E-Bay buyer beware

[Roy B.]

I look around E-Bay for C1 parts and find so many parts stating it's real and original , I'm not saying the seller is misrepresenting the part because I don't know them but they think it's original . Take just the two I listed here. One uses the word (so rare , you'll never see it again) 57 Corvette air cleaner . Right off the bat it's a two piece which GM never made.
Next ! Selling a 57 Corvette PG taken out of his Corvette but is a car PG -the only thing correct is the tail housing added by the last owner to mount the shifter , The shifter side (trans) linkage the safety switch rod connect to is welding to the top of the linkage , but the obvious parts is the torque Convertor , it's from a car , the Corvette has twice as many bolts around it. Cant miss that!

This is why I tell people that part and date numbers is only the start,you need to know the DESIGN of the part (LOOK).
Oh! Well I just hate seeing people sellers and buyers get in to trouble.
#150072285508-air cleaner
#120065287760-PG
This is a real air cleaner 56-57

[Eric J.]

Re: E-Bay buyer beware

Roy, Thanks for the thoughts. I too often get discouraged by ebay listings. I will say that sometimes that is offset by someone who sells something that is of real value/rare that they don't know about. One question though, with the one peice air cleaner how did you change the element? Get a new cleaner? Eric #3,182.

[Roy B.]

Re: E-Bay buyer beware

You never needed to, dip it in solvent and blow dry! Same with the two four cleaners

[Roy B.]

Re: E-Bay buyer beware "Eric"

Eric
You have a 54 and been around for years ,am I crazy ? Is this 300plusK 54 with less the 2K miles not a total restoration , and why with only less then 2K , did a 54 look that good when new? It's just crazy the Corvette world now days!
By the way do you see something odd about this pic, ??? and it's original MAN
e-bay #200061644150

[Robert S.]

Re: E-Bay buyer beware "Eric"

Nice base/treble and station signal strength knobs but not 54's!

[Roy B.]

Re: E-Bay buyer beware "Eric"

Yes! thier 56-57 and how about those large chrome washers behind them , the the corvette talking price is over 300K, man what a deal!

[Michael L.]

Re: E-Bay buyer beware "Eric"

Roy, why is the odometer in the tach?

Mike

[Roy B.]

Re: E-Bay buyer beware "Mike"

You are kidding right!!!

[Willard M.]

Re: E-Bay buyer beware "Eric"

Don't mean to jump in for Roy, but it is a rev counter. Cool?

Bill #2659

[Roy B.]

Re: E-Bay buyer beware "Bill"

That's OK any time you can help me, I need a Psychologist

[Eric J.]

Re: E-Bay buyer beware "Eric"

Roy, That is an amazing paint job. Hard to believe that it is original. Look at the gloss in the top boot. Out 54 is a 64kmi 3 owner and it looks much worse. Maybe the camera but the sportsman red looks too red.. Very beautiful though. Why change the knobs on the radio? 5605 revs, 1375.3m Assuming 2200RPM that's 2,547 Minutes of engine operation or about 2000 miles. Without getting more into the calcs I assume this car has idled a lot in it's life. I would use my 54 for a rough average rpms per mile but my tach cable broke for awhile. Anyone have a good baseline for average MPH/RPM?

Nice car though way to nice paint. the dash is beatiful. Had to have been repainted. Eric

[Eric J.]

Our 54 for comparison. (when the tach broke)

Back about 1995 our 54 was used in this Julio Iglesias video. All of the desert scenes were ours. There was a 54 in Miami that was used for the other shots. They put about 350 miles on it that day.... Made $770 bucks that day. between Phoenix/Mesa and Canyon Lake AZ.

JULIO IGLESIAS -- LA CARRETERA

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ghXh9i2imfw

Eric

[Roy B.]

Re: Our 54 for comparison. (when the tach broke)

That was great your famous or at least your 54 Corvette. Did Julio really drive it? If so it's worth twice any 54.He HE!

[Eric J.]

Re: Our 54 for comparison. (when the tach broke)

Well, Julio's body double drove it. When you see his hands and the back of hes head it's really a double. Most of the driving scenes were filmed with the DP (Director of Photography) drove it. All the wheel close ups etc. He was British ans smoked in it... The fuel filler neck leaked where all C1s do and I had not put a full tank of gas in it until then. Needles to say I asked him not to.... It over heated once and I was a nervous wreck the whole day. Eric