I was told by the current owner that the original owners got divorced and the car went to the wife. She apparently did not like the silver color and had it painted red. Just a color preference for her. I am unaware of any damage to the car. It has been covered in a heated garage the past six years and started every month or so, but has not been driven more than 100 miles since its been garaged. I will try to post some pictures that I recently took.

Wally did you get an inspection done by a Corvette Specialist? Thats a lot of money to invest and if you have not please do. Is this a dealer that has it now?

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Ebo, The owner is a private party and it was her husband's car. If it was an automatic she would not be selling it. I have not had the opportunity to take it to a garage for an inspection yet, but that is something on my to do list.

I think thats a plus dealing with the owner, how did she come up with the pricing?

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I am mainly dealing with her son on the pricing. I don't know what he based his asking price on except for some internet research.
Wally

Hopefully you can work the price a bit with him, unless they are knocking the door down.

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Hi Wally,

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Without seeing the car its difficult to give a meaningful opinion of price / value but I agree that the price of 27K is very high.   Repaint to something different than born with will make a difference in value if you decide to sell it.

I keep up with Corvette pricing/market values pretty well. A nicely equipped  '73, Big Block, 4speed, convertible would bring around $21-$23,000 in today's market. Small blocks just don't bring the same amount without some extra options, like the Z07 suspension, A/C, power brakes/windows, etc.
Not saying it's not a nice car, since I've never seen it...it may be a really sweet car....it's just priced way over "market" value, even if it had not been recolored. Don't know where the seller's son is going on the net to get a price like that, but he's being misled/misinformed, imho.
If it was me(and it ain't), and the car was in great condition(other than the color change), with documentation, I think I would offer $20,000, and see what happens....
Pics would certainly be nice!


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It all depends on if you are strickly looking at complete authenticity or you just want a good car. If the car seems right to you then get it (if it checks out). Price does seem high, though IMHO!

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