1968 L89 Corvette.... HELP LOCATING
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Heel & Toe
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From: Williamstown nj
1968 L89 Corvette.... HELP LOCATING
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
http://www.russoandsteele.com/collec..._/40-1751.html
http://www.barrett-jackson.com/appli...&aid=223&pop=0
Thanks in advance
-Matt Kurek
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Heel & Toe
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From: Williamstown nj
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
-Matt
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Heel & Toe
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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.
Car is last registered in Oklahoma if that helps.
Last edited by fast67vellen2o; Aug 11, 2011 at 12:37 AM.
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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.
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.
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At 151K, the car was already (over)priced as though it had the original engine and then some.
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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!
retains its 100% matching numbers powertrain.
Nice gesture to try to reunite original block with car and current owner. Remember, no good deed goes unpunished!
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