fast67vellen2o

I need help locating the owner of this 1968 L89 Corvette. Any leads would be appreciated. I can be contacted here or at Pyramidparts@aol.com


http://www.russoandsteele.com/collec..._/40-1751.html

http://www.barrett-jackson.com/appli...&aid=223&pop=0

Thanks in advance

-Matt Kurek

fast67vellen2o

Anyone?

fast67vellen2o

The reason I posted this up is that I have found the ORIGINAL born with 427 block for this vehicle and would like to reunite the two. If anyone knows the owner or sees it at a cruise night. Please pass my information along.

-Matt

corvetteload

Yea, we'll definitely look for it at a cruise night!?!?!?!!?

So you are calling the car a fake??? Lot of money for a mismatch

69VetteFla

Why would you say that, it only sold for $151,250

Mike Ward

It doesn't mention 'original engine' in either ad, only numbers matching. I bet it is numbers matching.

Why not contact the sellers and ask for details?

fast67vellen2o

I contacted the restorer, the owner who had it restored, Russo and Steele and haven't been able to get ahold of the CURRENT owner. If I did, this thread wouldn't even exist obviously. I am not calling the car a FAKE. It is a real deal L89 car with paper work. I am just saying that I found the ORIGINAL block with the ORIGINAL partial vin on it. The block was sitting in a guys garage for the past 25 years. I am trying to do the right thing and reunite the two of them. The car would be worth more with the original block in place.

Car is last registered in Oklahoma if that helps.

Easy Mike

No disrespect, but the current owner may not want to be contacted.

Faster Rat

Mike
This same thing happened a while ago on this forum with another high value car. The current owner was found, contacted and knew his car did not have the original block. A mutually beneficial transaction, at a supposedly reasonable price, subsequently occurred. Never say never.
On the other hand, a "matching numbers" L89 trading hands at $151k is probably going to get the fur up on the back of somebody's neck.

fast67vellen2o

I just don't see why the current owner would not want this block. Even if to hide it away somewhere and stop the discussion of his car on the internet.

Mike Ward

I appreciate your efforts, but with splashing this stuff all over the boards, the owner may start hunting YOU down.

At 151K, the car was already (over)priced as though it had the original engine and then some.

PRNDL

Beautiful car! On my computer I thought it was a dark shade of International Blue until I read it was British Green. Just another reminder that phrases like, does not mean "original engine installed in the factory, original transmission and original differential from the factory."

Nice gesture to try to reunite original block with car and current owner. Remember, no good deed goes unpunished!

fast67vellen2o

Back to the top. Still looking. 194678S404819 is the vin of the car.

joewill

might try the NCRS board. there would be higher odds that an owner of a 6 figure L89 car is a ncrs member...

PUNISHER VETTE

I guess you can't really call up the DMV and have them do a search?

fast67vellen2o

It was already posted over on the NCRS board.