My Ride

**sideburn101** · 08-27-2006, 05:04 PM

Here's my ride,1998 LS1 Corvette,Black w/black int.,AT,chrome Z06 wheels,Baer Eradispeed 2-piece rotors,Z06 calipers,VIS carbon fiber hood,Borla XR1 exhaust,K&N filter,1,000cfm MAF,Hypertech power programmer,irridium plugs,14mm plug wires,carbon fiber fuel rail covers and some other goodies.

**x-40oz-x** · 08-27-2006, 05:32 PM

Nice car.

Just wondering how heavy is the hood?

**sideburn101** · 08-27-2006, 06:29 PM

The hood is 1/2 the weight of the factory hood.

**nhra-trans-am** · 08-27-2006, 08:15 PM

looks very sweet!

**F-Bomb** · 08-28-2006, 07:11 AM

looks cool like the hood i wanted one like that for my t/a but was affraid of the water from rain getting into the coil packs.

**sideburn101** · 08-28-2006, 09:04 AM

The hood comes with an inner plate that screws on underneath and seals all the holes for driving in the rain.
When the plate is out,under hood temp drops 20-30 degrees.

**sideburn101** · 08-28-2006, 09:06 AM

You guys are going to hate me for this one,I sold a numbers matching totally restored 1969 Z-28 Camaro black on black with white stripes to buy this Corvette!aaaarrrrrggggghhhh! LOL

**derrinx** · 08-30-2006, 06:48 PM

Originally Posted by sideburn101

You guys are going to hate me for this one,I sold a numbers matching totally restored 1969 Z-28 Camaro black on black with white stripes to buy this Corvette!aaaarrrrrggggghhhh! LOL

i hate you.

**mysticZ** · 08-30-2006, 06:53 PM

Originally Posted by sideburn101

You guys are going to hate me for this one,I sold a numbers matching totally restored 1969 Z-28 Camaro black on black with white stripes to buy this Corvette!aaaarrrrrggggghhhh! LOL

Nice vette but , you a DA. You'll regret it later. It is a cool vette.

**Stone** · 08-30-2006, 06:56 PM

That is my DREAM CAR!!! No lambo, porshe, etc!!!!!!

**mysticZ** · 08-30-2006, 06:59 PM

52 yrs old? I'm 24 and I've learned that vettes are EVERYWHERE, but a numbers matching registered black on black '69 Z. Did you have one hell of a brain fart. Sorry but I had to get it out of me.

**snaggeltooth** · 08-30-2006, 07:09 PM

Originally Posted by sideburn101

You guys are going to hate me for this one,I sold a numbers matching totally restored 1969 Z-28 Camaro black on black with white stripes to buy this Corvette!aaaarrrrrggggghhhh! LOL

dont worry about it drive what you like ... If you like a newer Vette more than a 69 Z go for it ... Nice car by the way ...

**sideburn101** · 08-31-2006, 12:41 PM

Originally Posted by sideburn101

You guys are going to hate me for this one,I sold a numbers matching totally restored 1969 Z-28 Camaro black on black with white stripes to buy this Corvette!aaaarrrrrggggghhhh! LOL

I knew you guys would tear me up on that one!
That car WAS the ultimate machine,I owned it for 12 years,wasted my back in a wreck(not in the Z28) and couldn't shift it anymore.
I literally cried when I sold it.
I searched for 2 years to replace it with another vintage muscle car with an automatic but couldn't find what I wanted,then I read an ad for the Corvette,called the guy at 6:00 in the morning and was at the bank at 9:00 getting him the cash.
That was in 2001,I paid $21,000.00 for it,it booked at well over $28,000.00!
Right place at the right time!

**mysticZ** · 08-31-2006, 01:13 PM

You PAID 21k + gave him your car???????

**86 IROC-Z** · 08-31-2006, 01:48 PM

Originally Posted by mysticZ

You PAID 21k + gave him your car???????

No... he sold the 69, and after two years he bought a vette for 21K.

**mysticZ** · 08-31-2006, 04:13 PM

Originally Posted by 86 IROC-Z

No... he sold the 69, and after two years he bought a vette for 21K.

I get it now. That makes me feel better.

**mysticZ** · 08-31-2006, 04:15 PM

[QUOTE=sideburn101;384574],I owned it for 12 years,wasted my back in a wreck(not in the Z28) and couldn't shift it anymore.I literally cried when I sold it.QUOTE]

Sorry to hear about the wreck. It is a sweet vette.

BadBlueBird* · 08-31-2006, 09:14 PM

VERY nice!

**sideburn101** · 09-01-2006, 09:45 AM

With all this response,I should have started a thread on "the rides we've HAD"!lol
Here's some more for you guys,before I bought the Z28 I had a 1969 Vette,427,4spd,I paid 5k for it in 1981 and it wasn't a waste basket,it was freakin' fast!If you've ever had the op to ride in one,you know what I'm talkin' about!
1st to 2nd @ 65mph and the torque would rip your head off!
I sold it 2 years later for $6,500.00.
When I sold my Z28,in 1999,you could by a 1970 Hemi Cuda for 50K,a 69 GTO Judge convert w/a 4spd for 35K and a 1970 Shelby GT 500 Mustang for 55K,that was what the market bore then,who knew what they would go up to today(source,Old Car Trader,Aug.1999)!