Disassembling The Worst C3 Corvette In Existence Part 2: Body & Chassis

[@vinnybuonocore2417]

The amount of hours that someone must have spent hacking that POS together is mind blowing! Never seen anything like it . Hope you make out well selling the parts

[@MrTheHillfolk]

It's amazing what people do and waste time on.

[@jayhays8267]

Wow, you stole my thunder... I was just going to comment on the same thing! Whoever did this work probably has a lot of potential if they had more training/experience.

[@Vekurus]

Truth. my mind is boggled. I just can't comprehend it either. They can't possibly have done it JUST to scam someone, but almost just because they were bored??? Maybe they were imprisoned in a forest with nothing but rotted out C3s and a pallet of bondo, card board boxes, and tap screws

[@LeeBlaske]

Totally agree. What was this person's plan? I can't imagine they were thinking they were working on something that would actually be a drivable car at some point.

[@paulmoir4452]

Such a pointless waste of life!

[@adamwelch8325]

Thanks Ben, that actually helped me a lot to better understand the construction of my ‘73.

[@archstanton9206]

Ben I think over time this series of videos will save a lot of Corvette people and those who want to learn about the cars a lot of time, money and misery. For that i thank you. That said it angers me to no end that crooks out there do this kind of stuff. The amount of time and effort that went into slapping this disaster together shows intent to defraud, in my opinion. I hope the crook that created it has it come back on him times 10. The car world doesn't need him.

[@mattskustomkreations]

Yeah, I don’t think you would convince anyone that someone could be THIS incompetent if done in good faith.

[@saadgt2009]

The sheer AMOUNT of time and effort that the con artists put in to create this C3 Of Many Colors, this Frankencar, always stuns me. The mind boggles! I'm pleased you got a great set of videos out of it to make up for your disgust and dismay at the scary patchwork of parts 🙏

[@teknowil]

i mean its like a troll build. they had to put alot of effort to make it so freaking bad

[@teknowil]

confident incompetence

[@goratgo1970]

Definitely a mental condition! Freak

[@rockeroller]

Selling a car made from bondo and cardboard is over the top.

[@davidkornblatt851]

So the question is: I guess you are going to sell some parts to recover A quarter or a fifth of your initial investment right?

[@mikedavis3841]

That's a first for me I've never saw anybody cut one up before 👍

[@bengone3349]

What a can of worms that thing was. Was glad to watch this disembowlment, rather satisfying. Happy to see a dog in the videos since I have two rescues of my own. Best loyal companion ever.

[@ProjectFairmont]

It’s like it was thrown together as a prop to hang above a salvage yard.

[@wakkogn9351]

That's wha tI was thinking too.

[@ParadiseGreens]

Probably could have made more selling it as a lawn ornament lmao

[@RaimarLunardi]

I thought it could be just s "display" also, or was it was intended to be a 'crash dummy' for a movie??

[@adamwelch8325]

Totally!

[@jeffgibson184]

🇺🇸👍 Back in 74 I worked at J&L Corvette in Bellflower CA a High Performance Chevy and Corvette junkyard they had every body mold from 53-74 for Corvettes so they did a lot of rebuilding and when finished they looked new they did quality work no short cuts it was interesting. 👍

[@MrThunderMetal]

Name must have changed but they are still in Bellflower J&D Corvette.

[@jeffgibson184]

@ thank you for the correction I didn’t think that sounded right confused it with a machine shop that used to be in Highland CA

[@alanbradford3130]

It may have been 90% scrap, but it made for 2 very interesting videos!

[@DanEBoyd]

That surface around the driver's door outside handle!!!!! I was gonna ask, "who walks away from that work?" But the real question is, "who the hell even creates that mess in the first GD place??!!!"

[@Rock-Forehead]

Quality workmanship, definitely a warning on 'buyer beware'. Know your stuff if you want to own the real McCoy.

[@paulegan1296]

Ben Friend doesn't know his stuff?

[@Fleetsuper]

Bear is adorable! Star of the episode

[@warrengee-f9l]

1/ 2 way to a C3 flip frontend ? creating that big a mess was a lot of work LOL ... I remember hearing "no worries the Corvette is fiberglass... it wont rust " alot as a kid in 1970s Ontario 😁

[@reddyfreddy]

You've got a 71,72 73,74,75 automobile, sounds like a johnny cash song. It's like a bucket of loose legos was used to make a vette

[@DiscoGreen]

Sounds like mine. 73 rear, 68 dash pad 76 dash and many years of parts in my 75.

[@mattskustomkreations]

How dare you insult Lego like that. 😂 I have a custom Lego channel - had to say something. Btw I featured couple C3 Lego funny cars.

[@reddyfreddy]

@mattskustomkreations this car is worse than a bucket of loose Legos from various sets. At least Legos fit together no matter what set. This thing was formed with carboard!!!

[@mattskustomkreations]

@@reddyfreddy Haha! Too true.

[@ImsTwo]

Well it was a good learning experience for everyone.

[@brianonthego]

They did have an artistic talent to create a 72 looking body. They did spend many hours sculpting. Think it would have been a cool art piece for the illusion of a Corvette hanging up somewhere. Great job on the dismantling and explaining the value of all the pieces. Hard to believe a frame can be worth 2000.

[@lccdan1]

The ridiculous amount of time it must have took to build this piece of shit would not even have covered the selling price. Even though it is sculptured out of cardboard and bondo that still takes an incredible amount of time. The fact that someone would go through all this effort just to rip off an unsuspecting buyer just blows my mind.

[@rubyred93chev]

_Been seriously anticipating this Part 2 Ben. Can't wait to watch it!_

[@asteverino8569]

I think Scott at ColdWarMotors would have a heart attack from disbelief after seeing this mess.

[@musclecarmitch908]

I'm really surprised there was no screen or chicken wire in there! I've seen some monstrosities before, this one has to be one of the tops!

[@edwardalamo2507]

Cardboard 🚘 car

[@stevenweikart2258]

I've seen a belly tank car, a plywood car and a weinermobile but this is truly my first cardboard car! Hope you can recoup some cash on that.

[@Aesop-s1k]

As you were taking this apart I was thinking maybe it would be worth the money you spent as somebodys work of art interperation of a Corvette! 😀 Seriously though - sorry you got burned bad. We all get burned in our lives but always learn from it!

[@WindsEternal]

Bear is adorable! What a nasty pile of junk that car was. Thanks for sharing this, Ben. Fascinating!

[@benwright6330]

.. could've sold that front clip as an art piece, .. it's Cool. 🦈

[@scottlin777]

You should track down the person who did all of this work and interview him. Find out why he put so much work into this car and his motive behind it.

[@Haffschlappe]

Poor slave

[@jimcabezola3051]

Good to meet ya, "Bear!" Welcome to the show!

[@zggum]

WOW just wow! on the upside you almost have enough tek screws to build a shed haha! Great video Ben! :D

[@damianlachaplle8579]

Wow that was a real death trap. Thanks for keeping someone from buying it .

[@RustyRobinson-g5n]

Great content thanks 👍🇺🇸

[@adamharrison5545]

The builder of this monstrosity could have made more money if he just got a job at Burger King. The time spent and money in sheet metal screws, bondo, glue and fiberglass is nuts! Awesome vids tho!

[@johnschell3583]

Good job Ben. Would love to know the history on this. I stared working on these cars in 1968, this is the worst I have ever seen. Like you said put it behind you and move on. 👍👍

[@Simplyput3451]

Ben, watching you take apart the Frankenvette, I learned alot about Corvette fraud.

[@bigfoottoo2841]

I just love the painted valve springs. 😊😊😊

[@LilHoss]

Just imagine how much love went into the "creation" of this car!!! LoL 😆

[@dcallan812]

I think Buba, his father and grandfather "fixed" this little doozy up. 🤣👍

[@JamesBaric]

Should do a final wrap up of all the parts you saved off of it as a whole and what the potential total value is. Then minus purchase price the shipping and figure in some money for labor.

[@jlich001]

I second that, @JamesBaric.

[@Jeff_Pendleton]

I think between the two videos you can figure he'll never recoup all his costs nor probably sell most of these parts. Not anytime soon anyway. He may get a third to a half back. Forget the labor. He does make a little on the videos.

[@waldonherdman1447]

Drag car body with alot of work? Thanks for the video!

[@markbrittell2001]

Someone spent a lot of time hacking that thing together. What a mess.

[@GrampysGarage]

What an absolute POS! I looked that thing up on ebay completed listings. I am sorry you got taken. For someone with such good and positive feedback, you think he would have decided to not sell a car in such terrible condition. It's not like he doesn't sell corvettes and didn't know. Live and learn. Thank you for the tear down. I learned a lot.

[@toddbrown2236]

Excellent video. Very sorry you fell victim to an unscrupulous and deplorable seller. It's sad but there are many folks out there who will cover up major issues and/or completely misrepresent a car just to make a buck. I commend you for keeping a positive attitude and sharing your experience with us. Well done!

[@robertfury295]

How was it misrepresented? Did you view the eBay listing? Used cars are used cars. As is. No guarantee.

[@MarkGelderland]

@@robertfury295 Watch the first video. It was misrepresented in a big way.

[@MaxxBigg]

@@robertfury295 Being in bad condition is one thing, but if it's not actually what it's advertised to be, that's a BIG problem. It would be like buying a gold bar in "as is condition" and when you get it, you find out it's an iron bar that was painted with gold spray paint. If you're selling a 1977 Corvette, it HAS to authentically be a 1977 Corvette (albeit beaten up and rusted out).

[@robertfury295]

@@MaxxBiggI honestly don’t know what technically makes it a 1972 or doesn’t. But when a car is repaired with new panels does that mean it’s changed years? I’ve seen car shows where nearly the entire car is repaired, where 80 percent of the car is not original. Yet the original vin remains and therefore the year. You go find a titled 1932 Ford hot rod and I will take the odds that 80 percent of the car is not original. The car was a giant piece of crap repaired with a bunch of stuff from all kinds of cars with a bunch of crudely made parts as well. None of that is illegal or immoral. I sell stuff on EBay. I get assumptions about what something should be all the time. A used item is a used item. By state law, all state laws that I’m aware of, a used car comes with zero implied or otherwise warranty. It’s buyer beware. That should be the lesson to anyone watching this video. Which btw was well done and a good learning tool. Your gold analogy is simply apples and oranges.

[@jameshurst6388]

That car is just criminal, built to deceive somebody who purchases it in good faith. The seller should be "Named and Shamed" or arrested

[@dustyb3197]

Missed a huge opportunity. Should have gone the Whistlindiesel route. Run it through a chipper and sell jars of it with your merch.

[@fixinggrace]

The hacks that worked on this car committed desecration

[@davestark2015]

That was very informative, sorry you got burned, but it made for a great video. Best of luck next time. Cheers Sir

[@LilHoss]

Most value in the car, the metal tapping screws...lol 😆

[@socialghost4400]

I seriously cannot believe someone put that much effort into just throwing random junk together with seemingly no intention of ever achieving anything other than literally junk thrown together to resemble a C3 corvette. I have never seen anyone do that before to this extent, even movie props intended to get destroyed have more effort put into them than this. Whoever did this clearly had no good intentions with it

[@Nicholas-ok9no]

Looks like a Hillman Imp I bought in 1975.😊

[@lenscap8925]

At 28:32...that is a cafecito cup for Cuban espresso coffee. Must have been at the end of the break.

[@danlaur7973]

Did you contest this sale with Ebay? Even an "as is" sale on Ebay can be undone if the item was not as described

[@mistersniffer6838]

A little late now, and, even if he did, he would probably have to ship back on his dime

[@danmartin633]

Somebody put a lot of effort into building that thing. Makes me think it was for display on top of a building or something.

[@mrdonfconnolly77]

I feel so bad for this guy ..I have no idea how he can be so optimistic working with this thing..

[@edwardalamo2507]

A lawsuit should be filed against seller

[@mrdonfconnolly77]

@edwardalamo2507 Definitely falls under Fraud/Scam ..just the presentation in the ad ..its obvious to everyone that this seller has Rigged the automobile in such a way that anybody seeing it would be under the impression the car is something it is not...even the windows alone being in the up position yet totally shot and unable to stay in that position is obviously an attempt to deceive and fool the buyer should on its own win the case if taken that far..I don't understand how people can be so dishonest...

[@TheJagjr4450]

The fact that there were no headlight bar rivet bumps roped you in...

[@jamiemaloney1552]

I still cant believe someone went to so much trouble to create this thing when they probably would have made more money selling the individual parts

[@lancenutter1067]

How the heck can that be that bad??? Crazy!

[@mepartolacaja]

INCREIBLE

[@mavision6525]

Interesting to see that car taken apart.

[@randysinger2673]

Good looking Pup !

[@carguy4658]

Welcome Bear!

[@notathome7998]

Are you sure this wasn't actually a movie prop? Maybe it was never made to be a driving car ?

[@MarkGelderland]

Even a movie prop would've been better build than this hack job. No, this is deliberately done to deceive a buyer on ebay.

[@vinniejohns7895]

Holy crap. That’s gotta be the worst backyard butcherized Frankenstein car I’ve ever seen. Previous owners need to be investigated.

[@jeffweber8244]

Seems pretty interesting. I'm having trouble hearing you during parts of the video though.

[@edwardalamo2507]

Sound was lowered badly

[@jeremymtc]

Hi Bear!

[@Chrisgpop]

Great video, appreciate the education on all the parts. Something's up with your audio/mic. Sound was up then way down through the video.

[@daviswall3319]

Corvette Winter!! 😎

[@Vekurus]

I mean, if it were the apocalypse, it's how I would build a Corvette - without knowing how to... well, even. This reminds me of an obscure touring bike forum thread called "Build to fail, fail to build". - The adventures of a person building a shed with no knowledge of howe to build a shed.

[@paulegan1296]

Wow, and I thought the 73 I bought was bad because it used house siding for repairs in the rear, but damn, that is a crime.

[@coltfrtyfve594]

Y'know, it funny... The more crap that came off the car, the better it started looking 😂

[@scottcarter90]

I am glad you know your cars. Sorry that it was a waste of your money and time.

[@unclegargameldgargameld4888]

makes one wonder looking at the effort that was put into this lemon if it was not a movie prop

[@fleetwin1]

Gee Ben, you have over $100 worth of self tapping sheet metal screws! I know exactly where I would take those two trailers full of crap....Right to the SOB's driveway that unloaded it on you. Great boots Ben. Hi Bear!

[@wlc1980]

The mud in the top of the door has to be from being in a muddy flood.

[@unclerick8224]

It took someone a lot of time and effort to put this together in order to SCAM someone on EBay. I can’t see any other reason to have put this car together in this way, other than to SCAM. Thanks for the education Ben.

[@neilschipper3741]

I have heard about body by Fisher but this is the first time I saw body by bubba.

[@DanEBoyd]

Automotive Gold!! And... FIRST!!!!!

[@novoiperkele]

This is fraud. Who was the seller?

[@robertfury295]

Why is it fraud? It’s a used car. It’s as is. There’s no guarantee. Want the quality you desire, parts you desire, in the condition you want it, then go view the car in person. It’s exactly the same as buying an old house. No guarantee.

[@surfer5352]

​@@robertfury295 OK, if you say so. As is would have been better than this Frankenstein abortion of mix matched parts. Seller is a complete tool for doing this.

[@chrisdaniel5004]

He’s on EBay selling other corvette’s

[@MarkGelderland]

@@robertfury295 If you use this much bondo, card board and tap screws it is deliberate to deceive someone hence fraud.

[@Jeff_Pendleton]

I disagree. This was a fraudulent representation that this was a car even possible to rebuild. It was not by any stretch that. It is clear it was sculpted ONLY to deceive. ​@@robertfury295

[@MyMGBJourney]

It looks like someone pieced that thing together to use as a sign or yard art or something!

[@jeffkay2011]

So much work put into making that pig!

[@Raptor3388]

Someone thought it was good enough to be used on the road once finished. Think about that. I've seen my fair share of awful bodged up cars but this one takes the cake.

[@guidoeehg1140]

Johnny Cash comes to mind.

[@stex1985]

👍 all I can say is WoW.

[@Lukeskywalker67897]

Luke Skywalker (before he was a Jedi) built that car in shop class in 1978. It was then stolen and repainted.😂 legend has it that it was stolen and repainted 7 more times since then.

[@MRSPDKILS]

No doubt the worst C3 on earth! Great instructional video on how people will go out of their way to deceive you.

[@garybattaglia4009]

You performed a great service by putting this poor car out of its misery and laying it to rest....

[@jimburig7064]

That Vette must have squeaked and rattled like hell going down the road!

[@1Also]

How many Frankenstein/Mash Up C3s could you you build out a combination of any C3 year out of your hoarde/stash?

[@doolallyproductions7234]

Thanks you for taking that junk off the road

[@brettemerich3237]

This nice to know that rig some Vettes together (this is worse than a flipped old rusted out Mustang). You save somebody else from getting a piece of junk. MIsrepresented vehicle and un sage

[@johnsarian_cu]

The close ups of the body remind me of my kids years ago working with Play-Doh. But they were much more creative LOL. No way the manhours put into that heap of parts paid off with your purchase. Pure mystery why they tried even if just to get piles of parts off the floor and sold.

[@modified15r]

I hope you left the Ebay seller bad feedback. He stated that it was a good builder project. He knew what he was selling. You owe it too fellow Ebayer's to warn them about this guys shady business practices.

[@mistersniffer6838]

He wont, he is a pssy!

[@1gatomon]

They would have made PoleBarn garage look good!

[@keithveath]

I would just take that rear assembly and halfway clean it up throw some paint on it and sell it as a wall hanger. Probably get more money out of it that way

[@nicholasyoder]

You should have raffled it off. Sold raffle tix for it on KZbin! That would have been fun. It at least is a nice yard ornament.

[@teknowil]

maybe it was a 14 year old secretely working on it until he was 17 and decided it was WAY too much effort

[@jimh.5286]

You should have sold that as a valuable Vette sculpture.

[@lifelongpatriot3695]

Honestly it pisses me off that there are people in the car hobby world that would do this kind of stuff. Buyer beware takes on a whole new meaning after watching the two videos related to this POS. I certainly hope you let Ebay know what was going on.

[@TheRad454]

You committed a a travesty here by disassembling this beast. This needed to be maintained, preserved and put in the Corvette museum for posterity!

[@klmorris1576]

thanks Ben for the videos. I know you did an onscreen value for parts. but what was the end profit / loss result?

[@TheCorvetteBen]

Don’t know, considering the parts have to be sold to be counted as profit. As of now still at a loss between parts sales and even adding KZbin money

[@kittyhawk9707]

To be fair .. Thaw would have made a decent showpiece for a restaurant / garage .. Stick it on the roof so nobody can get close to it though ...haha

[@Haffschlappe]

Carb just banned all Gas cars in california!

[@7477corvettes]

Ben, even as scrap, it pains me to see one of these being cut up. 😊

[@TheCorvetteBen]

Just think of it as a prop car. Also by the end of the video you might not be so sad