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Old Oct 28, 2021 | 01:03 PM
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My first “fast” car was an 84 SS, built by my uncle and father while I was in diapers in the early 90s, untouched, I got it when I was 22 or so. Around 500hp, dad never clarified if that was crank or wheel, but since I was a kid, around 2006 my dad said he was gonna out a set of yellow letters on the car, he bought some, then went they a divorce and she took them, last pair I ever seen in person. My dad paid huge back then, anyways, today I’m 28, and no longer own the car due to a series of problems both car and family related about 5 years back. And I stumbled across a set of strictly preserved original yellow letters, stamped 2005, in perfect condition. Now I wanted to run them on my current classic, but they won’t fit as it sits (low)… so I was thinking about selling them. Any thoughts ?



 
Old Oct 30, 2021 | 08:25 AM
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Welcome to the MCForum, It must have been raining when the photo's were taken.
I would suggest selling them on ebay for the best results and you can clean them with some Westley's bleach white or Super clean, after you do make sure they are dry for the photo's and avoid taking a shot around Grass. For best results they need to look brand new.
Good luck.
 
Old Oct 30, 2021 | 12:13 PM
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Yes indeed it was raining, I’ll look into cleaning them that way. I was trying to avoid eBay but I guess you may be right about that. Best way to get global reach with them
 
Old Nov 1, 2021 | 05:09 PM
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Originally Posted by drivernumber3
Welcome to the MCForum, It must have been raining when the photo's were taken.
I would suggest selling them on ebay for the best results and you can clean them with some Westley's bleach white or Super clean, after you do make sure they are dry for the photo's and avoid taking a shot around Grass. For best results they need to look brand new.
Good luck.

I keep trying to PM you Drivernumber3. Have drafted 2 pm's and then they dont show up in my sent file to see if they did in fact send. Are you getting them?
 
Old Nov 1, 2021 | 05:18 PM
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Originally Posted by Mjcjr14000
And I stumbled across a set of strictly preserved original yellow letters, stamped 2005, in perfect condition. Now I wanted to run them on my current classic, but they won’t fit as it sits (low)… so I was thinking about selling them. Any thoughts ?
Aren't those basically junk besides for use on a static/ museum display car?

Just seen some people wreck on their C6s over on those boards where the car sits in a garage 99% of the time (rich people that have multiple/ numerous cars), then they take them out and the car is a mess because the tires are rock hard from age and won't stick (even though they're nearly new in terms of tread depth).


 
Old Nov 1, 2021 | 05:19 PM
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Originally Posted by Mjcjr14000
I stumbled across a set of strictly preserved original yellow letters, stamped 2005, in perfect condition. Now I wanted to run them on my current classic, but they won’t fit as it sits (low)… so I was thinking about selling them. Any thoughts ?
Tires have a shelf of ~7-years, 10-years on the outside if they're stored in the dark in a climate controlled vault with a state-of-the-art air filtration system. I don't recommend running them on any car that isn't a trailer-queen show car, but, then again, you can do as you please. I'm only a chemist with 30+years industry experience and a hands-on classic guy with 40+years experience, so, what do I know?
 
Old Nov 10, 2021 | 08:01 AM
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I keep trying to PM you Drivernumber3. Have drafted 2 pm's and then they dont show up in my sent file to see if they did in fact send. Are you getting them?
On 10/30 and 10/31 I got a Per. message from you about the Confused............topic, you asked about the emoji's and I replied back about it. I will try an PM you today 11/10 and see what happens.
 
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