Were are all the nice LT1s?
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From: CHITOWN
Originally Posted by sworaz
Why not get one that needs a little work, then you can have the satisfaction of bringing it back to mint just the way you want it! 
wow its amazing how many people said that about that pic, i think it was the bootleg kodak funsaver that sat out in the car for 3 weeks before i took it over to wal mart for film devloping, i really really need some new pics, ill take some tonight if it isnt too cold. i hate going in my garage when its snowing
It looks like they are cambered out..
You can find one of these cars in nice shape, then someone runs into it like what happened to me, and then bam, it looks like ****. Mine needs a paintjob and it will be sharp, but that's like any car. Buy one that needs a little work, it will be cheaper, and you will learn stuff. Mine was stock and the previous owner didn't know **** about how to take care of it, it had a few things that lead to the Engine going out eventually. Now it's got a built Engine, bout to have a built Tranny, and lots of good stuff all around.
You can find one of these cars in nice shape, then someone runs into it like what happened to me, and then bam, it looks like ****. Mine needs a paintjob and it will be sharp, but that's like any car. Buy one that needs a little work, it will be cheaper, and you will learn stuff. Mine was stock and the previous owner didn't know **** about how to take care of it, it had a few things that lead to the Engine going out eventually. Now it's got a built Engine, bout to have a built Tranny, and lots of good stuff all around.
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From: Novi, MI
When looking for a car don't foget about the other used car search engines like yahoo, or i think even msn auto's. I was searching strickly autotrader during my search for WS6 Lt1 until i just happened to try yahoo and found my car, low miles (56,000) and only 30 mins from my house i got it for 7500 w/ tax and title !!!
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, this however just took away from the pain of modifying a virgin car and also because of that i was able to get the price down of the car. 
No shame in having to put some work into it. I got my '96 in kinda rough shape. has 79K miles on it. It's getting a full repaint and a new fender since it was damaged from previous owner. Got a whole bunch of goodies for it too. Look around but don't be afraid of a little work
Originally Posted by ws6chicken
When looking for a car don't foget about the other used car search engines like yahoo, or i think even msn auto's. I was searching strickly autotrader during my search for WS6 Lt1 until i just happened to try yahoo and found my car, low miles (56,000) and only 30 mins from my house i got it for 7500 w/ tax and title !!!
lucky when i was buying a fbody i found a 97 ws6 formula for 7000 with 78k miles on it went to go look at it and it was the biggest pos i ever seen in my life. always wanted a ws6 formula never got a chance to find nice one for a good price only after i bought my trans am
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you can still find them, one will turn up when least expecting it.. i have found two in the last year for my friends..
One was a 94 T/A auto hard top with 60,000 virgin for 7,800
the other was a 97 WS6 T/A t-top 6 speed with 78,000 for 9,800 with a cat back
both these cars are now modded thanks to me lol but beautiful and perfect condition still..
One was a 94 T/A auto hard top with 60,000 virgin for 7,800
the other was a 97 WS6 T/A t-top 6 speed with 78,000 for 9,800 with a cat back
both these cars are now modded thanks to me lol but beautiful and perfect condition still..
"Where are all the nice LT1's?"
I got my LT1 formula for $5700, its got 87900 miles. The only things ive done so far are the lowering springs, nitrous, rims & tires, cd player, and amp. clean inside and out minus the floor mats, but hey, they can be washed or replaced.
i just bought mine from an older guy he was trying to sell it for 8 but i got it for 6,700 101,000 miles which i have already replaced the clutch going to the shop for a new rear end next week and i had to get an alum drive shaft interior looks perfect but i am going to replace all carpet in summer and have the front seats recovered in summer i think i got a good deal?