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Im going to call the Georgia Department of Revenue tomorrow to sort things out.
I have a 78 L-82, auto, a/c, painted like pace car, original silver, oyster car. What could I be looking to get in the market and are the s/a more valuable than this less produced color car?





Also does the vin on this hurt the value?

 

What's the story on the replacement VIN? Theft recovery? Salvage title?

Do you have the original VIN?

 

I would say a replacement VIN would reduce resale value. Depending on the buyer non-original paint may as well. IMO not much more than $7k in this market.

 

Except I would say it'll reduce the value A TON.


http://www.collectorcarmarket.com/me...s/78chcote.htm

 

Da$n that stinks, I have no clue. I do not have original vin. No salvage title. Bought it for 4k. Drives nice lol.
It is numbers matching.

 

No disrespect, but without the original VIN, how would you know it's numbers matching?

 

Good point, then how do they do a replacement vin? It was done by the state of Georgia.
What could I get by parting it not including engine tranny?
Is there a vin on frame and partial on body? If so and these match it would be numbers matching if they matched replacement vin.

 

You would have to contact the Georgia DMV for that information. What VIN is used on the paperwork for the car?

The frame is stamped with a VIN derivitive in two places; top of the driver's frame rail about where your hip would be in you were in the car. You cannot see this stamp with the body on the frame. The second location is the top of the left frame rail just in front of the #4 body mount. You might be able to see this one with the body on the frame, but it would be difficult.

'73 shown; '78 will be similar.

The only VIN tag on the body is the one missing on your car.

Have you checked the numbers on the pad at the front of the right head? A VIN derivitive and the engine identification code were originally stamped there.

If the transmission is original, a VIN derivitive was stamped on it. The AIM will show the location of the stamp, 4 spd or auto.

'78 VIN format was 1Z87X8S4xxxxx The first X would be L or 4 for the original engine (L-48 or L-82). The last five numbers (xxxxx) would be the consecutive unit number of your car. You can use your time/build code and published production numbers to get into the neighborhood of what the missing consecutive unit number for your car might have been.

 

from the pics it lools like a really nice car.. as long as the title is legit and nothing really fishy about its past, the replacement vin should not hurt alot.. if any.. its a non pace car and they made a bunch of them, so you should get something close to non pace car money out of it..
for a common 78, most buyers are not looking for absolute originality.. not as much as buyers for earlier C3s.

but with a georgia VIN plate.. most buyers will want to know why and you will have to prove to sellers that the car is legit. If you can prove it and show its history by doing some pre sale work to get these answers, you will get more money.. if you are selling it absolutely as is without history, then you will get alot less..

if I was looking at a 78, i would want great paint, great mechanicals, immediate driveability, no rust, and no fishy titles.. then I would pay market price..

put in your advertisement that you guarentee the title and are liable for title troubles, then you will get more buyers.

 

What do you mean by this, where is it? The tire has to come off to check the vin on frame.
Have title, not salvage, I will get around to checking frame vin when I replace power steering lines and tear steering column apart, it is a really nice driver. Not planning on selling anytime soon, don't need money and love the car.

 

I also don't understand why the s/a is worth more, it is the least rare option in 78, the s/a has 5 times more cars made than regular silver.

 

What's the VIN listed on the title?

Yes. You will have to remove the left rear wheel/tire in order to get close to the area of the frame stamp at #4 body mount.

The '78 SA package was popular in light of the 25th anniversay of Corvette production.

 

Title is same as vin.

 

On a 78 with the fuel tank removed. In line with the power antenna....


Trans VIN, driver side....

 

A Georgia replacement VIN or a '78 Corvette VIN?

 

check your engine stamp, transmission stamp, and frame stamp.. all are only derivitives of the total old VIN #, but the old vin# can be extrapolated from these numbers.. but still, what will you do with that information when you get it?..you could maybe use it for history sleuthing as I suggested above... you car already has a new different state assigned VIN..

 

It just has a vin number. What would it say if it were a Georgia replacement?

 

I have no diea what a Georgia replacement VIN might look like. Does the VIN on your title look like 1Z87L8S4xxxxx? If so, it's a '78 Corvette VIN.

 

Yeah it looks like that, so Does it really matter?

 

That's probably the original VIN. I thought you wanted to find the original VIN. If so, you possibly have it.