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Old 08-11-2009, 07:44 AM
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A few years ago two people were buying up all the hemi cudas that could be had,for prices at the time,that seemed large(10-20 grand) ,i even read a trade paper about it. Months later a hemi car shows up at auction and is bid up to 50 grand,to alls astonishments. Later,another at another auction to 75 and so on.Geuss who is sitting on 30 cars.
It is not illegal to have"associates" bid on cars,then run them thru again and again till tail end charlie takes the bite in the ass. It is a license to print money. Generally,every popular make of car has been exsploited,and this kind of stuff is what made thi great hobby a vilebusiness.

Today,more 67 427 corvettes are on the road than GM ever made,and all are correct. I have been in the corvette trade almost 40 years,and have seen these cars years ago untouched,taken them apart to repair and reassembled them,you would not believe the amount of information in todays assembly manuals,and data books that is either incorrect or not at all included. As to my notes on big block cars,and memory 8 out of 10 are incorrect or clones.Heck one large dealer advertises for 427 blocks and exhaust manifolds,and has so for years,in fact at one time ,a tile and speedo problem was prosecuted by the resident state,around 25 years ago.
Anyhow,good for these people,do not buy or sell to them,or any other leaches to the automotive hobbys
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