Another of my old cars goes for big $ without me!

[rich p]

Cool Daytona. I feel for the new owner cause the car needs to be redone...
Steve you the Man with some of the Coolest Rides

[njsteve]

Yeah, those hubcaps were very hard to find. They only came on the Deluxe Wheel Cover Optioned 15" wheels on hemi cars and some Dodge pick-up truck applications. I searched for years and then found 8 of them at the most bizarre location: I went to the "hubcap store" five miles from my house and they had two sets. I paid $100 for all 8! That's a lesson to everyone: always check the most obvious place first.

Hey Rich, did you find me someone with a hemicuda and cash to trade for the charger?

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Yeah, those hubcaps were very hard to find. They only came on the Deluxe Wheel Cover Optioned 15" wheels on hemi cars and some Dodge pick-up truck applications. I searched for years and then found 8 of them at the most bizarre location: I went to the "hubcap store" five miles from my house and they had two sets. I paid $100 for all 8! That's a lesson to everyone: always check the most obvious place first.

Hey Rich, did you find me someone with a hemicuda and cash to trade for the charger?

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Non of business Steve. But if I had that Hemi-Charger. It would be difficult to let it go! They better have alot of cash with that Cuda!

Patrick

[njsteve]

Hey, ya never know. I've had a bunch of cudas over the years but never a purple one. I think my ideal car (and a lot of other people's I'd imagine) would be a '70 Hemicuda in FC7 In-Violet with a white interior and a four speed. That and a bunch of cash might pry the Charger's pistol grip out of my hand.

[njsteve]

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Cool Daytona. I feel for the new owner cause the car needs to be redone...

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Rich do you have any photos from the auction? I guess ten years and a bunch of owners probably took their toll on the car.

[KevinW]

Steve, just make sure your next hemi car has better highway gears than the Charger! You have to be able to drive it more!

Any news on the TA? You haven't posted about it since March!

[njsteve]

No update on the T/A as there has been no progress at the body shop since I dropped the sheetmetal off and I am getting somewhat frustrated at the moment.

I also have been getting the wife's 87 IROC tuned up and cleaned up and ready for her to drive. Now that it's done, she doesn't want to drive it and defers to me whenever we go somewhere. I guess that's good for me as it's really a fun (and suprisingly fast) car. It will spin the tires well into second gear (for an automatic that's pretty impressive).

It turned out the car is a lot rarer than I initially thought. Chevy only made 12,105 L98 engined IROC Z's in 1987, the first year for that engine. In addition they only made 3,052 yellow Camaros in total, out of the entire production run of 137,760. Chevy doesn't have a breakdown for yellow L98 IROCs but I'd imagine it's probably in the low hundreds.

Anyway, I just want to make sure that if I ever sell it that I sell it early enough before it's worth anything so I won't jeodardize my perfect losing streak.

[KevinW]

Well, good luck on the T/As body. My 69 327 is in the shop too and the unexpected rust issues have lengthened the stay Oh well, it will be great when it is finished! Bruce agrees with you about the irocs, but he has to sell the 88 IROC convert and 93 Pace to lighten the load Wish I could buy the 88 and use as my daily driver.

[ANDY M]

Steve, it's sad to watch the values go up after you sell, but it beats watching the value of your car decrease AFTER you buy it.
I know of several Corvette owners who held out back in '89 and '90 for more $$, only to watch the bubble burst.
At least you can say that you owned these cars.

[ChevyThunder]

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I just want to make sure that if I ever sell it that I sell it early enough before it's worth anything so I won't jeodardize my perfect losing streak.



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Now that is funny !