Seems as though a 67 427/435 coupe sold at Barret-Jackson was not quite what most people thought it was. It sold for over $160,000.00! This is a copy of Geoffrey Coenen's (Dr. Rebuild) Corvette Forum post reporting on the interesting findings of this car.
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When I wrote how some maximize their auction potential in a Corvette with and without NCRS, I had no idea it would be demonstrated so clearly and so soon.
http://www.ncrs.org/forum/tech.cgi/read/162644After just a few days, my old friend Loren Lundberg would alert us to these 2 different descriptions of 1967 VIN 802 on the National Camel Rider Society tech board. Some old herders, keep a data base of these things. (I also must thank Loren for confirming my 68 was an L89 when he saw her in AZ decades before she was a fashionable old girl in a Yellow dress.)
Whoose yaa Daddy? VIN 802 from Nov-Dec 2003
http://216.149.148.95/dr-r-pics/67vin802.jpgWhoose yaa Daddy? VIN 802 from Nov 2004-Jan 2005
http://www.barrett-jackson.com/auct...l.asp?id=179140 Geoffrey Coenen
PS Caveat Emptor
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Perhaps the buyer knew what he was buying, a numbers matching replica of sorts? My suggestion to anyone buying a seemingly rare car for big bucks, do your homework first. Not a bad deal for this seller. Buy a car for $23,000. Spend whatever it takes to find a numbers matching 427 and fix it up with new parts (maybe $50,000 tops?) Sell it for $163,000 and pocket nearly $100,000.

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