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Old 03-24-2011, 01:29 AM
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Default Need advice/help on another Nova

As I stated in my post about the Yenko clone, I've been looking for an old car for quite some time. Initially, I was only looking for a fairly turnkey hardtop 1968 GTO. Not perfect or a trailer queen, but rather a good solid driver. My requirements are that it has a His/Hers and either/both a hood tach and/or hideaways and the only colors I'm interested in are white, black, red or one of the blue colors. I found quite a few GTO's, but the vast majority of them weren’t really turnkey, had something wrong with them, weren't in a condition I felt comfortable with buying and/or were out of my price range. I want to spend somewhere in the $20K to $30K range, but may be willing to spend a little more if the right car comes about. I'm still looking for a GTO, but I've branched out my search to a 1968-1970 Nova. I've always loved them and have become more interested in them the more I search.

The reason I want a turnkey car is that I just don't have the time to devote to doing much restoring as I stay very busy with work, am married, have 3 young kids. As a result, my weekends tend to fill up, especially this time of year. It's not that I don't want to work on a car at all, as I know that isn't realistic and takes some of the fun out of having one of these cars, but I just don't have a ton of free time to devote to them. I’ve never owned an old car so my mechanical ability is somewhat limited, but my best buddy is knowledgeable and is willing and able to help out when needed.

Now that y'all know all of that, I've found this car on eBay - 1970 Nova on eBay. This compared to the Yenko clone I previously posted, is MUCH more like what I'm looking to get. I would really appreciate y'all looking this car over and letting me know the good, the bad and the ugly. Feel free to pick it apart as I don't own it or haven’t even bid on it. I've called and emailed the seller to see whether he will sell it off eBay, and if so, how much he wants for it, but I have yet to receive a response. My guess is that it might not be in my price range, but I'm really not familiar with what these things are worth as I just haven't done the research yet.

These are all the reasons I need y'all's help. Any advice, help, etc. would be greatly appreciated.

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