year but has sentimental value to me as it was my dads! the clock does not work and radio is has static,interior lights work when doors open and buzzer when key is in ignition,seat belt buzzer and warning lamps work,carpet is a little rough power windows tilt,telescopic, and all gauges work?

AkrHack

The paint looks very presentable and the interior looks nice. Congrats and welcome to the club!