Author Topic: 'The Dark Lord' FOR SALE! ONE-OFF in the world. 1980 EVERYTHING CUSTOM MADE $55k  (Read 5970 times)

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ONE OFF in the WORLD! - 'THE DARK LORD' (A.K.A. 'Baby') is now FOR SALE - FIRST TIME EVER LISTED!!!
$55,000
- This is my rock bottom figure and even for that I'm inclined to keep it; BUT - IF you WANT this car - ACT NOW.

Fully Australian complianced & converted to RIGHT HAND DRIVE, using a Lexus steering column and a highly modified Ford rack-and-pinion setup that gives three turns lock-to-lock.

ONE-OFF FULLY CUSTOM 1980 C3 Corvette.
This IS A BRAND NEW CAR & Drives like one also.

Ground up resto in Australia
NO KITS used - Everything (Dash, spoiler etc) were handmade one-off's.
EVERYTHING was replaced with NEW and custom parts.

Less than 10,000km (6200 Miles) since full rebuild!!!
Stroked 383 V8 + 4 Speed TH700R Auto.
Currently on QLD Club Rego.

The car's Purple colour results from the C3's unique tint formulation. The formula incorporates a black-and-silver base that is sprayed with a translucent violet hue before being staged with light-dependent ghost flames and, finally, treated to 15 coats of clear.

Watch test drive video taken last month:


This is NOT an invitation to a car show - My time is valuable to me, so PLEASE UNDERSTAND - I will NOT be available to stand around for hours with each looker.
Only SERIOUS buyers will be invited to view the vehicle or tender an offer.
Test drives will be the final stage of buyer making a FIRM offer to buy.

I am happy to answer any questions you have by email or phone call but will NOT reply to ANY SMS questions due to scammers.

Please read VETTE article below before asking questions about it's construction, as they may be there!  http://www.superchevy.com/features/vemp-0710-1980-chevrolet-corvette/


















YES; that IS 7489. (POINT!) 7 KMS from new.  New TH-700R4 is only ~50kms old.













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1980 Custom C3

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15 coats of clear, are you sure  :huh:

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Thats a lot of clear .
some 40 odd years ago! an old painter told me when i asked about clear .
He said, clear is only used by those who cant get a decent finish off the gun .
those were the day of ( nitrocellulose lacquer )
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...That's what I was told by the owner.

It has ghost flames also.
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PS; Gidday lads - Thought I'd journey across from ACA site to see how my ad's doing - SO; you want to buy it?
~Steve ('Australi')
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...That's what I was told by the owner.

It has ghost flames also.

Art work
That's a bit different story
Some painters do a clear coat over each section they finish  to save whats Been done .
Just in case they have to rub out a section .
Bfit
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...That's what I was told by the owner.

It has ghost flames also.

I would hate to see what it would look like if it did have that much clear coat hanging off it.

House of Kolor suggest for their top show paint jobs 2-3 coats to cover graphics or artwork followed by sanding to remove orange peel and defects. Another 2-3 coats followed by colour sanding and polishing. That would leave a total of about 4 coats when done.

Anyway best of luck with the sale.