Buying car unseen

[Jonesy]

I did it once, got burned. Never again. Pics looked great but when I got it it was totaly not what I expected. It was a dark green car. The ebay seller used black spray bomb paint to hide the rust down low in the rear quarters.
The chrome on the dash around the gauges was hand painted with model paint.
Just alot of things that added up. If I would have looked at it in person I would have caught all this. It all showed good in the pics and was listed rust free. Phoenix car but came from Chicago area.

[Mr70]

Originally Posted by Jonesy

I did it once, got burned. Never again. Pics looked great but when I got it it was totaly not what I expected. It was a dark green car. The ebay seller used black spray bomb paint to hide the rust down low in the rear quarters.
The chrome on the dash around the gauges was hand painted with model paint.
Just alot of things that added up. If I would have looked at it in person I would have caught all this. It all showed good in the pics and was listed rust free. Phoenix car but came from Chicago area.

Was this a 1970 SS L-78 Chevelle by chance?

[danachevroletfor1967]

I've only ever done it once, and that worked out fine for me. I bought it from a private owner that was selling it thru a dealership. I trusted the description and photos. It was shipped to me from Illinois out here to California. The only negative that happened was that they had to remove the right front radio antenna for the car to go into the enclosed shipping truck, and when I got the car unloaded the disassembled antenna was missing one piece. I was able to buy that piece from a restoration company and amazingly to myself put the antenna back together. They sent me a CD with probably 100 photos showing the restoration process of the car. I found the car thru an advertisement in Hemmings Motor News.

[Jonesy]

Originally Posted by Mr70

Was this a 1970 SS L-78 Chevelle by chance?

No it was a 1972 Chevelle SS 454 Convertible.