What's wrong with this? The distance?

[Stude-Dude]

as a person that was on the buyer's block for an Avanti just "weeks" ago (found a '61 Hawk instead), i'd say that $8k to $12k sounds just about right, actually...

it does say "reserve not met", so who knows what they are trying to pull in...
if she breaks $12k, i would actually be "surprised"...

[Corvanti]

"Custom" doesn't always mean improved, no matter how many thousands of dollars were invested. Some will feel the result looks less like an Avanti and more generic Corvette/Nissan boy racer.
jack vines

upon first look, i thought someone that liked late '90's body cladded pontiacs got a hold of it...

(yes, i know it was not cladded, but "custom made").

[JRoberts]

Instead of lowering the car, why not add a huge rocker panel. Bad idea.

I am no aerodynamic engineer, but it seems to me the skirts on the side of the car are like the front spoiler, in that they keep air out from underneath the car thus they improve the aerodynamics of the car. Lowering in and of itself may not do this. Anybody know about this?

[E. Davis]

If I were you Jack, I'd quit while you're ahead. Hee Hee Hee

[PackardV8]

Jack...Have you ever been in Yellowknife?

Getting way OT, but yes, Yellowknife is a stunningly beautiful city for the three months or so a year it is visible. I just threw it in randomly because, you'll have to admit, it is along way from USA population centers.

jack vines

[Nelsen Motorsports]

Instead of lowering the car, why not add a huge rocker panel. Bad idea.

[hi-peral]

Jack...Have you ever been in Yellowknife?

"Dang, we have trucks, trains and big stores just like you civilized folks in Spokane. I'll bet we could get that car shipped even if we had to do it by ox cart. "

Try Tuktoyaktuk.

[Bob Andrews]

In one shot of what appears to be the rear edge of the right trough, I detect a couple of pop rivets under that fresh black paint.

Ayup, 'fraid so.

I've looked at a couple Avantis and GTs where the owners did quickie patch jobs thinking it was just fine; did not believe the troughs were structural. Might be the case here.

[PackardV8]

Jeez Jack, Fairfield, Montana is hardly in the "ass-end of nowhere". Its only 40 miles from Great Falls

My wife has relatives from one end of Montana to the other, so I know it fairly well. Sorry if the truth hurts, but geography is geography. If Fairfield, MT isn't near the ass-end of nowhere, where is? The only way that car could be further away from the major US population centers is if it were in Yellowknife.

and Dang, we have trucks, trains and big stores just like you civilized folks in Spokane. I'll bet we could get that car shipped even if we had to do it by ox cart.

And I did say you could get that car shipped from Fairfield to anywhere for $1-2K, didn't I?

(Hope no one else in Montana reads this. I have to go there again in a month or so. ;>)

jack vines

[JRoberts]

I have no idea what the price on such a car should really be, but I like the looks of it. Naturally the questions concerning the hog troughs is a troubling one. I don't see the interior being the car's strong point, but I have seen much worse. Like most of the east coast responders, the distance would be a real downer for me.

[N8N]

Maybe it's just me, but I think that simply lowering the car rather than adding the skirts would have had a much better visual effect...

nate

[aarrggh]

It has the original 8 -Track tape player !

[rockne10]

EDIT: Looking at the hog trough shots scare me- they look like they might be cobbled up and freshly rattle-canned. Or they might not.

In one shot of what appears to be the rear edge of the right trough, I detect a couple of pop rivets under that fresh black paint.

[E. Davis]

Jeez Jack, Fairfield, Montana is hardly in the "ass-end of nowhere". Its only 40 miles from Great Falls and Dang, we have trucks, trains and big stores just like you civilized folks in Spokane. I'll bet we could get that car shipped even if we had to do it by ox cart.

[Studedude]

What's wrong with this? The distance?

Everything is close to somebody... distance is a relative thang. <G>