View Full Version : Look what I got in the mail
joe0121
10-04-2012, 05:43 AM
Not as cool as the real thing but it will give me insparaion.
Ignore the messy desk and ugly wallpaper. We just bought this house and the previouse owner were old.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v471/mojo_jo-jo/IMAG0045-1.jpg
fastthings
10-05-2012, 08:24 AM
Yep I know the feeling, that car made me pull the trigger. Man I need to get my boys car done so I can continue the GTM build.
joe0121
10-06-2012, 09:35 AM
Yep I know the feeling, that car made me pull the trigger. Man I need to get my boys car done so I can continue the GTM build.
I am already coming up with a budget. I think I am done building rifles for a little while. Going to do A lot of work on my Wifes truck so in a couple years I can sell it and start the savings of large chunks of cash. I figure I can get 3500 for the truck. Should go a long ways towards a transmision and/or doner car.
Jayman174
10-06-2012, 07:16 PM
That poster has kept me motivated for over 1.5 years.... donor will pay for itself if you put in the sweat equity. Good luck!!!
riptide motorsport
10-06-2012, 08:24 PM
Yea great Picture
joe0121
10-08-2012, 07:17 AM
That poster has kept me motivated for over 1.5 years.... donor will pay for itself if you put in the sweat equity. Good luck!!!
where do you go to re-sale the doner parts once you are done with it.
Jayman174
10-11-2012, 08:46 PM
I started with Craigslist to sell all the large items I did not want to ship (i.e. hood, doors, fenders, etc). After that I sold a ton of parts on the corvette forum (www.corvetteforum.com). Sell everything separately and keep every part as you will sell the strangest stuff. I ended up with all the parts I needed for the GTM including the LS1, still have some parts left and made about $500 after paying for the donor, shipping, etc. Fuzzy JK on the forum has some great posts regarding donor selection.
vtgtm
10-12-2012, 07:51 AM
I sold the majority of the unused parts from my donor on eBay, some on the Corvette forums. Paid $5200 for the donor, sold about $8800 worth of parts in 10 months. Would do it again but it does take a fair bit of time to post, pack, and ship all of the items.