{"id":14,"date":"2010-09-17T04:43:08","date_gmt":"2010-09-17T04:43:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rhoadescamaro.com\/build\/?p=14"},"modified":"2010-09-23T07:06:51","modified_gmt":"2010-09-23T07:06:51","slug":"could-this-be-the-craigslist-ad-that-starts-it-all","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.rhoadescamaro.com\/build\/?p=14","title":{"rendered":"The Craigslist ad to start it all\u2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote><p>1967 CAMARO&#8230;.$X,000 OBO&#8230;.CASH ONLY NO TRADES&#8230;.NO E-MAILS&#8230;CALL XXX XXX XXXX&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>V8 4-SPEED&#8230;.RUNS GREAT&#8230;DAILY DRIVER&#8230;.LOOKS NICE&#8230;RUST FREE CA. CAR&#8230;VERY SOLID CAR&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p>NEW GAS TANK, RADIATOR, EDLEBROCK CARB., HEADLINER, RON FRANCIS WIRING, ALTENATOR&#8230;.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-14 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/www.rhoadescamaro.com\/build\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/3kc3o33l75Z55W45X6a9de9d496e742e01903.jpg'><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/www.rhoadescamaro.com\/build\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/3kc3o33l75Z55W45X6a9de9d496e742e01903-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/www.rhoadescamaro.com\/build\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/3kd3ma3pc5V45X65R3a9d00da4791595b12f3.jpg'><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/www.rhoadescamaro.com\/build\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/3kd3ma3pc5V45X65R3a9d00da4791595b12f3-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/www.rhoadescamaro.com\/build\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/3n43p83lc5U65P55X0a9da512edb55d491299.jpg'><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/www.rhoadescamaro.com\/build\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/3n43p83lc5U65P55X0a9da512edb55d491299-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/www.rhoadescamaro.com\/build\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/3pb3of3l85T15Z05Q6a9da080d3f664d11a2a.jpg'><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/www.rhoadescamaro.com\/build\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/3pb3of3l85T15Z05Q6a9da080d3f664d11a2a-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>After scouring eBay, half a dozen online classifieds, and manually combing through every region&#8217;s Craiglist from Nebraska to San Diego, finally came across a decent looking car at a good price.<\/p>\n<p>Some cute mis-spellings. \u00a0&#8220;Solid car&#8221; sounds good. \u00a0Rust free sounds optimistic, but I can check the carfax, and if the car really has lived its whole life in CA, it should at least be minimal. \u00a0Nice older gentleman owner says car was originally a 327 with 3-speed floor shift, but now has a V8 out of an &#8217;84 Camaro, with a 4-speed Muncie. \u00a0Says it&#8217;s totally daily-driveable. \u00a0Looks like I may need to replace the wiring with a new factory harness, but that&#8217;s not too bad as there&#8217;s not much to these cars and it&#8217;ll be stripped down to the shell anyway. \u00a0He says it hasn&#8217;t been restored, hoping to find most of the original things like sound deadening, intact.<\/p>\n<p>Going to get the VIN tomorrow and if it looks good, fly up to Sacramento next week and drive it home to San Diego. \u00a0Did a similar trip with my 240sx in 2005, though that trip took me to Portland!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>1967 CAMARO&#8230;.$X,000 OBO&#8230;.CASH ONLY NO TRADES&#8230;.NO E-MAILS&#8230;CALL XXX XXX XXXX&#8230; V8 4-SPEED&#8230;.RUNS GREAT&#8230;DAILY DRIVER&#8230;.LOOKS NICE&#8230;RUST FREE CA. 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