1972 Stingray, $17,000?
08-02-2009, 10:47 AM
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I totally agree with that. I have a C-2 and am looking to go to a C-3 as I can't afford the C-2 game nowadays it seems and C-3s are a bargain right now. I'll take a hit on my '65 and make it up in a couple of years on a C-3 IMO. A little more comfort and quite a difference in cash. Now if my state issued VIN tag would just come in I think I have it sold.
08-02-2009, 12:27 PM
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It doesn't make much sense. They made ten times as many of them and they were lower on the food chain and less expensive when they were new.A FRAME and even birdcage is easier to swap on a vette, than replace the entire unibody , panel by panel.....like I saw in my garage when buying my last house up north....the kid had that '66? stang down to nothing but a shell, his father was selling the house, so his project lost it's home.....so yes i'ts possible, and only for SOME any economic sense....
Like in that house next door up there several years later, a '65? stang, setting under a tree, rusted to pieces, literally, after 25 years.....271/289/4 speed, all Shelby Cobra Pack ex SCCA racer....I have a trophy he won from my old vette club at some event or other....
IMO, that is why they worth so much today.....
BUT like the 30's cars, all the old WW2 types are either dead, ill health, or have one, no market.....as a RESTO, museums are full of them....so...as a steel body HOTROD, plenty of demand and always will be...
08-02-2009, 02:42 PM
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08-02-2009, 03:27 PM
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I think the reason is that baby boomers are really the ones buying these cars. They want a trunk and a backseat so they can introduce their grand kids to cruising. Also more people owned these other cars new, rather than a Corvette . They want the toys they had again.
I have noticed Corvette prices for years have been lower than Camaro and Chevelle prices. I can not get over how much more a 66 Chevelle big block goes for than say a 1972 LS -5 I had owned both when I was in my teens and early 20's . I never had a Corvette till recently. I am glad the market is that way. It made my Corvette more affordable. I was able to get a low mileage LT-1 almost 2 years ago.I really wanted an LS-5 . I let it get away by not moving fast enough. I like my LT-1 a lot. I just wish it wasn't equipped with 4.11 gears.I like cruising with less revs on the highway.It is all numbers matching. I will not be changing the gears.
I also had thought about buying an El Camino as well. They only have seating for 2 maybe 3 depending if you have buckets or a bench. A loaded big block El Camino is a bargain compared to a Chevelle or a Camaro .
