1st off thanks to Voorhees for confirming my 99 performance red vert auto is #339...
Overview of my recent purchase...the car has 78K...the body is in great shape, paint is very good...few minor scratches...do have couple of items of concern...the black vert top needs to be either repaired or replaced but works well, will need tires soon, and the door panel inserts are coming loose on both doors (appears to be a common issue)...the black decal on the hood was removed (due to peeling) and the stripe was painted on and clearcoated...the silver inserts on the doors and seats were redyed charcoal to match the rest of the interior...also, the trunk wing (appears to be the LE correct wing) is painted the same color of black as the hood stripe...did not come with the original floormats or any of the 35th limited edition goodies except the keychain...car did come with the original sticker. I did not expect the car to be perfect and knew these issues prior to purchase...car is now showing the mysterious battery warning light on occaison, but I can work through that...car runs and drives very good (has magnaflow mufflers so it sounds pretty good too). The auto check came out a score of 80 (range of 44-66)...so I felt pretty good about the car...no issues in the history of the car...
Couple of questions...
1) OK I paid $7000...did I do OK or get taken? What is the potential value of this car once I get the items mentioned above sorted out?
2) Should I have the interior pieces redyed the original silver? After reading a few threads on this forum this efforts sounds difficult and potentially expensive...
3) Could the wing have come originally black from the factory? It appears the pics I have seen of the 35th LE the wings are the same color as the car...could have it resprayed if needed...
4) In your opinion, does obtaining the remainder of the 35th LE goods (cds, book, etc) help in the value of the car? I wanted to make sure before I went out and started aquiring the additional goods...
5) Also, if anyone can help me with determining the actual build date, # of perf red verts, etc, this would be helpful as well...
Thanks in adance for any help or advice/opinions...
David
Overview of my recent purchase...the car has 78K...the body is in great shape, paint is very good...few minor scratches...do have couple of items of concern...the black vert top needs to be either repaired or replaced but works well, will need tires soon, and the door panel inserts are coming loose on both doors (appears to be a common issue)...the black decal on the hood was removed (due to peeling) and the stripe was painted on and clearcoated...the silver inserts on the doors and seats were redyed charcoal to match the rest of the interior...also, the trunk wing (appears to be the LE correct wing) is painted the same color of black as the hood stripe...did not come with the original floormats or any of the 35th limited edition goodies except the keychain...car did come with the original sticker. I did not expect the car to be perfect and knew these issues prior to purchase...car is now showing the mysterious battery warning light on occaison, but I can work through that...car runs and drives very good (has magnaflow mufflers so it sounds pretty good too). The auto check came out a score of 80 (range of 44-66)...so I felt pretty good about the car...no issues in the history of the car...
Couple of questions...
1) OK I paid $7000...did I do OK or get taken? What is the potential value of this car once I get the items mentioned above sorted out?
2) Should I have the interior pieces redyed the original silver? After reading a few threads on this forum this efforts sounds difficult and potentially expensive...
3) Could the wing have come originally black from the factory? It appears the pics I have seen of the 35th LE the wings are the same color as the car...could have it resprayed if needed...
4) In your opinion, does obtaining the remainder of the 35th LE goods (cds, book, etc) help in the value of the car? I wanted to make sure before I went out and started aquiring the additional goods...
5) Also, if anyone can help me with determining the actual build date, # of perf red verts, etc, this would be helpful as well...
Thanks in adance for any help or advice/opinions...
David