As I told you guys earlier, I sold my 66 corvette last fall. When my daughter was 6 years old, I was trying to get her interested in going to car shows with me so I had her a mini-vette built to match my car. I bought one of the midyear bodies at Carlise and had a friend  build a custom frame to put it on. We added a 5hp engine, front and rear lights, radio with cassette player, gauges, carpet and a hydraulic brake system. In addition, we added the small "corvette stingray" emblems from a glovebox lid on the front and rear of the car and crossflags on each fender. A friend who runs a print shop made the chrome trim for the lights,  license plate trim, front grill, side mouldings and stinger hood decal.

Now that I have a C3 and this car no longer matches mine, plus the fact that my daughter is now 17 years old and wants to sell "her" car, I thought I'd put it on eBay. The following is the "live chat" from eBay.

Your chat session has started..
Tiffany D.:  Hello and welcome to eBay Motors Live Chat. My name is Tiffany. I'm sorry for the delay, how may I assist you today?
rearn2go67:  Hi Tiffany, I have a speciality item i'd like to sell. It's a mini corvette that I had built when she was six years old. I would like to list it in Ebay motors but here's the problem....there's no Vin#, it has no doors and is a 1 cylinder.
Tiffany D.:  No problem, I can help you out with this. May I please start off by verifying your user ID as rearn2go67?
rearn2go67:  correct
Tiffany D.:  Does the vehicle run?
rearn2go67:  yes
Tiffany D.:  I do apologize for the wait. I would like to let you know that I am still with you. It will take me a couple more minutes to look into this. Thank you for your patience.
rearn2go67:  no problem
rearn2go67:  I left out a couple of words in the description....meant to say that i had this car built for my daughter when she was 6 years old...lol
Tiffany D.:  Ok, thank you.
Tiffany D.:  In order to list a vehicle from on eBay Motors, the vehicle needs to have a VIN. Is this almost like a vehicle for a child to use'?
rearn2go67:  exactly
rearn2go67:  it was built for a child but is just like a small corvette...has a 5 horsepower engine, lights, radio with cassette player, carpet and hydrolic braking system
Tiffany D.:  Ok, the best option then, would be for you to list this from in eBay.com and then in toys.
rearn2go67:  don't think that would be appropiate....I had the car built to match my corvette and believe that it wouldn't get much exposure under "toys".
rearn2go67:  of course i'm not familiar with eBay.com.....what's that?
Tiffany D.:  I do see what you mean, but to be able to list a vehicle from in eBay Motors, it will need to have a VIN. eBay.com is the main eBay site, that has everything but vehicles listed in it.
rearn2go67:  ok...thanks for your help, but i'll have to pass. I think the only way the car would sell is to be exposed to other corvette owners.
Tiffany D.:  I do understand this, I would recommend eBay Motors, but the vehicle needs to have a VIN in order to be listed in Passenger Vehicles.
rearn2go67:  Would it be possible to use the Vin # from my car and just explain this in the description?
Tiffany D.:  No, because if a member decides to get a Vehicle History report done on the vehicle, then it will show that it is not the same vehicle and that may confuse the bidders.
rearn2go67:  lol....do you mean to tell me that eBay members are THAT stupid?
Tiffany D.:  No, the VIN has to belong to the vehicle that you are listing.
rearn2go67:  alright then....thanks for your help anyways
Tiffany D.:  Your best option would probably be in Toys, with the Motorized vehicles. I do apologize for any inconvenience that this may of caused for you.
rearn2go67:  no problem...I understand
Tiffany D.:  Is there anything else I may assist you with today?
rearn2go67:  no thanks
The agent ended your chat session

Any suggestions?

I think that being in the motorized toys on ebay it will get good exposure. because if you do a search for  corvette without going to ebaymotors it would come up in that search. Plus people visiting ebay motoros are looking for a real car. your daughters can't be put on the road so it would be considered a toy. I have seen cars listed without a vinn number on ebay motors so why don't you just try it too if you want it there?  very interesting car for sure!  

I agree Bob but I couldn't find a category for "motorized toys"

Jim

You could post it here under Non C3 For Sale.

I suggest you list it under Toys and in your title you mention as many Corvette terms as you can, ie C2, 1966 Corvette, and the such.  A lot of people search only for certain words in a title.  Everytime  I do a eBay search I search for 1978 Corvette, this brings up all items with 1978 Corvette in the title.  If you list 1966 Corvette Mini Car in the title it will come up everytime someone search for "1966 Corvette" or "Corvette" in general.  Hope that helps some. cilrah38768.7820833333

Here's some pics of the mini-vette. Hope it works.

http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/rearn2go67/album?.dir=/f99d

Jim, list it under "Collectables", "Parts" or "Toys". If anyone searches for "Corvette", it will come up. List it under 63-67 Corvette, and it will come up on even more searches. My 2c.

Oh yeah, you can list it here, also. Adams' Apple38768.8391782407

Damn Jim that things so cool looking

Why not put it in Ebay Motors under powersports or kit cars. That is where there are go karts and other small fiberglass repilcas. You could still put C2, Corvette, etc in the subtitle. That way it would still be in Ebay Motors and you would get hits from basic searches and Ebay Motor searches. Just a thought.
Scott

I've been playing around on eBay all night. I think I have it figured out. The reason I wanted to get it on eBay Motors is, like myself, some father might figure it's a way of getting their son or daughter involved in some of "his" activities. I think my daughter drove the car in one Christmas parade and we might have taken it to 3 car shows. Even though she showed absolutely no interest in it, I can say that it drew more attention at a car show than mine did.

Thanks for all the advice. We'll see what happens. I know exactly what I have in this car. Now, you guys tell me what it's worth.