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Old Aug 11, 2015 | 02:32 PM
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I know it's not about a C5 but found this interesting article on a rare C3. Wish I had a spare 800K lying around.

http://www.foxnews.com/leisure/2015/...y/?intcmp=hpff
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Old Aug 11, 2015 | 03:33 PM
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I think it could sell for a million.
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Old Aug 11, 2015 | 03:40 PM
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I think it could sell for a million.
If I had a mil - - I'd buy it !
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Old Aug 11, 2015 | 03:43 PM
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Originally Posted by CQRT
If I had a mil - - I'd buy it !
If I had a million I'd buy a dozen classic cars, not just one.
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Old Aug 11, 2015 | 04:49 PM
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That is one beautiful car.
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Old Aug 11, 2015 | 04:54 PM
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That would look very nice in my living room.
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Old Aug 11, 2015 | 05:50 PM
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It may not be a C5 but thanks for posting it here.
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BTW I just noticed it's my 5th anniversary on the forum.I will go out and have a cold one.

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Old Aug 11, 2015 | 06:23 PM
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Not a huge C3 fan, but it's OK. Bad color...
I'd personally never spend that on a car, even if I had zillions. And I'd never buy any car that I didn't intend to drive. If I had the rarest Corvette around (maybe this is it) I'd drive it often, and drive it hard.
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Old Aug 12, 2015 | 08:26 AM
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Originally Posted by grantv
Not a huge C3 fan, but it's OK. Bad color...
I'd personally never spend that on a car, even if I had zillions. And I'd never buy any car that I didn't intend to drive. If I had the rarest Corvette around (maybe this is it) I'd drive it often, and drive it hard.
Jay Leno commented to the effect that his restoration guys get his cars into the high 90's points standards and then he knocks that down by driving them around.

I'm with you - cars are meant to be driven.
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Old Aug 12, 2015 | 10:08 AM
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I look at this from another perspective, having an almost all original car helps those who do restore cars as benchmark to work from. Little things in the engine compartment, interior, over spray on body panels all help those restoring a car. If it were my car I would take a ton of pictures and offer them to others who wish to do a full restoration. It's just an amazing car.
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Old Aug 12, 2015 | 10:30 AM
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Originally Posted by jackthelad
Jay Leno commented to the effect that his restoration guys get his cars into the high 90's points standards and then he knocks that down by driving them around.

I'm with you - cars are meant to be driven.
Got some respect for that. That's where I'd be with his money; make the car fantastic so I can drive it. IIRC he has a lot of cars, more than I'd probably have, even with that money. But... who knows, I don't.
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Old Aug 12, 2015 | 12:35 PM
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So they're claiming that car ran an 11.7 quarter mile with a 4 speed manual stock?
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Old Aug 12, 2015 | 01:15 PM
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Originally Posted by dbgoodwin
So they're claiming that car ran an 11.7 quarter mile with a 4 speed manual stock?
Stock 560hp. Not the advertised 435 hp. Good driver 11.7 is possible.
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Old Aug 12, 2015 | 01:31 PM
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Originally Posted by dbgoodwin
So they're claiming that car ran an 11.7 quarter mile with a 4 speed manual stock?
Just change the rear tires.
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pretty pricey but i like it
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