Just1More

I see a lot of Vette's claiming to be "low miles" but with the Odometer rolling over at 100k, how can you tell if it has? I'm thinking most of these so called low mile Vette's are rolled over. I could be wrong.. hopefully you guys will set me straight

doorgunner

I don't recall if my odometer had an extra number cylinder to register over 100,000 miles when I disassembled it a couple years ago.

FYI .......it showed 55,000+ miles and the brake pads were original which means it wasn't driven enough to have the pads replaced or the rotors turned.

loup68

I have over 120,000 miles on my 68 coupe and the numbers do not line up straight across.
Regular cars didn't last over 100,000 miles back then, normally. Lou.

The13Bats

My 69 had miles in the 60s and like doorgunners mine had parts to suggest orginal miles,

Odd since my car also sat 20 years in a garage....

jlpskydive

There's a ton of ways to get really good hints, Brakes are a great start, wear on the pedals, heel marks in the carpet, lots of little things that should or shouldn't have been replaced.

Tooonz

My ball joints were original, and the rotors still had rivets in them, Can't see how they would still be there if our car had 171k miles. but I have to remind myself 71k miles in 1979 was a lot.

DavidandJoansVette

I'll let you know in 7,000 miles.

Just1More

I had heard that the numbers would not line up once it rolled.

nwav8tor

Went down into the basement and checked mine removed from my '71 a (long) while ago during disassembly. It shows 34318 straight across and the car IS a 100,000+ miler. Haven't taken the gages apart, so I'm unsure if there is another digit hiding there that's not in view (but I doubt it...).

Paul

derekderek

There is not a 7th digit there. I used to work on jags in the mid-80's. They started with 7th digit on odo. Used to joke they should have put a headstone with R.I.P. across it instead of the number 1...

7T1vette

The "tell" on how many actual miles the car has is NOT the odometer....it's the wear on the brake/clutch pedals and on the carpeting. A real 50K mile car doesn't have most of the brake pedal pad worn off nor worn-out areas in the carpet.

BKarol

numbers appear lined up.

derekderek

150k. Drivers door drops a foot with hinge wear...

crawfish333

My car is low mieage (42K miles), and I am the 2nd owner. I can document the mileage with many service records and a few old license receipts that I have back to when the car was almost new. I think that is the best proof, because I don't think a rolled over odometer looks much different from a new one.

71 Green 454

47 year old 55K mile pedals/carpet.

Big2Bird

Not a stock unit.

BKarol

Curious, how did you determine this?

Mr D.

We have a winner. You can always tell if a unrestored car has 100K plus or something south of that by the condition of the interior for starters.

Back in the day (70's) a car was considered worn out if it had 100K miles on it and there was a lot to be said for that statement. Back than people didn't commute like we do today so clocking 10K a year was a lot of miles and a 10 year old Chevy was an old car.

resdoggie

The speedo in my old '67 Camaro had a felt pad impregnated with a substance that would rub away at the 5th digit numerals as they rode by. So when it rolled over, the "0" digit would now show signs of the painted number beginning to rub off from the felt pad.

L-46man

Karol...as a 'senior member' you SHOULD know that late C-3 models did not have 140 mph speedometers!