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    Look what I got in the mail

    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.



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    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.

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    Quote Originally Posted by fastthings View Post
    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.

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    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!!!

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    Yea great Picture
    FFR Daytona Type 65 Coupe
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    Quote Originally Posted by Jayman174 View Post
    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.

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    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.

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    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.

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