John348
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The Vintage Chevrolet Club of America is a TRUE CLUB, like the AACA, it is not for profit has been around since 1961. The only people who get paid by the VCCA are outside vendors who work under the direction of the Board of Directors who are elected by the Members for limited terms, all of which volunteer their time only to be reimbursed for their expenses. The VCCA has regions all over the country and the world for that matter. Keep in mind other organizations, or associations are businesses, that make profits off of their members, the word club was never used in their name. If that does bother you fine. I believe Steve is the NIA and he can give you a better opinion on this then I can. I was a member on and off of the NIA for close to 35 years, and the publications became sporadic, and I started to find that the content was more geared around use their paid advertiser's product which I do understand. The ownership would change and so would the content that was printed. There was only one event a year and that was in South Dakota, every year, and It did not suit my needs. That is just my opinion.
The VCCA also has a vast network of Technical Advisor's, free use of the AACA library, as well as offer an online membership for the magazine at a lesser cost membership. I have been a member of the VCCA for over 45 years, serve as T.A, even served on the Board on off for over 18 years and did a stint as VP. I am not going to tell you it's perfect, but it what you put into it you will get out of it. It is worth a try.
Good luck on your decision, you will know what right for you. Most importantly you join the AACA, that's the main highway that brings all of us together!
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8 hours ago, 1967 Red Deville said:
Thank you for the photos, What a great show. So many great cars all in one place.
Don't forget about the great people in one place as well!
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We met a few times over the years, im the guy with the "Dead" sweatshirt
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Had this taken just before left on Saturday at 2pm made it to Ocala FL at midnight.
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I love your license plate!
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I am a point in my life where I need to begin to downsize my collection. I toyed with this on and off but I made the decision to move forward. This is a unique opportunity to purchase a truly unrestored original paint, original interior car, with all of the mechanical components replaced with new CORRECT original equipment. The car been certified to unrestored by both The Antique Automobile Club of America and The Vintage Chevrolet Club of America in 4 out of all 4 areas. This car was in long term storage from 1985 to 2013 until I took ownership. The car sat dormant all of those years. Cars like do not come up for sale that often, and certain people have an affection for unrestored cars like myself. Car is located in Ocala Florida it is a turn key driver. This is a 305 V-8 4 speed car a pretty rare and desirable combination. I am asking $22,500. I placed the car for sale on Hemmings this morning and there are plenty of detailed photos on the ad
https://www.hemmings.com/auction/1977-chevrolet-monza-ocala-fl-628706
Cooling system: re-core radiator, new hoses, new heater core
Brake System, Entire system is NEW! lines are from factory fit, hoses were replaced wheel cylinders, shoes, hardware, rotors N.O.R.S,. booster master, emergency brake hardware, and system was filled with DOT 5
Exhaust System, replaced with stock system with correct muffler, catalytic was removed and goes with car
Fuel System, Carb was rebuilt, all lines were replaced with correct exact replacement as well as evap vent lines, fuel tank was boiled out and new fuel pump was installed.
Electrical, original Alternator and starter were rebuilt.I MUST AD IT MIGHT ONLY BE A 305, BUT THIS 2500 LB CAR IS PRETTY FAST! ANYBODY CAN BUY A CAMARO, BUT NOBODY HAS ONE OF THESE!!!!!
The tire have less the 100 miles on them and set of factory 10 slot rims were installed.
Thanks for looking
Have a great day
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Sorry I dd not have time to give any thorough description of the cars in my photos, I had to do it on the fly.
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Here are a few more photos.
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Another forgotten cost is shipping, which had to be about 15-20% of the final cost of my projects, and mine were DIY's, except for the paint and chrome. Shops on either coast can have a higher cost factor built in then those in center of the country.
All we can hope for is long after the price of the restoration is forgotten the quality remains, and it always brings a smile when you look at finished product for years to come.
Good luck with your search.
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1 hour ago, joe_padavano said:
There are a number of ZooTube videos talking about frame swaps on these cars. Suffice to say that such an undertaking isn't for the faint of heart. The other problem is finding a good frame. Of course, with that much frame rust, one has to wonder what's under that new paint. And let's be honest here, more-door cars won't have the same value as two-doors, so any such effort will rapidly be underwater. The moral of this is if you aren't capable of inspecting for this sort of damage, pay someone who is before cash changes hands.
I agree.
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Maybe you should change the tittle of the thread to be more specific.
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Speaking of make and model, why not share that information with us? We still don't know exactly what you need.
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I am sure Harmon's is a fine rebuilder, I have used both of these vendors in the past:
Booster Dewey in Oregon
and Karps in Chino California, they also did silver cad plating which I needed for both the booster and master cylinder cap.
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1 minute ago, Larry Schramm said:
Being a pre-war car driver, I would say that one of the reasons is just the sheer numbers of cars produced in the late 50's compared to earlier years. Without looking I would say that as many cars were produced from 1955-1960 than the total cars produced from say 1920 and older.
Just a thought, also more persons were living in the 50's and remember those cars from their youth.
That was the same thought that crossed my mind.
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8 minutes ago, John_S_in_Penna said:
What a great opportunity to talk to her about this
great hobby! It sounds as if she's interested in old
cars but doesn't have much experience. She may be
very interested in learning more. You could even
invite her and her family for a ride in one of yours.
Just as we may admire old clocks, or player pianos, or
pouring concrete--but don't know technical details--
John, everything was making sense, but I never met anyone who admired pouring concrete! Just joking!
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Did you contact the person who contacted you and mention how you feel? It could be something as simple as an oversight, or the person who started the project might not have finished it. It can't hurt to ask. Danbury Mint built a model of a car that I happened to own a good example for them to use. They used my car for the template and came from Connecticut to my home on Long Island for three weekends straight. It was interesting for the first 45 minutes to an hour, and after that it was pretty boring. When they were done sent me two models of the car they produced. As luck goes everything was identical except they decided to change the color to suntan copper.
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One is half Green
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Thats pretty cool, learn something new everyday. Thanks for sharing if this was in the photo forum I would have never saw it, I am glad it is here!
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Great find good luck
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By any chance was that car on SW 31st street? I recall seeing a similar one there last year.
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Could it have been for MPH to KPH? The ratio gear just swaps out in the transmission, it is just a nylon gear. GM uses a different color for each ratio rear end
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Watching the Stooges this past weekend and saw them destroy this 36? Ford Coupe
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They used to show that information in Chiltons or Motors manuals. Or if you can find a copy of a 1978 Cadillac Shop Manual the information will be in there
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6 hours ago, rocketraider said:
GM has a history of making cars that, by the time they had refined them enough to be great cars, were unceremoniously discontinued. The Corvair and Fiero are the most prominent examples. Reattas and Allantes fall in there too but were just a little too complicated electronically to be a true enthusiast car. Yes, I know they have their rabid following and the comment isn't meant to dismiss them. But they were prime examples of GM's unfortunate 80s/90s habit of trotting out not-ready-for-prime-time electronic gadgetry. Enthusiasts want to get in the car and drive, not fight with finicky electronics to get it started and have heat, radio, windows that work etc.
Once the General realized it had marketed those cars all wrong, and should have been marketing them to and building them for driving enthusiasts, it was too little too late.
Nader? An opportunist if ever was. I think I read once that some GM executive dismissed and insulted him and he's held that grudge ever since.
It's difficult for me to understand how anyone who has never owned or driven any car can be considered an authority on vehicle safety.
Glenn,
GM tried that with the Cosworth Vega, limited production, EFI, a few hundred less then Corvette and grand more than a Camaro. Expensive drivetrain with finicky electronics in on a bad platform, it was a pig with lipstick. The one I had was fun to drive and fast when it when it ran.
Great observation!
Chevrolet owners club??
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You brought up a perfect example of why a club has advantages over the businesses that mask as clubs. The Board of Directors had a different vision for the club to address some what they felt could be future membership issues. The membership spoke up and some compromises were made and the club moved on. The club is what is, and that episode was 10 years ago, and not much ever became of that movement. There are some members with modified cars and there always were for that matter, not many, but the world moves on. There are no official judged classes. Like I mentioned in my post the other day the VCCA is not perfect, but at least it is an organization that when the members are not pleased with a decision they can voice their opinion, that can't be done in the business type "clubs"