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I seem to be blessed. A very good body man who does a lot of work on corvetts has fallen into my life. he came by to look at my project and spotted my 944 Porsche and is picking up the baby and going to do the whole project even the work to remove the salvage title and have it restored to original title condition, a lot of paperwork with spec sheets but better than the rebuilt title I was working toward and all for the little green car. The 944 has a spun #2 bearing and has not run for 10 years an I believe is worth about a grand as a rolling chassi with no rust or body damage but he wants to fix it for his wife and I get the XLR V done for nothing more than my signature on the title WOO HOO:chuckle
 
I seem to be blessed. A very good body man who does a lot of work on corvetts has fallen into my life. he came by to look at my project and spotted my 944 Porsche and is picking up the baby and going to do the whole project even the work to remove the salvage title and have it restored to original title condition, a lot of paperwork with spec sheets but better than the rebuilt title I was working toward and all for the little green car. The 944 has a spun #2 bearing and has not run for 10 years an I believe is worth about a grand as a rolling chassi with no rust or body damage but he wants to fix it for his wife and I get the XLR V done for nothing more than my signature on the title WOO HOO:chuckle

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Don't you just love when plan come together!!


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I seem to be blessed. A very good body man who does a lot of work on corvetts has fallen into my life. he came by to look at my project and spotted my 944 Porsche and is picking up the baby and going to do the whole project even the work to remove the salvage title and have it restored to original title condition, a lot of paperwork with spec sheets but better than the rebuilt title I was working toward and all for the little green car. The 944 has a spun #2 bearing and has not run for 10 years an I believe is worth about a grand as a rolling chassi with no rust or body damage but he wants to fix it for his wife and I get the XLR V done for nothing more than my signature on the title WOO HOO:chuckle

I see the lottery is up to $400 million. Would you be kind enough to buy me a ticket??!!! :laugh:
 
If you won the jackpot what would you do? Would you buy as many "toys" as you could? Or would you modify your xlrs? I say you meaning anyone, who ever the lucky winner would b


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If you won the jackpot what would you do? Would you buy as many "toys" as you could? Or would you modify your xlrs? I say you meaning anyone, who ever the lucky winner would b


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I would buy "toys"... I have always been one to keep the vehicles I purchase as original as possible.
 
lottery

HHMMMM......Buy One XLR of every year ,every color and type and build a bigger shop so I could tuck them in before I went to bed
 
HHMMMM......Buy One XLR of every year ,every color and type and build a bigger shop so I could tuck them in before I went to bed

Exactly what I started wishing I could do after we saw the collection of a guy who did that with a particular year of classic Thunderbirds on the Pennsylvania XLR trip ....
 
Wishes

Ah yes, if wishes where horses, beggar's could ride, some folks would be happy to just have one of these cars, I feel very fortunate to own the first (Ichiban) V into California in 2006, No just fortunate to have one. I don't understand why you did all those upgrades when you could probably afford a V which has the best of all worlds. Just sayin.:dunno:
Exactly what I started wishing I could do after we saw the collection of a guy who did that with a particular year of classic Thunderbirds on the Pennsylvania XLR trip ....
 
wishes

When I started this journey I had pretty much settled on an 04 XLR as that was within my budget...most had been refurbished after frontal wrecks with bags deployed and north of 100,000 miles. I fell very lucky to have found the 06 XLR V with a lot of cosmetic damage no bags deployed no chassi damage and 60,000 miles. Looks like I will end up with about 22K in the car which will be much less than the 04"s I was going to buy. I think that I will own the 4th XLR in San Antonio and the first V. Blessed to have this car in my collection. ROCKY
 
I don't understand why you did all those upgrades when you could probably afford a V which has the best of all worlds. Just sayin.:dunno:

If you are talking about my upgrades, (1) cost of car plus cost of upgrades is WAY less than the cost of a V, & (2) We also already have a V! :blinzel:

I just thought the T-bird collection was a neat idea, but I'd need that $400 million lottery to compete with that guy!
 
collections

my collection varies..1976 slope nose 911, the most unique escalade 2002, 57 tbird, 2 cobras, a fairlane and a very unique 73 f250 stepside. love them all and now my XLR V...what a way to complete but a new big shop is a must as you can see the old one In corpus Christi was full so sometime this fall the foundation will pour and the new showroom will start Rocky 078.jpg
 
HHMMMM......Buy One XLR of every year ,every color and type and build a bigger shop so I could tuck them in before I went to bed
Yes i would do that,but also add a few vettes, and a couple "ponys" :dunno:
 
my collection varies..1976 slope nose 911, the most unique escalade 2002, 57 tbird, 2 cobras, a fairlane and a very unique 73 f250 stepside. love them all and now my XLR V...what a way to complete but a new big shop is a must as you can see the old one In corpus Christi was full so sometime this fall the foundation will pour and the new showroom will start RockyView attachment 3091
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my collection varies..1976 slope nose 911, the most unique escalade 2002, 57 tbird, 2 cobras, a fairlane and a very unique 73 f250 stepside. love them all and now my XLR V...what a way to complete but a new big shop is a must as you can see the old one In corpus Christi was full so sometime this fall the foundation will pour and the new showroom will start RockyView attachment 3091

Awesome collection!


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my collection varies..1976 slope nose 911, the most unique escalade 2002, 57 tbird, 2 cobras, a fairlane and a very unique 73 f250 stepside. love them all and now my XLR V...what a way to complete but a new big shop is a must as you can see the old one In corpus Christi was full so sometime this fall the foundation will pour and the new showroom will start RockyView attachment 3091

That is a great collection and shop/garage set up!
 
Exactly what I started wishing I could do after we saw the collection of a guy who did that with a particular year of classic Thunderbirds on the Pennsylvania XLR trip ....


And don't forget about the gentleman with the fine '57 convertible collection!
 
Ah yes, if wishes where horses, beggar's could ride, some folks would be happy to just have one of these cars, I feel very fortunate to own the first (Ichiban) V into California in 2006, No just fortunate to have one. I don't understand why you did all those upgrades when you could probably afford a V which has the best of all worlds. Just sayin.:dunno:

If you are talking about my upgrades, (1) cost of car plus cost of upgrades is WAY less than the cost of a V, & (2) We also already have a V! :blinzel:

I just thought the T-bird collection was a neat idea, but I'd need that $400 million lottery to compete with that guy!


Wishes do come true.........after the upgrades on Beauty (mostly labor of love and not $$$$), Victor-V came along. :D
 

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So now I found out that the front cover I have is a base model any help in locating a V model that has all the parts back to the rebar....and yes I have a base model cover in pristeen condition (raven black) for sale now:dunno:Rocky
 
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I'm sure lots of members would love to watch this come together. If you'd like to share, you can download pics from your computer/URL into you profile and we can watch as it comes together. What say Yeeee? BTW, what do you mean by a front cover, could I assume you mean the raised hood? and rebar is the frame? As you can see I just buy em, I don't put them together. I'll check So Cal junk yards for ya. We have a lot of accidents out here, but we all get to drive at 85. No that's not the posted speed limit its the norm and there's so many cars on the road, who is the Man going to pull over?:dunno:
So now I found out that the front cover I have is a base model any help in locating a V model that has all the parts back to the rebar....and yes I have a base model cover in pristeen condition (raven black) for sale now:dunno:Rocky
 

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