$450,000 c3!
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From: Las Vegas - Just stop perpetuating myths please.
$450,000 c3!
Watching Barret Jackson on TV and a '71 BB 454 just sold for $450,000. Didnt listen to the history of car but good news for the C3 market. Yahoo!
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From: Las Vegas - Just stop perpetuating myths please.
Oh baby just now an '67 L88 - 1 0f 20 - goes for 3.5 million $! No day driver but OMG 3.5 mill! Before that a '68 L88 race 1 of 4 race car sold for 2.6 mill $ but i didnt even get to post that before the '67 sold for $3.5 mill. Corvettes are king today at Barret Jackson.
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From: Bowtie, Pennsyltucky
St. Jude Donor '13-'14-'15,'21
I'll bet that ZR-2 is one bad ****. 
I'm happy to have my base coupe 4-speed. At least I can take it out and drive it whenever I feel like it without risking a small fortune.
I'm happy to have my base coupe 4-speed. At least I can take it out and drive it whenever I feel like it without risking a small fortune.
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I just enjoy driving my car...at this point couldn't care what the value is as its not for sale anyway!!
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Any of these original cars are true gems. But the performance of them is really poor by today's standards. You can build or but a C3 or better for way less than this and drive the heck out of it and enjoy it. I like to see this stuff but the prices are just stupid. I applaud the guys who have the coin to do this but it is a piece of art, not a toy to have fun with. Ill take a base corvette and put way less dollars i. It and out perform these mega dollar cars anytime.
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Any of these original cars are true gems. But the performance of them is really poor by today's standards. You can build or but a C3 or better for way less than this and drive the heck out of it and enjoy it. I like to see this stuff but the prices are just stupid. I applaud the guys who have the coin to do this but it is a piece of art, not a toy to have fun with. Ill take a base corvette and put way less dollars i. It and out perform these mega dollar cars anytime.
Those auction cars are all garage queens. A lot of money to spend on something that's essentially the performance equivalent of a potted plant.
Early C3 big blocks are ill handling, rough riding, gas guzzling pieces of crap. I know, I have one. It took me a lot of time and effort to get it to handle well, ride well, and be a little more economical with the fuel.
If I see one of these auction cars sometime out with me on a track day I'll publicly apologize and say I'm wrong. Until then, why all the interest in overpriced garage queens?
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From: Las Vegas - Just stop perpetuating myths please.
Well i had to share the news here. Kinda lucky i wasnt trying to eat lunch or i may have needed a Heimlich maneuver (no longer called the Heimlich by the Red Cross doe to copy write law) for the airway.
Kinda puts more pride in my C3 as i never could spend for a C2. And ya know i see fewer C3s on the road these days but when i do they seem to look cooler every time. Not as hot as the new C7 but cool enough to own and drive without complacency.
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Kinda puts more pride in my C3 as i never could spend for a C2. And ya know i see fewer C3s on the road these days but when i do they seem to look cooler every time. Not as hot as the new C7 but cool enough to own and drive without complacency.
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Did anyone see today's prices coming? I sure didn't. The Owens Corning race car went for a million dollars and today the Rebel race car went for 2.5 Xs that. 
Where's the ceiling? Is there a ceiling?
Where's the ceiling? Is there a ceiling?
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From: YANKEES UNIVERSE 70 454-LS5 500 ft-lbs Torque
The Green ZR2 vert sold for 446k a couple years ago at Mecum Monterey,which is all original unrestore,and a Green ZR2 coupe,restored sells for 450k at BJ.A 68 L88 sells for 800k,Rebel racer sells for 2.5m,the C3's are starting to bring big numbers.Russo and Steele had 2 LS6 that were going to auction,will post prices when i check the results.
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From: Jacksonville Fl
All these early model c3 go up in value and my 81 stay the same. Even had some horses rear end offer me $2k and tell me that was way more then it worth. It felt good to slam the door in his face and back to my drink.
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