Hoovey689

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Woman trades 1914 Model T in for 2013 Corvette

We're sure that dealers must see all sorts of interesting trade ins, but this one may take the cake. Red River Chevrolet in Bossier City, Louisiana, recently had a customer come in with an odd request. Tina Boyter wanted to trade in three vehicles on a brand-new 2013 Chevy Corvette. Among the hardware was 1980 Corvette, a 1978 Cadillac Eldorado and a 1914 Ford Model T. While the '80 Corvette had been her personal car for years, the '78 Eldorado had belonged to Boyter's mother before she traded up to a Lincoln. The big Caddy had just 10,290 miles on the clock when it was traded in.

And the Model T? Boyter says the car was built as a racer by Ford, and that it had been a show winner for years when it belonged to her father. But, after spending the last 16 years in a museum with its fluids drained, Boyter decided it was time to shed some of the past. She walked into the dealer, laid eyes on a white 2LT Corvette with a red interior and offered to trade all three of the vehicles in on the sports car.

Why not wait for the C7? "I fell in love with that one when I walked in the door," She said. We can't fault her there.

As if this story wasn't crazy enough, Red River Chevrolet had previously sold both Ford and Chevy products side-by-side when the dealership first opened in the early 1900s. The building still has hitching points for customer horses. Something tells us that this is a story with happy endings for all those involved.

http://www.autoblog.com/2013/04/17/w...2013-corvette/

Mike728

They're selling the '78 Eldo for $15k: Link

Doesn't seem like a bad deal.

bagwell

she got another classic.

Aron9000

DO WANT!!!!!

Only bad thing is it looks just like a 75 or 76 Eldorado, but those had the 500 cubic inch v8(complete with 8.1 Litre fender badges), the biggest engine ever stuffed into a production car. The 77-78 cars got by with a measley 425 cubic inch v8. Still, its a lovely color combo and looks like a time capsule.

jadu

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By far the craziest trade in I ever read about

Outrage

I came across a similarly-vintage Eldorado while in college. It was white, with a white leather interior, and it even included the factory installed CB radio (which itself had the Cadillac logo). It had the 425 ci V8. Some time later, I saw a red 500 ci V8 Eldorado convertible at a car show. These vehicles are behemoths; which is exactly why they are so great.

Coconut

Wait until she sees the C7 in person....

McMuffin

Wow at least wait for the 2014 model. She'll be stuck with a model that's been out for 7 years when the new one is right around the corner.

Talk about impulse...

Hoovey689

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The exterior is pretty subjective so I can understand why she chose the C6 (if that's even the case), but the interior on the C7 alone is reason enough for me to wait

T0ked

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Only a few more months for the C7! But still a funky deal!

mmarshall

Why trade the Model T? A good auto museum (not to mention's Ford's own museum in Dearborn) would probably give her as much or more for it, even if not in mint condition (some museums do their own restoration).

Hoovey689

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My thoughts too. Model T is not something you come across as easily. Ford or a museum would easily take something like this.

Joeb427

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'80 Corvette too. No big deal at 96K miles at $11K.


http://redriverchevy.com/inventory/v.../Used/SortBy0/

Lil4X

That Model T is a very desirable car if original. Many were built by dealers and hobbyists back in the day on a bare chassis using one of several available kits that included wooden bodywork and metal seatbacks, hood, fenders, and fuel tank, The dashboard, floor and trim panels were all wood. The resulting weight loss improved performance to a small degree, but it was the beginning of the "custom" car that carried over most of the styling from the Ford "racers" of the day.

By 1916 Frontenac Motors Corporation would offer a modified OHV head for the Model T that would improve the performance of the old side-valve (flathead) engine, and set Ford on a long course of racing success. In time Frontenac would build engines, even by the '20's entire Ford racing cars that carried an interesting inscription on the maker's plate: "Built by Chevrolet Brothers Mfg Co.". Yeah, Frontenac Motors Corp. was owned by Gaston, Louis, and Arthur Chevrolet, These "Fronty Fords" would revolutionize flat-track racing, and by 1921 win the Indianapolis 500 with speeds over 100 mph.



These flat-track racers would continue up until the onset of WWII effectively ended motor racing for the duration. It is an interesting footnote to racing history that there for a time, Chevrolet ran Ford's racing program.

Ford Speedsters can still be found today - although most are replicas built by collectors with unsalvagable bodies on their hands. You can still buy the kits, and practically all Model T parts that will allow you to build your own scratch-built classic in your garage. It's not an overwhelming task, Model T's were about as complex as your average riding mower today.

Hoovey689

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The spirit of automobiling right there