87's Garage

[Ringo64]

I've only had 3 I got some catching up to do!

[EiGhTySeVeN]

Made more progress today. Sold the Ranger. I also took a few shots of the vette. Hopefully these pics don't suck too bad since I did take them with my iphone 4s

And finally, a little bit of a throwback

[Ringo64]

Oh, with an iPhone? Oh, they're horrible stop torturing us jk

The Vette looks awesome! What year? How many miles?

[stratman]

Love your new Corvette, 87! The C5, non-ZO6 fixed roof coupe (FRC), was only built in 1999 and 2000. 

4,031 FRC's were built in 1999 and 2,090 in 2000, so you have a somewhat rare vette there! Congrats! 

 

1999 production:

http://www.corvetteactioncenter.com/specs/c5/1999/99prod.html

 

2000 production:

http://www.corvetteactioncenter.com/specs/c5/2000/2000prod.html

[EiGhTySeVeN]

Thanks guys. And Ringo it's a 2000 FRC with 48k miles. And all FRC's are 6spd's as well. Black leather interior, and it has the optional HUD that I had on my GTP. 19s and 20s RUFF rims. I just sold my truck today and my Camaro yesterday, so I only have the vette and 2 motorcycles, so the vette is just my daily driver. Plans are to get a front plate filler, then maybe do something different for the rims and tires

[EiGhTySeVeN]

Went to an all GM car meet. Couple CTS-V's, a coupe and a wagon, a TA, my buddy's 68 bird, some GXP GP's and some G8's. I missed, and still miss, owning a Pontiac so I mentioned I should take all the badges off the vette, put Pontiac badges on it and call it a Banshee

[Ringo64]

No pics?

[Ghost]

its an iphone. what do you expect?   jus messin 87.

[Ringo64]

its an iphone. what do you expect?   jus messin 87.

 

HEY OH! Knew there was a reason you are a friend, Ghosty

[EiGhTySeVeN]

No sorry no pics. I knew if I did take any they'd suck anyways

[EiGhTySeVeN]

Update:

Bought a new toy

2013 Honda CBR500R. Only had 29 miles on it when I bought it. Poor kid that bought it lost more than half the price he paid, plus his helmet, gloves and battery charger. Oh well

Then I got my new plates in the mail for my vette

Since I really do hate this state. Lets do some math: Vette + tint + front plate filler + this plate = cop magnet. Bring on the harassment

[Ringo64]

have fun with that one

[roxer]

With that attitude, you know you are welcome in the South - just sayin'.  

[EiGhTySeVeN]

With that attitude, you know you are welcome in the South - just sayin'.  

Can't wait til I come down there. SC is the plan. Everything is all set, just need my transfer at work to be approved. Funny thing is I've actually had law enforcement compliment the plate

[roxer]

Can't wait til I come down there. SC is the plan. Everything is all set, just need my transfer at work to be approved. Funny thing is I've actually had law enforcement compliment the plate

 

Come'on down. Just make sure you bring a breeze with you. It's kinda hot down here right now. 

[EiGhTySeVeN]

3 month update

 

First and weakest, I sold that little yellow 1979 Honda Express II. I actually forgot I had it, until a guy came over to buy something in the basement and he saw the Express sitting in the corner and offered to buy it. So I sold it. Made a little bit of a cash profit on it too. It actually started right up after sitting for 2 years after I put a little bit of fresh gas in it, albeit a little smokey... and the bandit. Get it? Cha cha!

 

Second, I went to a Mecum Auction. I attended the Mecum Harrisburg Auction in Harrisburg PA. My dad and I watch Mecum a lot on tv and have always talked how fun it'd be if we went to one. So when we found out about the Harrisburg Auction being held July 30 to Aug 1, we booked a hotel room immediately. My dad then decided he'd put his 70 Chevelle up for auction. If it sold, cool, if not, no problem. So my dad started giving the Chevelle the best opportunity to sell he could. Did a little bodywork, new master cylinder and brake booster, new dash and a whole host of other repairs. Then about 2 or 3 weeks before the auction he decided to put his 38 Chevy up for auction as well. He had an idea of how much he wanted, and, turns out, he got exactly what he hoped for.

 

One last pic with his Chevelle

And one of his last pics with his 38

Last pic with the 38

And one with the new owner, Captain Butch. I might actually see the Captain this weekend at ADK Nats (Adirondack Nationals) in Lake George, NY

 

And third, since we were going to return home with an empty car trailer, I decided to fill that space. I had my eye on a few cars. For some stupid reason I stalled on bidding on an awesome early 90's K5 and an early 90's BMW 850. I bid on a customized 350z, but lost by only $250. Then, during a commercial break on the tv broadcast I bid and won a 01 BMW 740iL. I got up, came back and saw the BMW. I hadn't seen it in any of the previews of the auction, but it looked great and the price was low, so I bid. Not into this kind of thing, but on the way home we drove under 2 rainbows, good sign for the new car.

 

 

Probably more favorable to this crowd, I'm a Pontiac owner again. I've been looking for a good little flip all summer. Last time I did a flip was back in April. So at the end of August I found an ad for a 2006 Pontiac G6 GT and a 2002 Pontiac Grand Am GT. I offered him his asking price on the G6 if he threw in the Grand Am. He was getting an 09 G6 GXP or GTP, forgot, and so he accepted my offer. Both cars are actually pretty nice. G6 is pretty clean with no issues, cloth interior, but has nice chrome rims and the whale tail spoiler. The Grand Am is loaded with leather, sunroof, cruise, radio controls on the steering wheel and other options. The guy also put a ram air hood on it, debadged the black badges and added the gray and red decals that really look better than stock, "Grand Am" mudflaps and the spoiler on the back. I cleaned up both cars. G6 just needed a good wash, Grand Am needed the driver's side windshield moulding. $3 at the local pick n pull, then a container of caulk from the hardware BUT my dad had one so I returned it, cha ching. $3 into this bad boy and a wash. Put both on craigslist and yesterday I just sold the G6 for the price I bought both cars for. Now I have a $3 Grand Am. Plan is to try to sell it, or I may just drive it as my winter rat since rumor is Corvettes aren't that great in snow and slush, darn.

 

FWIW, the file I keep that pic in is called "Like a G6"

 

And finally I got another bike. My cousin bought a 2013 Kawasaki Ninja just before I bought my CBR. Whenever I rode, it was mainly with him, just going into the country and riding around. We put around 600 miles on each bike since June. Well we are both ready for bigger, more powerful and consequently faster bikes so we are looking for Triumph Daytona 675's in the spring. He wanted his Ninja sold faster than how he could sell it himself through craigslist, so I bought it. It's on craigslist, so hopefully I make a little bit of a profit on the bike.

 

 

Speaking of bikes I had my brother put a brand new cowl and my new smoked flush led turn signals on my cbr. He also put a new bar end and shifter on the bike. Looks pretty good

 

[Ghost]

cool stories. nice classics, like them both.

[EiGhTySeVeN]

Thanks Ghost. We will miss them. His plan is to use the money from the Chevelle to buy himself a condo in FL. Some of the money from the 38 went into a downpayment on his new truck, blacked out GMC, and the rest will go into another classic. He's a fan of the classic mopars, or maybe a first gen Nova

[EiGhTySeVeN]

I was thinking the other day. My plan is to try to sell the Grand Am, then buy a winter rat. But I was thinking more about it and there really isn't a good reason to take that extra step. I could just drive the Grand Am as a winter rat then sell it in the spring. I literally only have $3 in the car. I just don't want to drive it. For a Grand Am, it's pretty nice, leather interior, V6 and it's decent looking. I just have no confidence in the reliability of it. And if I'm going to drive it I need to make it look a little better. Tint, and blacked out headlights. They won't be smoked lenses, but blacked out housings. See my blue 02 Grand Prix for reference. I've driven worse, ala Hyundai. Of course all this is just nill if someone comes by and buys the Grand Am. If I still have the Grand Am by mid October, I'll take it off Craigslist, order the headlights and plate the car. Then I'll bring the car to get tinted. If all goes to plan, I'll have about $300 into the car. Thoughts?

[Ringo64]

Could do a lot worse for a winter beater

[EiGhTySeVeN]

Could do a lot worse for a winter beater

Exactly.

 

I just looked at the calendar rules. Deadline is Oct. 31. That also just so happens to be the last day I can drive the vette and bmw. They are on 6 month insurance plans. Plan is to switch the plates from the bmw to the Grand Am. So that would go into effect Nov. 1. If I'm keeping it I'll order the lights first week of October. If I keep the car I'll try to enter it in the calendar. It'll have the headlights but won't have the tint. Tint would be Nov. 4 at the earliest since it needs plates to drive to the tint shop.

 

Second side thought: I just put in an offer on my dream car. Hopefully the seller accepts my offer. More on this soon I hope.

 

This was all just a visual representation of my thoughts

[Ringo64]

Please do enter it!

 

What's your dream car?

[havoc1482]

Please do enter it!

 

What's your dream car?

Bonafide Grand National! 

[EiGhTySeVeN]

Please do enter it!

 

What's your dream car?

I probably will enter the Grand Am. Like I said, I'm trying to sell it, but if it doesn't sell by, say, Oct 8 I'll order the headlights. Install them when they are delivered and get some pics.

 

The "dream car" is actually a Buick. I found the car last night on ebay after searching for a little over 3 years. The guy had a buy it now price or make offer. Made an offer, this afternoon he counteroffered, and I counteroffered the counteroffer when I got home from work today. He accepted, and I'll be heading down to Pittsburgh on Wednesday to see/buy the car. Of course if I'm not happy with the car, I won't buy it. More on that on Wednesday, with pics of course.

[Ringo64]

Cool, can't wait to see the pics