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Old Apr 11, 2014 | 12:27 AM
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Doing my daily rounds of Craigslist today I came across this interesting 1980. People selling late model C3s lately have come up with some "creative" prices. What do you guys think?

http://youngstown.craigslist.org/cto/4417097529.html
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Old Apr 11, 2014 | 12:44 AM
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Belonged to Zora Arkus Duntov? Benchmark, Survivor, Top Flight and Bloomington Gold?

Is this for real?
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Old Apr 11, 2014 | 12:55 AM
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To a layman (me) it sure looks legit. Nice car with a premium price.
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Old Apr 11, 2014 | 01:04 AM
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Seems awfully real to me. If I wasn't away for school I would be going home to take a look at the thing to just admire it.
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Old Apr 11, 2014 | 07:01 AM
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Originally Posted by Vettebuyer5869
Belonged to Zora Arkus Duntov? Benchmark, Survivor, Top Flight and Bloomington Gold?

Is this for real?
But why would Duntov have a Corvette, that "Came from Canada and is Calibrated in km/h."????
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"...Originally belonged to...Zorz Arcus Duntov..."

If you're going to take the man's name in vain, you should know how to spell it, especially in light of the fact it's on the (aftermarket?) nameplate on the console.

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Old Apr 11, 2014 | 08:41 AM
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nice car i hope he gets the money for it, these have been way under priced for to long
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p.s. i don't believe the history thou
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Originally Posted by gbvette62
But why would Duntov have a Corvette, that "Came from Canada and is Calibrated in km/h."????
Originally Posted by Easy Mike
"...Originally belonged to...Zorz Arcus Duntov..."

If you're going to take the man's name in vain, you should know how to spell it, especially in light of the fact it's on the (aftermarket?) nameplate on the console.
So what's the deal on this, anyone ever heard of this? What's with the name plate?

Seems if it were domumented, the price might not be terrible. Otherwise, its insane.
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Originally Posted by Vettebuyer5869
...What's with the name plate?...
Don't quote me on this, but I seem to recall (not recently) one of the aftermarket providers would make one of those for you. It's been a long time since I've seen one.

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Old Apr 11, 2014 | 12:21 PM
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All the baggage notwithstanding, it's a nice car. For someone who wants an 80 you couldn't make one as nice as this for that kind of money.

Unless there is some documentation to support the plaque on the ashtray door, I would ignore it and assume it to be aftermarket bling.
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Old Apr 11, 2014 | 09:42 PM
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The village people 8 track is a deal breaker for me.
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License plate says Zora80... Must be LEGIT!!!
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Where do you buy those batteries?
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Sign of the times.

Once owned a '80 280ZX that had the federal mandated speedometer. So everyone just drove around with it pegged I guess.
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