Trying to prove to a dealer that a 67 BB is not original... help please

[Jacob A.]

Re: Trying to prove to a dealer that a 67 BB is not original... help please

Thanks Guys!

I in NO WAY want to buy, or am interested in this corvette.

I was just trying to keep someone from getting the wool from being pulled over their eyes.

I think I might just forward this link to him, since he just e-mailed me to tell that his Corvette expert claims that this is one of the 10 percent of original BB cars from a.o.'smith! Likely story indeed!

Again thanks everyone!!! I can always count on the ncrs board to help me out!

You guys ROCK!!!
Best, Jacob

[Richard M.]

Re: Trying to prove to a dealer that a 67 BB is not original... help please

Jacob,

Your intentions are honorable, but......

.....in my opinion it may be best just to leave it be. If you forward this to them they'll probably just delete it from their mailbox. If you push hard it could backfire in some way. You never know how some of these people react. They really don't want to know. They have it in their mind it's the real deal. Maybe they bought it thinking it really is. Maybe they should have hired a expert themselves to inspect the car before they got it in. They are in the business to make money.

Someone, somewhere, is going to buy this car. There are probably scores of made-up counterfeit cars out there and it is up to any potential buyer to do their homework to protect themselves.

Again, your trying to protect someone from getting burned, and you have in fact done that right here. The word will likely get around. Thankfully we have the internet and anyone thinking about that car can just google it up and likely find this thread.

Rich

[Michael W.]

Re: Trying to prove to a dealer that a 67 BB is not original... help please

Again, your trying to protect someone from getting burned, and you have in fact done that right here. The word will likely get around. Thankfully we have the internet and anyone thinking about that car can just google it up and likely find this thread.

Rich

Unfortunately no. Private sites that require a userID and password don't get picked up by Google.

[Jacob A.]

Re: Trying to prove to a dealer that a 67 BB is not original... help please

Again thanks to you all for your input, advice, and just awesome wealth of knowledge!

There is sooo much to learn from you all, I appreciate you all taking the time to teach Corvette!

Very best, Jacob

[Ronald L.]

Re: Trying to prove to a dealer that a 67 BB is not original... help please

Jacob, did you buddy buy this car after all?

[Patrick T.]

Re: Trying to prove to a dealer that a 67 BB is not original... help please

Looks like they yanked the ad and reposted it. Is this the same car?

http://seattle.craigslist.org/sno/ctd/2652878579.html

Isn't the battery supposed to be on the driver's side?

[Jacob A.]

Re: Trying to prove to a dealer that a 67 BB is not original... help please

Hi,

The Corvette is still for sale. They dropped the price, and still claim it to be original.

I hope nobody gets the wool pulled over their eyes with the purchase of this Corvette.

Very Best,
Jacob

[Ronald L.]

Re: Trying to prove to a dealer that a 67 BB is not original... help please

Patrick - That's the 66 BB part of the car (battery tray)

[Jacob A.]

Re: Trying to prove to a dealer that a 67 BB is not original... help please

Funny, I just re-read this entire thread, and it looks like they pulled part of their ad right from this thread....

they have this EXACT quote below on the for sale ad, and it even has the same incorrect use of the word ever instead of never!

"According to Corvette Enthusiast Magazine ( volume 9 / issue 6 ) June 2006. A "few" big block 1967 Corvettes were built at Ionia Manufacturing Company (A.O. Smith). Same article does say that NO RPO-14 side exhausts specifying sidepipes were ever allocated to A.O.Smith. All Bodies for sidepipe-equipped Corvettes were build at St. Louis. So big block Corvette yes, sidepipes no. Sidepipes could have been installed at a later date by some pervious owner or dealer."

I never told them about this thread.

Best,
Jacob
by the way, Patrick I believe all 67 435's had the battery mounted on the passenger side, That's where the battery to my 67 435 is located, and my car is WITHOUT QUESTION an original 435.

[Patrick T.]

Re: Trying to prove to a dealer that a 67 BB is not original... help please

by the way, Patrick I believe all 67 435's had the battery mounted on the passenger side, That's where the battery to my 67 435 is located, and my car is WITHOUT QUESTION an original 435.

Jacob, yeah I didn't realize this thread was started back on April 5th until just now. I have a '67 L-79 and if they could put a battery door on the inner fender of the big blocks for ease of removal, why couldn't the bums put that door on the small blocks as well?

[Gary C.]

Re: Trying to prove to a dealer that a 67 BB is not original... help please

No spare!

[Larry M.]

Re: Trying to prove to a dealer that a 67 BB is not original... help please

I'm not that familiar with the underside texture of mid-year hoods, but on this one, it looks a little too rough and uneven to be press-molded. Or is that the normal appearance?

[Norris W.]

Re: Trying to prove to a dealer that a 67 BB is not original... help please

................I have a '67 L-79 and if they could put a battery door on the inner fender of the big blocks for ease of removal, why couldn't the bums put that door on the small blocks as well?

But the '67 big blocks don't have a battery door on the inner fender.

My '65 L79 air coupe has a door on the inner fender left side for battery removal, but it's anything but easy. Gettin' the battery out of one of the '67 BB cars is a cakewalk by comparison.

[Michael H.]

Re: Trying to prove to a dealer that a 67 BB is not original... help please

Looks like they yanked the ad and reposted it. Is this the same car?

http://seattle.craigslist.org/sno/ctd/2652878579.html

Isn't the battery supposed to be on the driver's side?

Absence of holes in the fender skirt for the heater hose bracket used on big block?

[Gerard F.]

Re: Trying to prove to a dealer that a 67 BB is not original... help please

No spare!

Isn't there suppost to be a rear stabilizer on a big block, or am I missing it