before and after of 96 gts.....

[PirateViper]

Some of you may remember this 96 in car trader that dude in N.C. had for sale.The pic he put in the ad showed the car filthy.I went and saw this car and was damn near nauseated at its condition.Car only had 372 miles but had been stored in this warehouse with about 100 other collectible cars,old t-birds,continentals,chevys,vettes,and other muscle cars.All the cars in the back where this 96 was stored were also filthy.He had some halfass museum up front with some cool cars,GTOs,mustangs,Shely GT 500 etc.They were in better condition though.Well I decided to rescue this car.Tom Sessions and I got a new battery and went to get it.Tom put new battery in and it cranked right up on fumes that were 9 years old.Went and gassed it up on flat tires and brought it home.I have before and after pix but not sure how to post them.I can email them to some one if they know how to do this or otherwise school me how to post them.I think car restored beautifully despite the crazy old coot who had it.Car is totally stock and original pilots took air and had no flat spots which is lucky for having not moved in 9 years....go figure some people.

 

[GTS-R 001]

Posting pics is much easier now than before, go to the media section and set up your own gallery and then upload your pics, when you view your pics you will see a URL at teh bottom of the window, you paste this info into your post after you click the image button, try it out in the test post area. It is only hard until you get it right then it is easy.

Looking forwrd to see you resoration pics congrtas on the find!

 

[PirateViper]

Here are the pics....

http://gallery.viperclub.org/showgallery.php/cat/500/ppuser/5806

 

[PirateViper]

these are out of sequence but here they are...

 

[acrdakota]

Before:

After:

Nice job man, it sure did clean up very well.

 

[SRTRICKY]

Very nice...just curious how much did you end up paying for it?

 

[Vic]

Schuh-wheat! :-D

 

[PirateViper]

58800

 

[MatchboxMadeMyViper]

thats my favorite paint scheme.

 

[DodgeViper01]

58800

Not a bad price and what a beauty. Good luck with it.

 

[Cal Cobra]

372 miles, what a beauty! Is the Shelby GT500 for sale?

Cal

 

[PirateViper]

Cal Cobra everything he has could be bought and he has alot of nice cars.Looking at how my car turned out I think most of his collection would clean up nicely.I do however worry about his older stuff because he has owned them for years.If youre ever over this way I can hook you up....crazy,eccentric fellow but a good old boy for the most part.He actually is part owner of Ford dealership in Wadesboro N.C.

 

[KenricGTS]

I bought mine from a collector it had 600 miles on it and I paid more than that; good find. I LOVE that B/W on the GTS best color! Congrats on that beautiful find.

 

[PirateViper]

Thanks everybody....it truly was a diamond in the rough.When I first saw it and it was covered in bird crap and dirt I wondered if I was making a mistake.There was even a nest built in the top of the engine down around exhaust manifold.I took my leaf blower and took ten minutes to blow all the debris from in and around the engine.....geeesss....oh well it turned out nice.Now the age old question of whether to drive it or try to keep miles low....Im sure theres plenty of opinion on that!!!!!!

 

[GimmeTheSpeed]

Drive it! What a gem.

 

[IEATVETS]

372 miles, what a beauty! Is the Shelby GT500 for sale?

Very nice. Actually, I thought it would have been dirtier that what it was. Cal, I MAY be selling my 68 GT500/KR convertible but not sure yet. I really like the new Ford GT40 but don't know if I want to sell one for the other. PM for information.

 

[PirateViper]

the KR class of the GT500 is where the money is....very exclusive....got any pix of that car?

 

[IEATVETS]

Why yes I do. I have pics of all my cars, I just have to dig out the photo album. I am probably keeping her though. I have been thinking long and hard about it and I do love my KR.

 

[cobramadness]

Nice find. So are you looking to sell it now that you rescued it?

 

[PirateViper]

I would surely consider selling if an interested party came along.

 

[whitebluevipe]

you are pathetic.. bad mouth a guy because of some dust? if this is your opinion of extremely dirty you must live in a bubble.

 

[malcoll]

68 KR convertible is an absolute dream car of mine... I should have bought one 6 years ago that I found fro $50K. It was the same color as my 1969 Mach I.

That's actually where my tag came from MYDRMKR... My Dream KR.

 

[PirateViper]

Nice way to come into a thread and show your [cl]ass....who the hell asked your opinion....

 

[whitebluevipe]

dentist..i am right you do live in a clean room..this probably is the first time your hands were ever dirty..

 

[Bobpantax]

Now come on guys. Everyone knows that North carolina dust is very dusty and that North Carolina birds have exceptionally repulsive ***** material. Nice rescue. Nice clean-up. Did you find any degredation of rubber seals, etc.?

 

[PirateViper]

No real problems with car Bobpantax...sorry Ive disturbed whitebluevipes fragile psyche on sunday morning...I shall go to my room now because he REALLY put me in my place...its amazing to me why people feel the need to jump in a thread and be such aholes

 

[whitebluevipe]

rescued a viper from a museum and restored it with a few hundred miles on it. your quite the vipertarian!! maybe next week you can rescue one from the harsh abuse inflicted upon it at peeble beach..

 

[PirateViper]

Again.....who the f... asked for your opinion....go troll some *** ***** sites

 

[whitebluevipe]

first off if you don't want an opinion don't post anything.
the only reason you are mad is you don't like hearing the
truth. and your comeback about the *** ***** sites? thats the best you can do? i see that dental degree from
the Bahamas is paying off. you are a regular intelectual giant.

 

[PirateViper]

intelectual...youre an idiot....go away