"Rainbow" (rainbeaux)
02/07/2019 at 11:34 • Filed to: None
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"Rainbow" (rainbeaux)
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One of these days, I’m going to actually buy one of these cars. Today’s prospect is a ‘76 Chevette for $500. It just needs a starter solenoid. NPOCP?
TheRealBicycleBuck
> Rainbow
02/07/2019 at 11:40 |
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Crack Pipe all the way. My buddy’s mom had a Chevette. That car was a pile of junk. It didn’t help that his mom weighed way more than the car was designed to carry and she drove it over washboarded gravel roads. After a year of abuse, the car actually leaned to the driver’s side even without her in it.
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Rainbow
> TheRealBicycleBuck
02/07/2019 at 11:43 |
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I’m not looking for a daily or anything. $500 is really too much? I mean, I trus t you guys, but dang. I’d have thought any running/ near-running car would be worth that much.
RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht
> Rainbow
02/07/2019 at 11:43 |
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If you’re fine with the fact that it’s objectively terrible, it could be farkin awrsum. Because it’s unique, can be fixed (?), er, maintained with a stapler, and mostly is just the kind of car that loudly shouts about itself “I AM A TURD”.
Sovande
> Rainbow
02/07/2019 at 11:48 |
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Quite possibly the crappiest car ever made. I remember my buddy and his brother had one. It was probably 10 years old when they would pick me up for school. I’ll never forget the time we were on the way to school and there was slush on the road. Phil hit the slush which then flew up through the hole in the floor and onto the windshield and his face. Those were good times. We ended up borrowing a rivet gun from my dad and using some aluminum flashing to cover the holes. The last time I saw the car was when we all got drunk and decided to flip it over on it’s roof.
$500 is $500 too much. For reference I just bought a running and driving 1983 Caprice Wagon for $450.
Wacko
> Rainbow
02/07/2019 at 11:49 |
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Rainbow
> Sovande
02/07/2019 at 11:50 |
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The sad thing is cars just don’t come that cheap around here. If you can find something that runs and drives for under $500 within 50 miles of Atlanta, it was already sold before it was even listed.
Future Heap Owner
> Rainbow
02/07/2019 at 11:55 |
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You really need a car to be alive near Atlanta, huh?
CalzoneGolem
> Rainbow
02/07/2019 at 11:56 |
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My buddy had a 4 door. That was the first car for him and his older and younger brother. We all tried our best to kill the shitvette but it was eventually sold to some other poor bastard to be someone else’s first car
WilliamsSW
> Rainbow
02/07/2019 at 11:59 |
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Chevettes are just 4 wheeled sadness.
The ONLY justification for buying one is to stuff a V8 into them and do stupid things.
Highlander-Datsuns are Forever
> Rainbow
02/07/2019 at 12:01 |
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This is the literal definition of a “crap can”. To make it tolerable
it needs to be fully caged, have the suspension changed out with something better like from
a Citation and get a 4 bbl 327 under the hood.
Akio Ohtori - RIP Oppo
> Rainbow
02/07/2019 at 12:04 |
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I read that and thought “Challenge accepted!” Wow... no. Atlanta Craigslist is a sea of miserable cars . Only things I saw worth a second look was a Saab 9-5 wagon with a possibly broken timing belt (chain?) and a 1990 Mercedes 300D that “needs work.”
I’m going back to the safety of Oklahoma craigslist...
lone_liberal
> Rainbow
02/07/2019 at 12:11 |
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I’m amazed that there are any left that aren’t just piles of red dust. That said the story of the Bad Seed Chevette almost makes me appreciate them. Almost. https://bangshift.com/bangshift1320/bangshift1320-drag-racing-feature/magnante-speaks-you-loved-or-you-hated-it-heres-the-true-story-of-the-bad-seed-chevette-epic/
Nothing
> Rainbow
02/07/2019 at 12:14 |
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The fact there are still some in existence is stunning. Terrible little cars.
Long_Voyager, Now With More Caravanny Goodness
> Rainbow
02/07/2019 at 12:16 |
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Seems the perfect candidate for an obscene engine swap.
Watch that Hellcat owner’s face when he gets smoked my a Chevette!
Tristan
> Rainbow
02/07/2019 at 12:17 |
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They’re peak malaise. Detroit was known for building shitty compacts, and this was built during the years Detroit was known for building shitty everything. If you lower your expectations accordingly, it could be fun to mess around with. It IS rear wheel drive, and that robin’s egg blue is cool. I’d certainly engine swap it for Atlanta traffic... you’ll get run over. These things are ssssssllllllooooowwwwww.
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TheRealBicycleBuck
> Rainbow
02/07/2019 at 12:22 |
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It’s all about priorities. I wouldn’t spend $500 on a Chevette. I like my money too much. I have a hard time justifying a $2.50 on-demand movie when I have access to tons of free movies. Then again, plane rentals cost me $100/hour plus the instructor.
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Sovande
> Rainbow
02/07/2019 at 12:34 |
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It’s too much.
Your boy, BJR
> Rainbow
02/07/2019 at 15:19 |
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Honestly? They’re one of the worst cars ever built. My mom had 2 of them. Both were punishments for wrecking nicer cars.
ranwhenparked
> Rainbow
02/07/2019 at 20:09 |
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Possibly one of the closest things to a Lada or a Moskvitch ever made by an American automaker. Make of that what you will.
Dash-doorhandle-6 cyl none the richer
> lone_liberal
02/07/2019 at 20:26 |
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Peterson publications hated that car, so did their sponsors. Hot Rod readers loved it, but it was banished never to bee seen again.
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lone_liberal
> Dash-doorhandle-6 cyl none the richer
02/07/2019 at 21:14 |
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As I remember it Freiburger really, really hated it. Ir onically it’s exactly the type of project that made RoadKill popular.
SpeedSix
> Rainbow
02/08/2019 at 01:57 |
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Chevettes were rather objectively terrible, but like any other small and light passenger car, they’re often used for the basis of hotrod and drag-racing builds, though usually they replace suspensions, transmissions, and interiors, retaining just the shell.
That’s why it’s pretty hard to find stock 50s Austins, stock Willys coupes from the 30s and 40s, etc.
I wouldn’t suggest a Chevette unless had the money to shoehorn new suspension and maybe a 13B rotary inside, or some other crazy idea.
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Dash-doorhandle-6 cyl none the richer
> lone_liberal
02/08/2019 at 09:14 |
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I was driving a red one with flames, slotmags, and speedholes at the time, that car was my hero. It’s biggest problem was the complete lack of edelbrock components in shiny shiny billett.