Lee Dove's Venom 600 for sale, Am I paying too much?

[1995venom600]

Lee Dove\'s Venom 600 for sale, Am I paying too much?

I have an opportunity to but Lee's 1995 Venom 600. It now has 50K miles on it and still looks and runs great! I can pick it up for $33,500 but it was repainted yellow (orig color is black). Paint is real nice. What do you think?

 

[mad0953]

Re: Lee Dove\'s Venom 600 for sale, Am I paying too much?

How hard were those 50 thousand miles? Repaints are never as good as a factory job unless you pay 10K. If you want it for the rarity of a Venom 600 I'd look for one that hasn't been repainted. Just my $.02 worth.

 

[wesman]

Re: Lee Dove\'s Venom 600 for sale, Am I paying too much?

Hmm.....the repaint does hurt resale, unless it's a high high quality job, especially if it's repainted a different color. It also brings questions to mind about the reasoning for the repaint. In this case it's likely not an issue but a lot of times it's because of wrecks etc.

However, the factory paint is crap IMO. I think a mid-level aftermarket paint job is superior to the factory paint.

--wes

 

[dansauto]

Re: Lee Dove\'s Venom 600 for sale, Am I paying too much?

Lee is a good guy, I am sure he took car of this car. BUT it was run hard those 50K miles. Plenty of 1/4 mile runs.

 

[1995venom600]

Re: Lee Dove\'s Venom 600 for sale, Am I paying too much?

I would say the paint is a high quality, top dollar job. I know he blew the trans and rear (at least once each). It no longer has the NOS, but it is still a screamer. I currently do not own a Viper, but would definately like to purchase a Gen1/Gen2 preferably with the [******] package. I just thought this was a good price, especially considering all the R&D it has built into it, plus the history of blowing the doors off practically every Vette in the Southeast.

 

[GTS-R 001]

Re: Lee Dove\'s Venom 600 for sale, Am I paying too much?

33K for a nice viper with lots of power is always a deal, Go for it!

 

[V10SpeedLuvr]

Re: Lee Dove\'s Venom 600 for sale, Am I paying too much?

However, the factory paint is crap IMO. I think a mid-level aftermarket paint job is superior to the factory paint.

Very true

 

[DEVILDOG]

Re: Lee Dove\'s Venom 600 for sale, Am I paying too much?

Sounds good to me. Good luck!

 

[Paul Hawker]

Re: Lee Dove\'s Venom 600 for sale, Am I paying too much?

I would have it looked over by a ViperTech. But at that price, it's a lot of fun for the dollar.

 

[99 R/T 10]

Re: Lee Dove\'s Venom 600 for sale, Am I paying too much?

If you don't buy it, let me have the info on it

 

[viper spray]

Re: Lee Dove\'s Venom 600 for sale, Am I paying too much?

That is a good deal , they run better when you drive them. Buy it if it looks good.

 

[Lee Dove]

Re: Lee Dove\'s Venom 600 for sale, Am I paying too much?

Well, If it only has 50k miles on it now, It could not have been hurt much. It had 46k when I sold it...

The reason for the repaint was simple, Black had to many swirl marks for my taste.......The paint job cost almost $10,000 and you would be very hard pressed to tell it was ever painted.

Yes, $33,500 would be a deal!

 

[jeffdai]

Re: Lee Dove\'s Venom 600 for sale, Am I paying too much?

i remember that car from the viper/vette race at mir around 4 years ago or so, that car was FAST!