How Much I've Spent on the Salvage C6 Corvette Grand Sport Rebuild Project *Really Cheap*
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- Опубліковано 10 лип 2024
- This is how much I won C6 Corvette Grand Sport for at salvage auction, and how much I've spent on all the parts I've purchased for rebuild. I think it's gonna be super cheap for a like new C6 Corvette! Also an update on the Pizza Car!
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We need more people like you. I’m glad your fixing such beautiful cars and giving them another second life that they deserve. Keep up the good work bro.
I am a "backyard" wrench myself, so I know first hand that this process takes time. Keep up the clear-eyed portrayal of these type of projects. Nothing good comes from half-assed repairs. Your approach of sensible costs and realistic repairs is a fresh breath of air for the auto based net.
Replace both leaf springs from the Z06 and sell the leftover leaf spring from yours. Keep the matching set together on the front
I love your thorough explanations and focus on safety. Safety rarely gets touched on in rebuilds.
Just picked up a 2009 C6 today. Torch red, LS3, auto. It is a blast to drive!!
I remember when you had like 1K subs, im gonna go ahead and subscribe since the content seems really good (and even educational). Keep up the good work!
+Andrew thank you it's much appreciated
Yeah, same, I lurked for a while, but Samcrac's content is a good watch, I clicked sub only recently too.
I got referred over when CarGuru was still CarGuru. Lol
I can't understand why there isn't more business in this. I have a honda accord 2001, with a rebuilt title, works freakin beautiful. Cost like 10k when I got it like 10-12 years ago. Salvage vehicles, if rebuilt correctly, can last as long if not longer than if you bought it new. Please keep doing this, please keep showing people how to do this. I'd gladly buy from you if I could.
it is amazing how much your channel has grown keep up the good wrk man
Good update look foward to the new updates on both of the cars can't wait till they're both done
Great find. Can't wait to see it running!
321floridaguy u are a ricer
hey-- that 'vette IS a nice buy. I would have NO problem buying/driving one around that had the cross member changed out to a new, unbroken one. Nice find.
Dude I'm loving these videos great job and dang your channel is making huge growth. Keep up the good work.
Absolutely right about NOT using 3rd party used axle's and drive shafts. Rockauto gets you new parts and you are dealing with a company with stellar customer service if anything goes wrong or you need certain help.
Hey Charles I really like all your comments and greatly appreciate them! Keep it up!!!
I'm a big corvette fan, have a c6 now. Can't wait for you to get into repairing this one Great videos
You are never coming out of that car repairing it your way plus the salvage title. Best of luck though. It will be a true learning experience for you and us.
My cousin had a C6 Z06 with the baffled exhaust… sounded amazing.
Subscribed! Been loving the content. great job with your channel!
nice man cant wait to see the build on both cars
Super excited to see the pizza car love your videos they are well edited keep it up!
Really interesting video and am impressed that someone would take a job like this on. I have a 2008 C6 with the Z51 package, so similar to the Grand Sport except for the wide body and dry sump. I have a pair of new headlight lenses I will put on in Spring when the car is out of storage as the left lens on the car is crazed, a common problem with C6s. The new lenses were around $400 but are DOT-certified. When you are done with the Grand Sport it will be a terrific car.
You must of read my mind sam! I was gonna send you a email suggesting that you do a c6 vette. Keep up the good work!
Great car can’t wait to see it done, enjoy your videos. Don’t worry about the haters, that means you are doing a great job! 👍😎🌵
Keep the blue lights and add blue stripes to match.
Thanks for sharing! Great videos!
@13:00 I would add support maybe some eyelets in the ceiling with some heavy-duty ratchet straps to the red bar. Something extra from above would help.
Keep up the good work Sam and be safe doing it.
Great video, thanks Sam
Fparts on ebay is a great vette reclaim yard. 3 party bushings and ball joints are disposable when new. Used GM control arms from a reputable seller with new GM bushings is a best bet.
Samcrac I enjoy watching your videos and I plan on doing this shortly myself (with cars)!
Love watching your videos!
A little bit over $16k currently in the car, for those who didn't want to watch the whole video...
More on the C6. Also I was going to hate on the Tampa Bay Lightning but they have a much better record than my Wild
Nice video, FYI I have a C5 I do all my own work also. Luckily I work about 15 minutes from a corvette salvage yard. If u haven’t heard of them, they are called Contemporary Corvette in Bristol PA, they ship parts too. Maybe they can help u out if u ever need parts. I don’t work for them or have any affiliation with them other than I’m just a customer. I just like to help people out and save them money when possible.
Great content on the c6G
You may have found this already but as I understand it to get the adhesive to release for those headlights people bake them in the oven, haven't done it myself but was looking at halo's for mine at one point and decided not to take the chance but I think there are some great vids out there on how to do it right.
Great video as always
Almost at 100k dude congratulations
Nice video I am very interested in seeing how the Grand Sport turns Out please keep us updated
congrats on 100k bro been here since 30k
A friend told me about your channel and I had to sub. You cover my favorite subject cars
Very informative video 👍🏼
Hey Samcrac, I’ve been enjoying your videos and the various projects that you have. It seems that you have saved a ton of money buying and repairing these salvage cars. Why not invest in a two post lift? It looks like you have enough space in your garage/workspace for one. Keep up the great work!
love the details...enjoy videos.
Excellent video
Sam you are a strong man because if I built that beauty I'm keeping it lol
Typically rebuilt title vehicles (when fully rebuilt) are about 25% reduced from market value. So you're about right.
Some insurance companies will not insure salvaged cars
Kd Grayson, yes, but that's why he's applying to have the Salvage title replaced with a Rebuilt title after an inspection
gee sam you really know exactly when to place the midroll ads
Like the looks of the vett. Like your plan of attract to fix it.
oh yeah-one more thing-- I was thinking you were going to paint the headlights gloss black, instead of the factory white... I think black would potentially look real good.
And yeah-- Retrofit Source has Alot of good headlight parts & ideas. I've bought alot of stuff from them over the years.
MyCatInABox I hope he mounts them in to see how they look in blue before painting! I would imagine that would actually look pretty good, but hard to say for sure before seeing it. 🧐🤔
it'll look like a panda lol
Def go black. Will match the wheels.
Being that there black accents all over the car that would look good.
You deserve more subs man.
Nice, good work
Always work with Safety First Sam! We want to keep watching you here whatever you are working on! Just Curious, have you ordered a Pizza from Do-MOO-no's lately?
I believe you got a steal. Somebody did their homework. And reviewed it!
Hi Sam, you might want to change out the stock harmonic balancer while its exposed. 1st thing to go on LS2-3 engines. looks like the head/coil covers are gone as well?. Grandsports are beautiful cars! can't wait to see it finished.
very transparent...thanks!
James has a LS2 motor for sale, wonder if it will fit in a Chevy Spark?
Samcrac haha go for it😂
Lol thatd be so fucking fast holy shit its so light.
Just do it
It'd be sick but good luck getting a drive shaft and dif to the rear, no way you could keep it FWD.
put some Crisco on it and shove it in.
Is this ur full time job ? Just wondering. I was honestly mind blown by your method of modding the blue lights . Would never be able to be so patient and creative at the same time myself.
great info.
Rock Auto is awesome I have used them before great prices and fast shipping, I got my order on Saturday one time and didn't pay extra for that.
That pizza car's broken connector can be replaced, just need a tiny screwdriver!
Just recently found Samcrac (I imagine the UA-cam suggestion algorithm introduced me with via Autovlog's C63 and Tavarish). Loving the vids (even click to be notified) but wondering why he doesn't have a lift and a real engine hoist.
Monolith2001 I agree.
but he has cows....
cool video i had almost the same experience with a salvaged 2008 4lt paid 125000 and 35000 miles changed dr side control arms upper and lower fender well fender radiator and nose peice ect 20000 total any way i did the lense trans plant gingerly and ended up with alot of hair line lesions see if you can get a pair already white and sell the blue ones that is the only regret ive had good luck either way
i bought 2 corvettes from iaai and both had the headlights when i went to go pick them up they were gone.. this was back in 2000 and they were mid 90's with the flip up headlights after that I always stayed with the car i bought, I preferred to buy cars from a place here called moneymakers (they are now gone) ya its not a action but I got some really good deals and sometimes he would throw in a parts car he called them 2 for the price of one. these were always cheaper cars like a spitfires, If your going to be flipping cars I found stay with one type of car and keep the extra parts :).
Looking great so far. My only complaint is the rock auto oil cooler. It’s gunna be trash and that’s an important part.
Dude safe and the right way does not involve swapping salvage airbags. I'm pretty sure a salvage yard can't even sell.those
Phil Parana yes actually they can but it gets put in a data base
Buy a new axle shaft for the dxp. There's no way the flood cars will be any good. Save yourself the trouble and buy a remanufactured one.
Paint headlights black. I've seen black on a white car and it looks great!
Can you do a indepth video on getting a salvaged car title to a rebuilt car title and what has to be working in order to pass inspection.
I love your videos
Would love to see the process of you bidding on cars through erepareables because it seems all the car on iaai are not on there website
I would like to See the 3rd party oil cooler right next to the own to see the differences ....
Love me some SamCrac,....almost as much as my regular crack.
I'm surprised this one was so cheap, i can't even find one like this for anywhere near this cheap and totaled in 2020.
When he was going through the first motor I was like, "S-Tech, 16 valve, shitty looking everything... What the fuck restoration is this." and then I realized it was the pizza car lol.
Those people at that body shop are some crooks for stealing those headlights. The insurance company should have went after them.
dont think its the body shop....
Jonathan Box you think that’s bad. I had a shop fuck up my paint job with shitty prep work and they charged my insurance to repaint it.
There is obsoletely nothing wrong with buying a salvaged project. I bought a rebuilt Title 370Z NISMO and the work done was emasculate. The original damage was very minimal. I’ll definitely be looking to do a Corvette or GTR next as a salvaged project build soon.
well no explosions..no blood..no screaming!..you cant be a shade tree mechanic without those 3-things !
You might want remove those unique dxp fender emblems off of the wrecked fenders and reuse them on the donor car fenders before you install the painted donor car fenders. Because you know you will never be able to purchase set of replacement dxp fender emblems. So might as well try reuse the ones you have.
You should have used the C67 front cap and headlights. Would look way better and you are replacing those anyway
nice project Samcrac
Do you only shop at Coparts? or do you use other auctions? what are good auctions to go to? Seems like some I look at online are sketchy....
It looked like the trans-axle on the dxp has a piece broken off on it. You can see it at 1:58 of the video the broken part is right by the mount that's below the broken axle.
I'm curious how that car is going to sit on a frame jig. A broken engine mount doesn't happen lightly. Theres a lot of flex and bounce back in a collision.
Sam is the driver seatbelt any good ? I'm thinking that the driver side is probably bad. Might want to check ... Also DONT GET A junk yard airbag module send yours out to an online business that resets your module . I do this for my customers cars saves money and having to have it reprogrammed .
Blackout the headlight housing
hello I would like to know what titles of auction cars can be registered or always when it does not say not repairable, only for parts or junker?
MORE DXP VIDS!
Hate to break your heart but alot of dealer charge dealer prices but go to oreallys and buy it. I know as i bought many of parts for many dealerships. With that said, i always go to the dealer for part i know they cant get from parts stores.
More corvette videos please
100k sooon keep it up
In LA you can get a c6 with 33000 miles for under 19000
A GrandSport ? or base ?
A C6.....and a 2011 Grand Sport C6 is a huge difference....LS3, Trans updates, dry sump...I am sure you can find a low mile LS2 05 C6 for 19.....but it's 400hp, and nowhere near a 2011 GS, 18k is a smoking deal...regaurdless of what the papers say....I will stay tuned
Cheapest I've seen a Grand Sport on a salvage title was $22k, I think, and it had about 80k miles.
After you get it in drivable condition. How hard will it be to clear the title so you can register and drive it on the streets?
Do you take the parts car receipt instead of the individual parts receipts?
Did you try to contact the body shop that kept all of the missing parts too get them back?
That Batmobile though.
Could you re-upload the stream you did of the DXP since i missed it?
It's looking like your going to be in this Vette right. One question, do you think there will be any issues with the aftermarket oil cooler? That is one hell of a difference in price compared to the OEM oil cooler.
I don't much about what you are doing but wouldn't it be safer just to pull the engine out to work on the crossmember? That sucks about the headlights. You may even find the headlights that came out of YOUR CAR on ebay. I bet someone kept them to sell them?
the lights in blue maybe look cool
Here before 100k
Clean vette :-)
Omg I want that motor shoved into an 270z. :D
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