Corvette World Austin

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I purchased a ’69 Camaro from Terry Malone owner of Corvette World in Dallas (CWD) and Corvette World Austin (CWA). I seen photos on line and the photos looked good. The description said “restored” just over 1000 miles ago. I paid their asking price of 46k, not too bad for a “restored” car with just over 1000 miles on it, right? It took a while to get the car after we made the deal because David Nash, of their 3rd store, Corvettes of Houston (C of H) test drove the car and one of the front wheels fell off the car. C of H assured me they now put the proper lug nuts on the car and it was good to go. When the car was finally delivered I started it up and tried to set the parking brake to get out and look at the motor while it was running. How did it pass state inspection with no parking brake? After adjusting the carburetor enough to get the car idle, I thought I was ready to drive it around the block. I started down the road and 3 of the 4 tires are rubbing the body. When I turned the car off, the radiator began to boil over. I put the car up on jack stands and did a bit of inspecting and investigating. Turns out the rear end in the car is too long causing the rear tire rub. The motor is installed too far toward the driver’s side of the car to allow room for wheel alignment causing the front tire rub.
I bought a new, properly sized radiator ($500) a new rear end ($2500) with the proper length for a ’69 Camaro along with several small items, like the motor mount brackets and water temperature gage, oil pressure gage (there were no sending units for either in the car so the idiot lights did not even work) totaling well over 4k. Now I start to work on the car and the first thing I do is pull the tires off. I seen that the wheels were all destroyed due to the wrong lug nuts holding them on (that were “fixed” by C of H) While removing the leaf springs for the rear end swop I noticed that where the leaf spring attaches to the rear frame rail is completely rusted through for about 4 inches. While cutting out the rear frame rail to repair that rust problem, it was necessary to remove some of the undercoating that was applied too thick to find the spot welds on the frame rail. When I did, I uncovered more rust holes through the sheet metal into the trunk. I also noticed that the outer portion of the wheel wells (a section about 2 inches wide) that should be welded to the quarter panels was attached by the screws that hold the wheel trim on and was lapped under the rest of the outer portion of the wheel well. This left a gap that gets filled with whatever the tire throws up there and is trapped between the wheel well and the quarter panel. So I removed more undercoating in the wheel well to see what else was done to this quality standard. Body filler was applied over the original undercoating and dirt to fill the gap on the lower portion of the 2 inch wide piece that was added. I removed the interior of the car including the carpet to uncover more floor board. The floor pans and up about 4 inched of the firewall are rotted/rusted out. The padding for all of the seats is rotten and some springs are rusted through and broken.
Bottom line here is I do think $46,000 is a fair price for a real “restored” 1969 Camaro like this car was represented as. What I received from Terry Malone was a car that needs about $25,000 or more worth of restoring to be that car.

I purchased a 1999 Corvette from Jerry at Corvette World in Austin. The customer service was exceptional. I would recommend this dealership to anyone who is tired of pressure sales. Blake and Jerry are wonderful at what they do and I appreciate the service after the sale. I will definitely buy from them again!!

I Love my car!!



Wayne

Unbelievable Customer Service! I was absolutly amazed by how many pristine vehicles they had to choose from. My wife and I are so pleased with our new C6- Fully Loaded! The Ladies & Gentlemen at Corvette World Austin made me fell like home! Corvette World Austin is the place to go!

I'm fairly certain this company is OUT OF BUSINESS...if not, they should be. I've left two voice mails at two different numbers and 3 e-mails in 5 days, not one response. If they are in business, STAY AWAY. If this is how they treat a potential client now, imagine if you have a problem and needing service down the road.