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Is this an original color for a corvette in '62?

http://www.ebizautos.com/shared/viewer_open.cfm?iid=641750&aid=4455&wid=800

As much as you can match colors by pictures, I would say, "No it is not the correct color."

Dan

There were seven colors offered for the Corvette in 1962 - and green was not one of them :p :rolleyes: :p

I wondered why I had never seen one this color, thanks guys...I want a '62 Vette, but needs to be more original than this...

Yeah Gator, 'sorta' close but definitely no cigar!! This one is "just a car."

Heck, being HONEST, it isn't even "close!!" Too bad. 62 Vettes are so cool, even with the solid axle and no discs etc. Great transition styling with the 'old' front end and the 'new' rear end. I love 'em. And did they 'scream.' The 300 horse was great and the 340 horse was out of this world!!

Bill.

Gator: best place to buy a vette is corvettes at carlisle, the week before labor day. i'll be there, if you find something you're interested in, i'd be happy to look it over for ya. regards, mike

Thanks Mike, if at all possible I will be there.

One more question that I think I once knew the answer to but....brain cramp...lose in space...

Why do some '62 vettes have 6 tail lights (like the green one) and some 4 tail lights (like this one)?

http://www.autotoystorenj.com/detai...r=/1962/Chevrolet/Corvette/Convertible/#

Was the one with 6 the bigger ci motor? or what?

Thanks...

Ya know, I don't get it. Ya think this guy would have done something about the overspray in the trunk area.
...oh, and when ya take real close up pictures try cleaning off the gunk first!
And that my comments without even knowing the price!!!

No, no, no, ALL VETTES HAVE FOUR TAILIGHTS.

EXCEPT 53 TO 60. They have two.

So the green Vette in the first post with 6 tail lights.... the owner just added additional tail lights?

I thought I had seen Vettes with 6 before at shows......another brain cramp I guess.

Gotta admit the 6 look cool...

The white Vette is priced way toooooo high for me.

Gator;
Yes I have seen those 6 tailight Vettes too. It was a popular back in the 70's, along with flared fenders.
The white car is nice, but take notice of the wrong color carpet. Tan carpet with black seats? I don't think so...
Gator, if you are serious about buying a restored Vette...BE CAREFUL my friend. I would suggest buying a book about Corvettes first.I had a '69 Roadster for years, and still associate with close friends that have a'66 and a 70, & 71.

Gator:

Get (buy) a "Corvette Black Book." Last one I bought was $7-$8 bux. Probably $10 now. Filled with facts, figures, 'narrative' about each year, etc. etc. Read it over and over and over - especially the portion about the year(s) you're considering buying.

At the same time go look at as many as you can. Regardless if priced high, or whatever. The old car hobby is one thing. The 'specialty' cars market is something else. And Corvettes - man oh man, they're in a category all by themselves! Crooks, thiefs, scoundrels and everythig else in that market. Once in a while you'll bump into a good car being sold by a 'decent' guy. That is NO market for the uninitiated or the impulsive.

Another thing: find out where your nearest "Corvette Club" is and go to their meetings. Make like a prospective member and they'll likely open up to you.

Honest Wayne, learn all you can.... and be careful!!!

Bill.

Thanks, Bill...good advise.

Amazingly enough, when you consider how hard it is to BUY one, it can be even harder to sell the 'wrong' one. The wrong one can be 'wrong' for a jillion reasons: color; mechanicals - engine, trans; year; price; 'no' numbers; coupe vs roadster; one top, not two; 4 spd vs PG or TH; glass; paint and on and on and on.

Of course, the seller can always make it a "not wrong" car by modifying the price. With most of 'em that I've seen the car is 'wrong' but it's priced like it was 'right' - if you get my drift.

What you need to be sure you don't do (at least try as hard as you can) is buy a 'wrong' one at the 'right' one price.

You see, 45 years ago in 1960 you could buy a '57 two top 270 horse 4 speed for $2000 and sell it for $2500 the same day. If you screwed up in those days, it was a $100-$200 deal. If you screw up now it can be a really expensive mistake.

Whatever...... take care!!

Bill, Let me know if you find the right car for the right price...that means you tell me about it and not buy it yourself...LOL

Gator;

Bill is right on. You may start by hanging around with a bunch of Corvette owners or even a club. Go to the cruise nights and make friends. DON'T let on that you are shopping around. You will see or hear of cars for sale. Mosey over to them and check it out. BUT FIRST assuming you have done your homework, you will see stuff that's not right or hear the horror stories.

Before I found my '69 a good friend who had a 73 told me of a 66 "being put together". I went to look at it and found out thru the grapevine that it had the wrong 327 and and "new" front clip. Yeah...the clip was stolen and so was the engine!

After a while you may find the right car. Don't expect too much the first time. It took me years to get my '69 just right. (it started off with a 74 interior, I knew it but it was leather and the price was right) This kinda stuff happens all the time. Unfortunately it took me gobs of flee market cash to bring it back to a 69 interior.

Still wish I had it...!

Thanks RG and Gator too.

It definitely puts the fear of something-or-in-other in me when I hear / see somebody going out looking for a Corvette - sorta for the 'first time.' I've been around them for years even though I've only owned a few of them. I guess part of what 'fears' me the most is the prices these days!! That situation just magnifies what might be called a 'screw - up' on the part of the buyer.

I can 'say' lots about lots of things (as evidenced by some of my posts).

Certainly the bottom line in the Corvette market is BE CAREFUL.

In fact I don't think you can be too careful......

"Certainly the bottom line in the Corvette market is BE CAREFUL.

In fact I don't think you can be too careful......"

This is one of the reasons why we have Chatter and you guys...Right?

Thanks

RIGHT on Gator. Or is it WRITE on. Either way. Have fun in your search. They are

absolutely the coolest of cars. I've never felt 'cooler' than when running one of those puppies thru the gears!!!! :cool2:

You oughta be sent to jail for the "RUSH" you get from that!!!

Yes Bill, and that RUSH never gets out of your system.
About two years ago I drove that very same '66 that another buddy of mine bought. He knew the guys that put it together and somehow the car is now legal. (don't ask) He bought a new 327 block from Chevrolet, M22 tranny, and tricked out everything with Chevrolet high performance parts. It turned out good in this case because the car was all wrong anyway. What a monster! I put it thru it's paces on the back roads and my wife screamed thru the whole ride...LOL

Yes Gator, it looks like you might have to get a lawyer to make that purchase, but even if you settle for a car with non-matching numbers, I'm sure you'll grow to love it.

There is something wrong with what I just wrote.

Am I encouraging the decline of the pure stock thereory, by saying that it's OK to purchase a non-matching number car?

Am I saying to the rip off guys, go ahead and slap it together someone will buy it.

Should we as a Club boycott bogus Muscle cars?

mmmmm...?

I think we already boycott bogus cars, but the price of the bogus cars keeps going up anyway...

RGwiz: (and Gator too)

I don't think there's anything wrong with buying a 'bogus' car if you know it's a bogus car. I'm not talking about a totalled out-pieced together-POJ. I'm talking about a nice car but with a different engine or something of that nature.

For example, if you're looking for an older 'driver' Corvette and you 'find' a nice 59, for instance, but it's got a ZZ4 in it and the price is right and so on and so for, what the heck is the matter with buying it??

99 out of a 100 (more like 9999 out of 10k) folks wouldn't know the difference. And if you (the buyer) know and don't care.... cuz all you want is a nice driver.... not some NCRS, VCCA, AACA type judged car....

What's the difference??

Some years ago when 'matching number restored' nice 58-61's were going for $15-ish I turned down a 59 with a 350 that was $12-ish. Truly a nice white car with black interior and both tops. Wide whites, corrrect wheel covers, correct linkage and shifter etc. etc. etc. ect. etc.

Turning it down was truly one of the dumbest things I ever did!! I've regretted that 'purest' decision ever since about a year or so went by!!

You want "Corvette Stories" ??? I've got a bucket of 'em!! A BIG bucket!!

Bill.

If you like it buy it, this judging thang is overrated anyway!, more than likely you will never see over four or five Vettes in a lifetime that acheive a top judging rateing.at least anywhere I drive!
And just for your info, those well built non-matching number cars are just as pretty and drive just as well as the number matching jobs. I have seen a number matching car or two that I wouldn't want to drive across the state, just good lookers.