Aus ss396

Hi all
If experienced eyes could cast a glance over this car I'm considering it would be appreciated.
See anything out of place? Non genuine? Value in US?
Thanks

http://www.carsales.com.au/private/d...-4165377/?Cr=9

65hihp

Black and silver is stunning and rare. Overall a very tidy, squared away and honest appearance, inside and outside, engine bay and underside. Excellent older restoration is apparent. Wish it were in my garage. This brings whatever a 65 L79 coupe in a great color combo with awards will bring. My guess around $70-75K in the USA

John BX NY

It appears to be a well done resto now showing some age. Good color combo. Worth in the mid to high 40's here in my opinion.

ChattanoogaJSB

Pretty car!

Silly question- since the interior isn't a two tone type but all silver, wouldn't the dash skins and waterfall be silver, and only the globe box and instrument panel obviously be black? Truly curious.

tuxnharley

And, the finishing touch appears to be a genuine Teak Wheel!

65hihp

if you should see that car for sale anywhere in the USA for the 40s, please drop me a note.

capevettes

Nice, no excuses L79 in a great color combination. $65,000 would be a nice figure IMO.

Mr D.

Nice car but $93K is not going to happen unless someone with deep pockets just has to have it.

provette67

No the seats and carpets are silver with black dash pads and waterfall are correct

65hihp

that 93K in AUS dollars is about 69K USD.
Just about exactly what I would think the car to be worth, if not a little more here in the USA. If the driveline is original, that car will bring top dollar for what it is.

by the way, last week at the Awards Banquet of the Warwick RI Ocean State National NCRS Meet I sat with Murray Forman of the Perth AUS NCRS chapter and several others from down under. Interesting group of characters to say the least. Die hard corvette fans.

firstgear

Very pretty car

daz_au

If the car is as nice as it presents in the ad and the awards suggest, then its not a crazy price and there are plenty of crazy price cars on carsales. As always you need to see the car, look for body and birdcage issues.

I recently sold a midyear on carsales and its a weird market, just not that many people in the price range and a lot of people wanting corvette on a mustang budget. On the other side, I actually had dealers call and admit they couldnt find and import them for customers as cheap as they could just buy them locally.

Even if you could find that car in the US somewhere in the 50's (and thats a big if), its into the 80's AUD landed. If you went to see it with a fist full of dollars and it checks out, seems like you could make a reasonable deal.

wmf62

that's $93k AUS not US $; quite reasonable at approx. $69k US.
Bill

StingU2

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-Bruce

65hihp

I agree

Aus ss396

Thanks to all the replies that's great and encouraging. Will get more info but the ad says there are photos of the restoration process that would be good to look at. That might help rule out rust issues especially if the car has been here in Australia for a while. Not often these cars come up her especially in the west. Hope to have time to travel to see car soon. Will let you know how I go.
Thanks again.

Aus ss396

Oh one other thing..I was trying to spot anything that looked reproduction from photos..obviously will be some replacement parts.
Any thoughts on door trim, gauges ( the speedo shows only 50 something k) and knockoff wheels whether factory original or not?

tuxnharley

Hey Don -

I already agreed with you earlier in the thread - you don't need to agree with yourself!
(re your post #15)

Glenn

65hihp

I agree, I agree !

(I don't? I thought my earlier post must have been invisible. Maybe I'm on more people's ignore lists than I thought)

tuxnharley

As for the wheels you would need to pull them (well, at least one anyway) off and look at the casting marks and data on the backside to determine if they are original Kelsey Hayes wheels or not. Even if they are it doesn't necessarily mean they are original to the car.