I’m 53 year old serial car botherer and high on the bucket list of wants s a c4 corvette. It has to be a c4 due to my age - the coolest American car from my teens - plus my 10 year old son likes them and I have a fantasy of father son bonding adventures.
While I’ve built kit cars and restored Alfa’s I’ve had a real eye opener with the MX5 which has been a battle against astonishingly bad rust and general wear. They hide their problems really well and whilst now I know every bolt, every bushing and every panel of the mk1 NA personally and it’s all new shiny now I don’t want to ever go through that again - I knew it was rough when I bought it but blimey.
So I’m minded to find a late 80s manual c4 with the targa top and whilst cars of that age always need something I’d prefer not to spend an year under one.
How do people avoid the lemons? Are there good books that tell would be owners all the dark secrets or do folks get inspections and if so who does them. Do people like me regularly source from the southern US states or are there enough good ones to go round in the U.K. already. I’ve got a budget of 15 -20k - is that enough to get something okay?
Many thanks for reading so far and if you kind people can offer any advice I’m all ears.
Andy
While I’ve built kit cars and restored Alfa’s I’ve had a real eye opener with the MX5 which has been a battle against astonishingly bad rust and general wear. They hide their problems really well and whilst now I know every bolt, every bushing and every panel of the mk1 NA personally and it’s all new shiny now I don’t want to ever go through that again - I knew it was rough when I bought it but blimey.
So I’m minded to find a late 80s manual c4 with the targa top and whilst cars of that age always need something I’d prefer not to spend an year under one.
How do people avoid the lemons? Are there good books that tell would be owners all the dark secrets or do folks get inspections and if so who does them. Do people like me regularly source from the southern US states or are there enough good ones to go round in the U.K. already. I’ve got a budget of 15 -20k - is that enough to get something okay?
Many thanks for reading so far and if you kind people can offer any advice I’m all ears.
Andy