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The referenced car is not a real LT-1. The announcers said it was a base engine car. It was still quite sharp and at 18k I thought it was "well bought" as they say.
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By the time you add expenses to get there, expenses to get it home, taxes, commissions etc. I don't think anything at BJ is well bought.
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I cant wait to see what the 1965 396 corvette brings. It is the rare yellow paint combo and it said matching numbers.
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The yellow 396 may be a great car but with a description of matching #s which means very little and no mention of judging history or real docs/real engine stamp/ and tags, it's very tough to use it as a barometor of that market. What is nice to see is that some sellers are stating whether the engine is a resto or oem.
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From: I'd like to propose a toast... to internal combustion and wind in the face.
. I'll cede the added B-J buying/selling costs are something a typical buyer wouldn't have to bear, but how many people travel to buy a Vette? Show me a $13,000 chrome bumper car and I'll show you one that probably needs $4,000-$6,000 worth of cosmetic and mechanical work.Perhaps I should have stipulated in my original post that the car was well bought from the sellers prospective. Awe heck, who am I kiddin'. The car sold for what it was worth. At least the buyer thought it did.
Gene
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