what is my corvette worth?

1991 base model vette automatic dark red. has been sitting for a few years. TPI is gone, has a carb'ed intake, new HEI, air pump delete, targa mufflers and otherwise is stock with 108k miles.

paint is not great, has an accident in it's history(when it was 4 years old). interior good except bolster on driver's seat has worn leather.

the gas tank needs replaced due to water that got in during an insane downpour in which the gas cap was loose and the fuel filler drains being plugged. i have a spare driver's door in the correct color(one on the car has a crack on the edge) and the car has both acrylic and body color tops and has black 17x9.5 front/11 rear grand sport wheels. rear tires are 5 year old 315 htr-z with a few thousand miles on them, fronts are 15 year old bfg kdw with the same miles but cracking between the treads.

it doesn't run(needs the tank cleaned out and a carb rebuild because the carb got water in it before i realized what happened, it was a brand new summit racing 600) and needs a battery.

i'm having a hard time coming to terms with what to do with it. my dad bought it in 1995 and i got it from him in 2006, and i let the plates lapse in 2010 when my wife got pregnant as all i had was 2 door 2 seat cars/trucks. i figured i would get back on it this year because it's 25 years old and exempt from emissions testing. but now i've got the impala SS that's just as fast and can fit the kids, and i have the 280z track car. the corvette is the odd man out at this point, and i realize that this maybe was my dad's dream car and not mine, but i've got some emotional attachment to it. i don't want it sitting here doing nothing though, and i don't think my heart will ever be in it.

what is your fair evaluation of the value? if i sell i would consider keeping the wheels and putting the stock 17x9.5 sawblades on it to make a better deal. i'm not sure if i would like to see it become a challenge car or be sick if it was gutted and chopped up. i think if i sold it i'd never want to see it again. if i could get enough out of it to get the rest of the parts to get the impala complete the way i want it and throw a little cash at some extra go-fast parts i think i'd be happy if i knew it was going somewhere that it would get driven

$250 and a box of chipotle burritos full of E-Coli.

I'll be there tomorro to pick it up and enjoy burritos with you.

With the carb conversion it's not worth much, probably not much more than challenge money I would imagine, even if it runs better that way, but with water in the gas tank it's hard to really prove. Honestly, as it sits, with the saw blades and old enough to be dangerous tires it sounds like a $1k car.

I've found several sub-$2k C4 Vettes this week.

I turned down a running stock 85 TPI/Auto targa Vette with 50K miles this week for $1800.

Honestly, it's worth way more in parts. Put the sawblades on it, sell the door and the tinted top, and try to get $1000 for it ($1500 if it ran).

i was kinda thinking a grand with the factory sawblades and without the extra door/top. still on the fence about it. it runs way better with the carb than it ever did with any iteration of TPI except when it had a superram and 58mm throttle body. it pulls hard to 5800 instead of 4200 and running out of breath. i did put brand new front brakes on it last year in anticipation of driving it this year so it's got drilled rotors and ceramic pads with no miles on them.

realistically i wouldn't touch the car for several more years, and i just don't know that i'm "corvette guy" anymore, i really prefer cars from the 50's through early 70's.

anyone interested while i'm debating with myself?

We need pictures!

logdog wrote: We need pictures!

Location would help too

How much for the 9.5 sawblades?

That should be a 4l60e, right? So the computer for a truck 4.8l should be able to control the transmission pretty much the same as the truck transmission?

And selling off the SBC in it and scoring a deal on a truck motor would maybe leave enough budget for a pair of eBay turbos?

That could be a lot of car for challenge money.

hhaase wrote:

logdog wrote: We need pictures!

Location would help too

Ohio

If it was closer it would be my new rallycross car. Or if we can figure out how to get it to Texas.

oldopelguy wrote: That should be a 4l60e, right? So the computer for a truck 4.8l should be able to control the transmission pretty much the same as the truck transmission? And selling off the SBC in it and scoring a deal on a truck motor would maybe leave enough budget for a pair of eBay turbos? That could be a lot of car for challenge money.

700r4 - non electronic just needs a TV cable hooked up to whatever is in it, no trans electrics necessary. i was thinking of LS swapping it, but i just don't think my heart is in it anymore. not sure if it ever really was beyond it being important to me that it was my dad's car. he's told me multiple times he would not feel bad if i sold it.

20 miles south of cleveland ohio. still on the fence, but i almost feel like it's the right thing to do.

Being in Cleveland, this is close enough to be dangerous. PM me details if you're serious.

i'm closer than you think, up by medina. i can text you pics tomorrow. i think i'm serious, but i definitely want to keep the grand sport wheels and throw the blades back on the car.

I'll call you tomorrow!

Sent you a PM too. Probably because being happily married is too easy so far and I'm trying to spice things up.

Bad timing as always.

I wish I could find something like this only with a convertible top closer to me :/

C4 Corvettes aren't worth a whole lot. A case of too old to be new and too new to be old. 2 grand tops.

You know what you must do.

no, that's about the dumbest thing i've ever seen IMHO. i don't know why some of you guys are in love with that kind of stuff. turning a real car into something useless isn't my idea of fun.

Thank you

mazdeuce wrote: Sent you a PM too. Probably because being happily married is too easy so far and I'm trying to spice things up.

Isn't that the truth. I just bought an old cabover semi, told the wife after it was home, and she wasn't even surprised! I need to try harder.

patgizz wrote: no, that's about the dumbest thing i've ever seen IMHO. i don't know why some of you guys are in love with that kind of stuff. turning a real car into something useless isn't my idea of fun.

That particular C4 was a lot more useless in the configuration they got it in. It'd been flooded, then left for dead out in the desert and was too far gone to restore (Not to mention there is no real market for restored C4s and a lot of parts are unavailable for them). So instead they made it into a cheap car that hung with a Lingenfelter C7 on a road course and outran a Hellcat Charger on a road course and is greater than the other 99% of C4s. I'd say that's a huge improvement.