Mandata mail alla tipa con il mio inglese maccheronico:

Hi Miss Sonja,


I have some question on this vette, if you can help me.
This vette are matching number?
You can give me the VIN number and the casting number of the 454?
Do you have some photos of the trim tag, and others photos of vehicle.
The car have the original jack, lug wrench, and the spare tire?
The air conditioning systems work properly?
Do you have more details on this vette?
Thak's for the reply and for your courtesy.

Greetz.

Ed ecco la sua risposta, evidentemente mi ha capito:

Thank you for your inquiry on my 73 Corvette.

--Yes, it is number matching.
--Block casting #3999289
--Trim codes 922 and 413 Photo attached.
--A CD player in in place of the jack and lug wrench. You can also see the
original t-top covers in the compartment. Photo attached.
--From what I can see from the side the spare tire looks original and like
new but can't tell for sure without taking it out.
--A/C works.

This is the 2nd time I have owned this car. The Corvette was already
beautiful, but the guy I sold it to still put over $14,000 into it making it
even better. 9 years later he was getting married and moving from California
to Florida and traded it in on a Mercedes I was selling. I was very happy to
get the car back after 9 years.
I also photographed the original emission control tag for you. Please let me
know if you have any questions.
Regards, Sonja

Però non mi ha dato il VIN, adesso glielo richiedo... Ma per il motore basta il casting number oppure serve altro??
Nelle foto che mi ha mandato si vede chiaramente anche la scritta 454, la trim tag, il certificato per le emissioni (tipico della California, i suppose)
In aggiunta, dalla trim tag si capisce che gli interni erano quelli in similpelle. Se ora sono in pelle non sono gli originali evidentemente.
Sto per rimanerci secco per la tensione e la difficoltà della cosa: se è a posto e non riuscissi a prenderla ci rimarrei malissimo, se non è a posto rimarrei molto deluso, se la prendo mi arrestano per debiti... XD
Vabbèh, intanto verifichiamo il prodotto, poi vadrò se vendermi un rene... :P