Did you go look at the car in person?

No. And I was not disappointed in the least. I went by pictures, talks w/ the sales manager Jon, trust in humanity and crossed fingers!

The car gods were looking after you on that deal.

Good for you!

In my customers experiences you are definitely an anomaly. You should go to church to thank them

My co-worker just bought a 1967 Ford Fairlane. Nice car and a decent price.

I haven’t really seen any great deals from those dealers…I did see a nice 1968 roadrunner with a 440/4speed transplant sold on Mecum for $30k yesterday. I think some of the prices we see online are pretty inflated from what people actually pay for a driver quality car.

I haven't bought a collector car from a dealer, but I did sell one to Mershon. Super easy deal and paid me more than I expected. Did I leave money on the table? Maybe a little but it was worth it not to deal with the goombah buyers that a car like I was selling would attract (it was a stock vintage 'Vette, and hoo-boy are "Corvette people" a special breed). Made me wonder what they were going to charge the retail customer; they said the car would likely go overseas.

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hoo-boy are "Corvette people" a special breed

that is likely the most understated quote I've seen on this forum. Air cleaner has the wrong wing nut, 2 points, battery cables are misaligned 5 points, the loop in the carpeting is too small 5 points 🤣🤣

But restamped this and that add 500 points!

There is a guy in my region that was known to brag and boast about selling a car to a “corvette guy”. Guy puts it on a lift for him. Corvette guy goes over whole car, front to back. Takes a long time. Comes out and declares it’s the most original car he’s ever seen. Everything had been restamped or altered to be correct number. Like all of it.

I do wonder if that ended up being the one that went to court, I was never sure. Buyer won beaucoup bucks on that one.