I recently got a STEAL of a deal On this Junkyard Ferrari: ukposts.info/have/v-deo/oHh1fmxqm6toyZ8.html

I use that hood latch trick all the time. Remember, its all about the pressure points

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Congratulations on finding this good buy . The best part about it is having the knowledge / know how to repair / replace the faulty issues . Or ,having good friends to help you along the process of repair .

When you raise the top and it's almost in place, I think you can hear a 'bump' at 18:56. That sound is likely from the plastic piece (that hides the top when down) that raises up behind the seats, hitting the bottom of the of the convertible top area by the rear window as they pass each other as the plastic cover is closing. That happens because of a couple of cloth like plastic straps under the top liner that stretch over time, causing the rear window section to be slightly lower - allowing it to bump into the other piece. People just punch a new hole in the strap maybe a 0.5" back (not positive about that distance) to remedy the problem. Hope that made sense! 2009 black C6 vert owner. Thanks for the video!

It's always a good tactic to buy high mileage cars that are known to have good drivetrains and engines if you know they have a good service history.

Enjoying this video and looking forward to part 2. Thanks for the awesome content and a budget build. I think that you got a great deal on that car, even with those miles. The C6 Corvette seems to be the modern day equivalent of the Fox body Mustang as it's reliable, affordable and responds well to mods. I own a 2006 C6 with 22,900 miles which was purchased used in 2011.

These men make things seem so good!!! THEY ARE good spirited and one of my favorite vids I have watched in the past year or two...thanks guys!! Great attitude guys.. you make buying a car that may be trouble is a bit of fun & lucky!! Happy New Year!!

Love the little reroute of the hood latches. Pre-fixed! You could tell the previous owner wasn't having it! Tiny things like this give a high mileage car that soul..

Alex & Sam working together is the dreamteam!!! More of this! 😄

She looks like a keeper Sam! Looking forward to seeing how nice you get it to look. You should be able to flip it for twice what you have in it.

These videos are so satisfying. Nice to see these pretty solid but neglected cars being saved.

Great deal. I have a c5 z51 manual, usually have fords but the vette is very well designed easy to work on and goes like a cut cat. Did a clutch on mine , came apart pretty easy and went back together just as easily.

Unbelievable score!!! Every fix was simple and cheap!! Excellent find!!

Corvettes are always discounted as a performance car. Considering the cost of the parts and the longevity, I think they are the best sports car on the road

You got a great deal and with your knowledge of Corvettes you’re obviously saving a ton of money fixing it yourself. I totally enjoyed watching you solve problems, very inspiring. I subscribed hoping for more of the same!

Sam.. WOW! Well done on the C6 purchase. I have an 11 Grand Sport Convertible. Make sure that you reset the AUTO DOWN on the windows. When you raise and lower the windows, HOLD the switch in the UP position for 3-4 seconds. And the same for the down position. When you open the door, the window should jump down about a 1/4" or so. Be careful if you hose down the engine. Dont soak the electrical connectors. There watertight SORT OF... They can get wet inside.

Great job, Sam. You deserve a big victory now and then. Great videos.

On your headlights, don't bother with the replacement "lens" ... simply scuff off the 1/8" of clear coat on the existing ones, apply the "solvent" to fuse the crazing back together, sand, buff and a light clear coat and you'll be golden !!! From personal experience. Replacement headlights are crazy expensive ($2,400 for the pair) so that's what I did on my 2007 C6 Z06 when I was in Athens, Greece ... 5 years later (and a couple of Countries later) still look like new. Good luck ... it's a 5 hour job BTW ... the guy in Greece that did mine was like "Whiskey Tango Foxtrot" on how thick the GM Clear Coat was originally !!!

Thank you. I've learned so many things I didn't know about a car I've owned for years.

Amazing to see a Corvette, especially a convertible, with high miles. Most are boomer garage queens, driven sparingly, buffed weekly.

Amazing deal, congrats! It almost balances out all the bad auction purchases :D

Everyone needs a friend like Alex. Killed me with the Pressure points.

Can’t wait to see if the coils will correct your check engine light and it works like the screamer that it is ! Great video👍🇨🇦

you have been knocking it out of the park, considering the current market shortages.

You gotta love it when all your issues seem like they’re going to be expensive, like cutting the hood off, convertible roof motors, and misfire on a 200,000+ mile engine. And in the end all it needs is a window actuator and a coil pack. This was a huge score.

I think this is a great deal. I would be happy to take it off your hands. I think running a compression test on the engine will answer the major questions regarding mechanical condition, assuming no accidents historically.

Amazing find! Watching that steering wheel segment...I think there's more tech in a semi-modern steering wheel than what we used to put man on the moon, lol! 🤣

Looks like a fantastic Christmas present for your young apprentice! As much as that kid helps you Sam! Don't be cheap and show appreciation!

Seems like this is going to be one of the very rare ones that you completelly finish, maybe a complete inside and out detailing to top it out?

I used to own a fully loaded 2005 Corvette convertible with magnetic ride select and power top. Bought it used with 30k miles for 30k in 2010 drove it for 4 years and some 86 yo man t-boned it. It was totaled and insurance company wrote me a check more than what I paid for the car since it was appraised at 37k when I bought it :). I did spend some money on it for a RPM stage 2 differential but it was all worth it.

This car is a steal! Can't wait to hear the projected numbers on doing the mechanical works.

A 773,000 mile C5 Corvette on original motor/no rebuilds was recently donated to the Corvette museum. And many other owners with hundreds of thousands of miles- remarkable for a sports car. These motors last literally forever.

Just change the exhaust on the Aston and it’s a great quiet car…. It’s free flowing at the moment that was scare ANY neighbor

I can't believe how excited I got watching this video! I was like yeah, yeah, YEAH! Don't flip this car. It's one of a million, where all the parts sync together in harmony and it was built on a happy day at the factory!

I nearly cried in exuberance. LOL Great find. Great channel too Sam. You are the reason that I watch Goonzquad, Sarah 'n' Tuned and Legit Street Cars. You never fail to entertain. Great deal

Sam you had an amazing deal on the Corvette buddy, and what a Corvette it is. I absolutely love that car. Brilliant...🇺🇲🇬🇧🇺🇲🇬🇧🙂👍👍👍

Wow. Super nice pick up! Hopefully it'll do another 250k miles! The moment the roof started retracting... Noice!

What a score man. I have a 74 and it runs great but is all original and will need some TLC. Only 44 000 on it though. Neat video. God bless

Doing that cosmetic work is SO satisfying. Congrats Sam what a great purchase!!

So cool seeing you guys work on stuff together. You’re both awesome

The previous owner clearly got their money's worth out of that well loved car and used it exactly for what it was built for. To be driven and enjoyed. That's awesome.

Sam was due for a win, with those other cars kicking his butt lately this one, even with 257K miles, you scored no doubt!

Great interior work. Really liked the seat work.

Probably one of your best acquistion Sam

I love deals like this! I found a 05 CLK 55 AMG convertible for $2k. Cleaned out a mouse nest repaired three chewed wires and the car worked perfectly!

That’s so awesome sam! What a great find ! That corvette is BEAUTIFUL !

Congrats and looking forward to watching progress

I have had a quarter million mile Corvette, they look really really goodafter a little elbow greeese you have acreal winner. Good you got it do cheap to, it takes a special person who can't afford one of these to even want it. Or buy it lol. Love it great job Sam.

These seems like an exceptional deal, particularly given the way car prices have gone in the last two years. if the worst problems of an "as-is" car can be fixed for $500, you are laughing. I have had a 2008 C6 Coupe for the last six years. It is an excellent Grand Touring car and exceptionally reliable. There are enough Corvettes out there that most parts are available somewhere.

You can lightly use Brasso and very soft cloth to buff out the headlights outer lens, you would need to clean them afterwards. Brasso is mainly used for metal but does nicely on used headlights.

Great find and great deal! The only thing that would make it better is if it were manual.

Only thing better than Alex being in a Sam video is scantily clad step mom

That is a beautiful Corvette! It speaks very highly of what GM can do when they want to. Decoding RPO codes is the best way, but another way to get if the car is a base or Z51 is the presence of drilled/slotted rotors. Base cars had solid discs, if I'm not mistaken. This is not fool-proof though as someone could have replaced the OE solid rotors with drilled/slotted ones.

For those old regulators look up Power Window Repair in Phoenix. They replace the plastic parts with metal ones so no more crap breaking here or there. I replaced the one on my 03 Dakota on the drivers side multiple times and still had the same issues every 6 to 10 months where it would break. Put the rebuilt one in and it has been going strong for 2 years and counting. Well worth it instead of putting in more planned to break parts.

I was the Convertible Top Engineer on that Top stack! The rip in the Upper “B” Pillar area was a huge issue between GM and CTS the company I worked for and the Supplier of the Convertible Top. Dave Hill was Never happy with that Corner!! 😎

Doesn’t matter how many miles have the Corvette, besides the fact that “usually” owners maintain pretty well , is one of the very few decent American cars .

The mechanicals of the Corvette are easily good for 200K+ miles. Most just don't get that high because they're not driven every day.

Sam you got a gift from the auction gods on this one. A car you really can’t crab about!

Can't wait to see upcoming episodes. Great buy.

Great video Sam as always!! 🔥 Can we get the name of the spot you got that seat cushion skin from? I have an SRT and don’t wanna buy the whole seat skin for the drivers seat just need the bottom.

Do you guys think I got a good deal?

Man u did your thing on that corrvette bro! Keep up the great work. 👍

13:05 This happened to Cletus McFarland [SEE: “Ruby”, the auction Corvette], only it was the previous owner who blew up (and then replaced) the original engine. 😎

Yes, great deal Sam. Kind of disappointed though, you didn't have to tear out the transmission or anything. Is it really a project car if you were able to drive it home?

That was a killer deal. Clean up, tune up, and sell.

This is the type of content I missed most! Great video

though a bit tedious to pull engines from newer corvettes, they're still comparatively cheap to overhaul/rebuild; a good block dressing, honing, bearings, head studs, valve cleaning, new cams, rings etc. and it would run as good as or better than new...

Have you actually looked underneath it? I was looking at a 2004 Mustang GT, and it looked great in and out. It also seemed to run fine. But when I crawled under it, I found the whole undercarriage was mangled. Dents and gouges everywhere, the pinch welds and frame rails were smashed.

What up guys new samcrac addict here 😏 can't wait to see the story unfold on this one ... 😁

Yes, love the real budget projects 👍

Love when a 23 min video feels like a 2 min video because it's so good 👍🏽

Beautiful car. Worth every dollar spent.

What a screaming deal! Love this vette!

Wow... very cool! I purchased a Black C4 95 Vette with 87,000 miles and some change in April this year from an older gentleman from Abilene TX.... for under $10,000..the car has the Boze stereo with cassette and cd player factory and it still all works....

It's so nice what you said about the original owner/mechanic or a son did the cable hood latch solution. Not to say hack but pretty ingenious to run the cables to fender wells. Awesome gained a subscriber.

IIRC, the coils are made by Denso. The LS2 coil is very reliable and offers a much hotter spark at high RPM over the LS1 coils. The engine looks cared for, but not detailed. I would do valve cover gaskets and seals. At this age, I would think all seals should be dealt with. This would make a great entry level starter Vette for anyone. With that said, leave the paint. This will allow the next owner to select the colour, if they don't want black.

Sam, this is an incredible deal. WOW!

Good for you! Thanks very much for sharing this with us.

Great buy….really enjoy this model corvette being on your video!

I definitely wouldn't have been driving it without at least checking fluid levels first. You never know exactly what the history of the 250k is, no matter how well it might seem to have been taken care of.

You two are like Rick and Morty "Sage, ccccmere sage and lemme-lemme tell you bout used Corvette prices Sage" lol

that was pretty amazing that you had so much insight on those issues..I have a GM vehicle and my driver door quit locking and unlocking with the other units...what might you think about that..its a base model 2005 Pontiac Grand Prix base model. It did this on the coldest day at the end it didnt even want to unlock with the key..but it doesnt work but does allow me to lock and unlock the wehicle via the key, but doesnt auto lock and unlock

Amazing find/restore. Would love to see the gaskets getting replaced.

My experience? If a car sits, like through a virus shutdown, the injectors get gummed up and P0300 pops up. Mechanics will throw parts at it when all it needs is injector cleaner.

You got a great deal make sure you use dealer spark plug cables after market cables arc off the engine and cause a service engine light error and a misfire code corvettes and even Pontiac's suffer from this defect and dealers don't want you to know about it so they can charge you for replacement coal packs and even fuel injectors

That is a great score. 👍 I miss working on cars and need to find me a good cheap project.

The wife has one exactly like this but white and 6sp manual that’s been sitting unused in our garage for 2 years now. Since she’s gotten her SUV, she’s forgotten about it, lol. Good to see these cars are so robust! I need to get out there and get it started again and get fluids and tires changed and drive it!

$8k? Great deal Sam! Now I think, if you were the only bid, might you have got it for $5k? Lol! Alex is a genius with hood pressure points. I would try to fix the cables properly & knowing me, keep the emergency under wheel well emergency cables to boot. Seat fix, window regulator and steering wheel for $500 well worth it too. Great budget build so far.

I couldn't possibly imagine that you'd be the only bidder on a Moon Corvette.

Man you made my afternoon with that Corvette score. Thank you Samcrac.

After that many miles, there could be a lot of worn out suspension pieces unless the former owner fixed them as they occurred. Could be big $$$$. So far so good.🤗

For 8 grand you could just rag it around like a mad man and run it into the ground and you’ve still had an amazing deal / time.

I’m not a vette guy but that’s a buy, when my dad moved here from Kissimmee I bought him one with almost 200k, he drove it for years till he passed. A maintained vette is usually a great car no matter the miles. For 8k you wouldn’t expect it to even run generally, bout time you got something that works…

Great find Sam 👍 I would love to have a car like that for that price point... love the videos but I’m too chicken roll the dice on an auction.

Wow, very nice corvette. I would so have gotten it myself. I am looking forward to your progress.

You deserved this easy win Sam, long time coming!

Why renew the seat cover and cut corners by leaving the broken seat cushioning / padding broken in place you can spot the iron support bar peaking well through the left bolster there where people meet the seat when they get in or out repairing is some time but under 50 to 100 you have that fixed also and it makes the seating much better and also the durability of your “new” seat cover last longer than a few thousand miles.

Heckuva steal! Replace the coils & sparkplugs and it should run like a watch. Good looking car for 1/4 of a million miles!

My 2 favorite car UKpostsrs......good stuff