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Old 09-13-2017, 11:55 AM
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Originally Posted by mOtOrHeAd MiKe
KCS, I'd be lying if I did say I was a little surprised at your lack of due diligence with the purchase. Given you are a well informed and capable person, and I would have assumed a little more discerning; and you should have caught some of this upon initial inspection.

That being said you really have a habit of catching bad breaks that end up costing you money and time; and this is a really shitty situation to be in. I hope it works out in your favour and doesn't sour the experience of owning the car. Good luck!
Yeah, I wish I had caught that welded area beforehand, but with the majority of it hidden by the starter, I'm not really beating myself up about it. i feel like most people probably wouldn't have seen that either.

It was kind of fun to take it apart and find all the goofy **** wrong with it. At least now when it all goes back together, I'll have the peace of mind that it went together the way I want it.
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Old 09-13-2017, 06:48 PM
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Fix to your own liking and enjoy
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Glad you're taking it in stride KCS. At least you got a glorious trophy out of it.
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Old 09-14-2017, 07:33 AM
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Originally Posted by imma_stocker
Glad you're taking it in stride KCS. At least you got a glorious trophy out of it.
Lol, yeah it would make a nice coffee table.
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Old 09-29-2017, 12:24 PM
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holy crap op does that suck op. we always find something wrong with a new ride we buy, but that is pretty much worst nightmare
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Old 09-30-2017, 12:15 AM
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Kcs did you buy this car from a guy in Dallas or San Antonio? I was selling an ls3 short block recently and a guy from Dallas called me and said he put a rod through his block in his Camaro and wanted to buy the motor but he seemed really flaky so I sold it to someone else. Pretty sure it's the same guy.
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Old 09-30-2017, 06:28 AM
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Originally Posted by MY_2K_Z
Kcs did you buy this car from a guy in Dallas or San Antonio? I was selling an ls3 short block recently and a guy from Dallas called me and said he put a rod through his block in his Camaro and wanted to buy the motor but he seemed really flaky so I sold it to someone else. Pretty sure it's the same guy.
The little **** is in Houston. Greenspoint area...enough said right? Lol
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Old 10-03-2017, 10:16 PM
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Jeez, this whole thread is a nightmare. Then I read Greenspoint and that explained it all.
And I don't even live in Houston!
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If your from the city it’s Gun Point.
Real talk.
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Well at least it all made for one heck of a good reading thread!
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Yea everyone is trying to get 1 over these days, just the world we live in Now.
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Sad but true! Is what it is. Gotta keep the eyes wide open!
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Originally Posted by G Atsma
Well at least it all made for one heck of a good reading thread!
Lol. I still have a lot more pictures to post of everything that was wrong with that car, but I'm saving that for the build thread whenever I get closer to having it back to being road worthy again. Those are gonna blow some minds!
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He probably should have paid you to take it in all fairness...
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Pics of the car? I want to see if it was the same one i was looking at. There was a guy selling on Houston f body page. Dm me them if you want too as well.
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Cause Im like 95% it was a black camaro
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Old 10-04-2017, 12:14 PM
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Originally Posted by soloman369
Pics of the car? I want to see if it was the same one i was looking at. There was a guy selling on Houston f body page. Dm me them if you want too as well.
It's blue, but yeah, it was a guy on the Houston Fbody group.

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Yep that dude. Try to question him and get some answers and stuff but he would never reply or didn't know. Deal seemed too good to be true.
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Wow. Just wow...
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And a pic of the motor out of the car and he claims he didn't know.. Lols..
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