dennis

Wow seems like a steel to me.


http://mecum.com/auctions/lot_detail...15&entryRow=76

400hp427vette

I'm watching aswell, Did you see the cracks in the paint? Although I agree it was well bought but not a steal.

swtato

I think the guy got ripped off! It is not even a Pace Car.

Look at the auction description, it is a Official 25th Anniversary Edition Indy Pace car Replica. Note the word "Replica". It does not have the correct interior or color. Pace cars had the 79-82 seats those are standard 78 seats. Pace Cars had Silver interior, that is oyster. Also the Limited Edition decals on the front fenders are above the flags not under them. I think the guy just paid $13250 for a 78 Corvette. I hope he knows what he bought!

dennis

Caught the tale end of that auction. The 800 mile Delorean for 28,5 seemed like a deal too

400hp427vette

WTF? 72 BB car 42K not sold yet??? I don't think any vette in 72 us worth 42 yet. AM I missing something?

Jclgodale3

D@mn! How could someone overlook so many of the obvious

C3bdj1

I think this one should have been described as: "Failed Attempt at a Official 25th Anniversary Edition Indy Pace car Replica"

swtato

It is also missing the hood stripe

L82shark

Looks like the same car that was on Ebay around a year or so ago..... never did sell there. SWTATO called it right on the details.

swtato

I went back and watched it, the announcers were all talking about how origional it was and what a good investment. I really hope the guy did not think it was a real one that bought it!

Duke94

It has 78' seats as well instead of the PC 79' style. I would think the buyer knew it wasn't a real PC.

70Donnybrooke

I just caught a little of that auction, but I swear they were saying it was good deal. The reason was that it was the fastback style and it was only on a corvette for 2 years, and this was the first year. If I am not mistaken, but that was the first year and wasn't it on every c3 from then on. So that would make it 5 year run.

Frogday

The announcers talking about this car were really bad, but they were giving bad information on a few of the others too. I like to watch these for the cars, but the Mecum clan sometimes seem like hillbillies selling cars.

KapsSA

Doesn't Mecum OWN the Bloomington Gold Corvette show? You'd think they'd be a little more knowledgeable about Vettes, or at least honest about them.

RagTop69

If they were screwing up on the Pace Car and others that you are familiar with, they're probably also screwing up on the ones that you don't have familiarity with. The Barrett-Jackson guys are, in my experience, only moderately knowledgable about first generation Mustangs but they always hand out lots of authoritatively mouthed B.S. on the subject. I am ashamed to admit that I saw that Pace Car on Mecum last night and didn't notice that the interior wasn't the correct silver, and I thought that they were saying that the car was a "replica" because it wasn't actually used as a pace car at Indy. My bad.

swtato

SOmetimes, the Indy Pace Cars are referred to as "Indy Pace Car Replicas", I hope they were meaning it was a Replica of a Replica? A sh*ty one at that!

tnovot

Nah, it was probably fiberglass just like the rest of them.
Terry

nutsy

i agree, the chrome bumper c3s aint there yet.

Red70vette

I saw a 78 Pace car with 16 miles on it sold at BJ for $31K. It was real and it was perfect. I guess it seemed like a good idea at the time to put it in storage for 30 years and make a killing. What a shame and what a waste.

swtato

ROI at that price is probably quite small. Probably a 3% or less return depending on the original purchase price. Would have been better off in the stock market for 30 years.

With that said I would have loved a 3% return last year!