14 Jul 12 12:27, Mark Hofmann wrote to Roy Witt:   
      
    [GMC Burb]   
      
    MH> Congratulations on your GMC purchase!   
      
   Thanks.   
      
    MH> It certainly sounds like a good deal.  It is not easy to find decent   
    MH> vehicles these days for less than $4000.   
      
   Andrew and I went into San Antonio this morning to visit Harbor Freight,   
   an import tool store. On the way back, we stopped at a place that takes   
   old cars and rebuilds them, then asks thousands more for them than they're   
   worth. The new-looking 1968 Camaro RS/SS-396, 4spd coupe identical to mine   
   back in 1968 was priced at 10 times what I paid for mine. All I had to do   
   was cover one zero with my hand and the price was magically tranformed   
   to 'like new' in 1968 at $4350 ($43500)...   
      
    MH> I'm not in the market for a vehicle, but do watch the prices of Monte   
    MH> Carlos, Trans AMs, and a few other cars.  I wouldn't mind buying one   
    MH> that is in perfect condition and everything works, but has a blown   
    MH> motor.  If it could be purchased cheap enough, it would be worth   
    MH> dropping a rebuilt motor in there.   
      
   Make sure that you buy a southerun car, one that isn't from Florida and   
   no where near the Gulf coast. Texas cars, if they're found before the sun   
   bakes the paint off of them are OK, but you'll find a lot of surface rust   
   that has to be removed before you can paint it. Lots of dead roadhogs and   
   former muscle cars sitting along side of barns, garages and in fields   
   here.   
      
    MH> My wife is probably going to buy a new car in the next year or so.   
    MH> We will then have the truck as a spare - which is always handy to   
    MH> have.   
      
   8^) They come in handy for hauling stuff, towing stuff and seeing over   
   ordinary automobiles in heavy traffic...   
      
    MH> Did you have to get the GMC inspected before you transfered the   
    MH> title?   
      
   Nope. Texas requires a 'safety inspection' every year. The GMC was   
   recently registered and inspected and is good until March of 2013, so   
   won't need an inspection until then. A successfully passed inspection only   
   costs $14, and you're allowed to take it home and do any needed repairs   
   yourself if you want to and there is no charge for a re-inspection.   
      
   When I did my own pre-inspection of the Z28 in April, I found that it   
   needed a new windshield wiper to pass, so I bought one and put it on   
   myself. Tires (plenty of tread from low mileage) were good from being   
   stored in the garage, all lights and horn worked fine, so it was good to   
   go.   
      
    MH> In MD you have to do that - and they typically ding you for a   
    MH> few odds and ends.   
      
   You can't fix it yourself and go back? Shades of California!!!   
      
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