69 L88 on Ebay
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69 L88 on Ebay
Check out the auction for this 69 L88 convertible. I have no connection with the owner or car but know it well. It is one of the best in the world! I am curious what it will bring. Since I am a computer dummy can someone please post the link? Thanks
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Wow! Even though many vettes sell for unrealistic money at the BJ auction it seems as if the values of those cars (documented, high option models) surpass the sold prices within the year that the car was sold at the auction.
Last year a 1600 mile L88 coupe sold for 310K. That looks like a bargain now and I maybe in the minority but I thought it was a good deal at the time as well.
Last year a 1600 mile L88 coupe sold for 310K. That looks like a bargain now and I maybe in the minority but I thought it was a good deal at the time as well.
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Didn't an L88 sell at $600,000? Actually, if I had a factory fresh L88. I don't think I'd sell it at $300,000. Ok. Ok, I don' have one anyhow so its easy to say this. What I'm really saying, is that if I bought a L88 in 1968 and 1969 and kept it as a factory fresh car, I wouldn't sell it for any price that didn't reflect a change in my life style. If someone offered $300,000 for a car I really loved, and after the sale, my lifestyle was about the same, I wouldn't sell the car to begin with. This is the way I feel about my 1968 and 1970, even though they are not worth anything like the prices we're talking.
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There was A '67 Coupe on ebay about a year ago that ended around $850 - $900K with the reserve not being met. I think it's interesting how the Clones/replicas sell well over the $100K mark.
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Wow! Even though many vettes sell for unrealistic money at the BJ auction it seems as if the values of those cars (documented, high option models) surpass the sold prices within the year that the car was sold at the auction.
Last year a 1600 mile L88 coupe sold for 310K. That looks like a bargain now and I maybe in the minority but I thought it was a good deal at the time as well.
Last year a 1600 mile L88 coupe sold for 310K. That looks like a bargain now and I maybe in the minority but I thought it was a good deal at the time as well.
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And i may add, very, very well documented. There are so many fakes out there !!
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Ebay item number 160069614475
My guess $405,000
Its very important to remember that at both Barrett Jackson and on EBAY nothing actually sold is for an unrealistic price. For the price to get high there has to be two idiots...
Last October 2005 the L-88 N03 coupe sold for $941,000 on ebay. It seemed high then, but now? Who knows. The Le Mans 88 was cheap in comparison.
Current values of Super Corvettes are considered to be...
Grand Sport 5/5 in existence 5 M
ZL-1 2/2 around, 4spd coupe and conv auto about 2.5 M
L-88 1967 cars unknown/20 1 M and up
and for the more common specials
ZR-2 ? unknown when one sold last...haven't even seen one for a while
LS-6 1971's cheap! for now...
ZR-1's 250,000 or so...
L-88's 68 and 69 250,000-400,000
My guess $405,000
Its very important to remember that at both Barrett Jackson and on EBAY nothing actually sold is for an unrealistic price. For the price to get high there has to be two idiots...
Last October 2005 the L-88 N03 coupe sold for $941,000 on ebay. It seemed high then, but now? Who knows. The Le Mans 88 was cheap in comparison.
Current values of Super Corvettes are considered to be...
Grand Sport 5/5 in existence 5 M
ZL-1 2/2 around, 4spd coupe and conv auto about 2.5 M
L-88 1967 cars unknown/20 1 M and up
and for the more common specials
ZR-2 ? unknown when one sold last...haven't even seen one for a while
LS-6 1971's cheap! for now...
ZR-1's 250,000 or so...
L-88's 68 and 69 250,000-400,000
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St. Jude Donor '07
Whoooo boy...here we go again. 2 ZL1s were built for sale. GM built as many as 7 - that's how many Corvette-coded ZL1 engines were shipped to St. Louis. And that's not saying that GM could have built a few test mules with Camaro ZL1s...
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I agree that there were other engines sent. Those test cars used up a couple and the rest of the engines were returned as far as I know. In any case, the two doc'ed ones are expensive, but I would rather have the 68 test mule roadster with the automatic that Zora drove...It would probably be worth another extra million too. I wonder where that one ended its days...
As for the L-88, I'm already out as this morning its at $410,000
As for the L-88, I'm already out as this morning its at $410,000
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Ebay item number 160069614475
Grand Sport 5/5 in existence 5 M
ZL-1 2/2 around, 4spd coupe and conv auto about 2.5 M
L-88 1967 cars unknown/20 1 M and up
and for the more common specials
ZR-2 ? unknown when one sold last...haven't even seen one for a while
LS-6 1971's cheap! for now...
ZR-1's 250,000 or so...
L-88's 68 and 69 250,000-400,000
Grand Sport 5/5 in existence 5 M
ZL-1 2/2 around, 4spd coupe and conv auto about 2.5 M
L-88 1967 cars unknown/20 1 M and up
and for the more common specials
ZR-2 ? unknown when one sold last...haven't even seen one for a while
LS-6 1971's cheap! for now...
ZR-1's 250,000 or so...
L-88's 68 and 69 250,000-400,000
ZL-1's, now there are three. The yellow one in Fla, the white one in Cali (both in stock trim) and an orange one in "as raced" condition.
'67 L-88's, Twenty is the widely accepted number, but a reunion of all the L-88's in the world would have that number more than doubled if they all showed up.
ZL-1, 2's. I think 19 small block and 8-10 bb's were made.
LS-6. 125
68-9 L-88's. I may have these reversed but I think it's 112/120 (I'm too lazy to look it up)
67 L89's production rises every day!
It's important to remember that these were just cars meant to be raced when they were built. No one was collecting them off the showroom floor. The L88's and such were taken to road courses and drag strips accross the country and beaten like government mules.
Inspired by those on track exploites, Corvette owners drove their "little brothers" in the same manor putting on the miles 1/4 at a time until the engine blew, the car hit a tree or power pole, or both. Not to say there aren't a few unmolested cars out there, but the number is a whole lot smaller than what is being represented today.
Chevrolet built hundreds, maybe thousands, of ZL-1 motors for Can-Am, drag and hydroplane racing. Only a few ever went into cars from the factory. Although easier to repair than steel, few survive today because they blew up regularly and were disgarded rather than repaired.
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It's important to remember that these were just cars meant to be raced when they were built. No one was collecting them off the showroom floor. The L88's and such were taken to road courses and drag strips accross the country and beaten like government mules.
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PS: the first built of the three (original) Owens Corning race cars sold at auction last year for $605K....(a car built from parts). I think the closest it has gotten to a race track in years was in a tent last year at the Road America/Kohler International Challenge. The car below is the third of the three cars the O-C team built....raced HARD every chance I get!