A real L88 on ebay?
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A real L88 on ebay?
What do you guys think? Look real to me. :reddevil
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/aw-cg...tem=1807175029
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/aw-cg...tem=1807175029
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Re: A real L88 on ebay? (stuart69427)
I personally dont like vert's, BUT IT IS AN L88 AND MOST IMPORTANT, A '69 L88, WHAT MORE COULD YOU ASK FOR????????? :crazy:
-Steve
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Re: A real L88 on ebay? (strat68)
It was on eBay a few weeks back with a starting price of something like $110,000 or so.
They say some things that I really question. Like the engine stamping suffix they list as "TT". That is NOT a 69 L88 suffix, should be "MR".
Then they state it is the only Red with black interior and white top (how would they know that since GM did not keep option combos) and then go on to say that "ONLY surviving RED L-88 Corvette with a black interior and a white convertible top with matching HARD TOP". So is it the only one or the only surviving? And again, how would they know.
They also say it was a road race car, so no way it is the original engine. In a race car you do not make any effort to keep the original engine, you go with the latest/best engine for the current conditions.
I would have to see tons of documentation before I would ever consider it. At best it is an L88 body/frame with a close replacement engine. That would kill the value as the real value is in the "original" engine, not a numbers matching clone.
They say some things that I really question. Like the engine stamping suffix they list as "TT". That is NOT a 69 L88 suffix, should be "MR".
Then they state it is the only Red with black interior and white top (how would they know that since GM did not keep option combos) and then go on to say that "ONLY surviving RED L-88 Corvette with a black interior and a white convertible top with matching HARD TOP". So is it the only one or the only surviving? And again, how would they know.
They also say it was a road race car, so no way it is the original engine. In a race car you do not make any effort to keep the original engine, you go with the latest/best engine for the current conditions.
I would have to see tons of documentation before I would ever consider it. At best it is an L88 body/frame with a close replacement engine. That would kill the value as the real value is in the "original" engine, not a numbers matching clone.
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Re: A real L88 on ebay? (Tom73)
Tom......Definatly right about the engine suffix of MR. Mybe that's why it didn't sell on the last auction. If I'm gonna plop down that kinda loot, if I had that kinda loot, the car better be what the #'s say it's supposed to be. Is this a BOGUS Vette??
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Re: A real L88 on ebay? (strat68)
What Tom73 said.
Seems like a high-pressure used car salesman in a lime green suit with a wide tie pitch. Not right.
[Modified by twotone82, 11:04 AM 3/3/2002]
Seems like a high-pressure used car salesman in a lime green suit with a wide tie pitch. Not right.
[Modified by twotone82, 11:04 AM 3/3/2002]
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Re: A real L88 on ebay? (strat68)
I've talked to the guy off and on over the 3-4 times I've seen it listed.
It's the real thing, there are typo's in the advertisement that have never been corrected. When I started asking questions, he knew the answers and they matched everything I expected.
Speaking of the "TT," it is "IT" which was the original '68 L-88 manual transmission code as it was an early '69, so a '68 engine is quite likely. All the numbers are consistent with the car being built in Nov '68.
It's the real thing...just not the best ad writer in the world. :smash:
[Modified by rainman69, 4:36 AM 3/3/2002]
It's the real thing, there are typo's in the advertisement that have never been corrected. When I started asking questions, he knew the answers and they matched everything I expected.
Speaking of the "TT," it is "IT" which was the original '68 L-88 manual transmission code as it was an early '69, so a '68 engine is quite likely. All the numbers are consistent with the car being built in Nov '68.
It's the real thing...just not the best ad writer in the world. :smash:
[Modified by rainman69, 4:36 AM 3/3/2002]
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From: NM
Re: A real L88 on ebay? (rainman69)
I've talked to the guy off and on over the 3-4 times I've seen it listed.
It's the real thing, there are typo's in the advertisement that have never been corrected. When I started asking questions, he knew the answers and they matched everything I expected.
Speaking of the "TT," it is "IT" which was the original '68 L-88 manual transmission code as it was an early '69, so a '68 engine is quite likely. All the numbers are consistent with the car being built in Nov '68.
It's the real thing...just not the best ad writer in the world.
It's the real thing, there are typo's in the advertisement that have never been corrected. When I started asking questions, he knew the answers and they matched everything I expected.
Speaking of the "TT," it is "IT" which was the original '68 L-88 manual transmission code as it was an early '69, so a '68 engine is quite likely. All the numbers are consistent with the car being built in Nov '68.
It's the real thing...just not the best ad writer in the world.
tom...
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Re: A real L88 on ebay? (78Vette-SA)
I could sell the house and buy and live in the car. That would be one option, while I'm waiting to win Lotto! :D
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Re: A real L88 on ebay? (strat68)
An historic car, beautiful to look at; NO good to drive (12 1/2:1 c.r., no fan shroud, 104 octane requirement, non-hardened valve seats, etc. etc.).......
I have enough stuff in storage. Nice. No thanks.
:chevy :chevy
I have enough stuff in storage. Nice. No thanks.
:chevy :chevy
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Re: A real L88 on ebay? (MassVette)
I'd take it if someone gave it to me. For that price I would buy a new Z06 and have money left over for my kids college education.
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[Modified by Red73, 11:37 AM 3/3/2002]
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Re: A real L88 on ebay? (SBR)
Just went on Ebay and there is another 69L88 Convertible for sale. It is red and I remember seeing that car at BG last year. I am not sure if it is a real one.