Remember this?......

[antijam]

.........It was up for sale back in July for £72,500

Well, it's up for sale again, this time on eBay, apparently now having lost £15.5k in value!



I seem to remember someone on the forum bought it in the interim - maybe now the current seller? Perhaps not the ownership experience he was hoping for?

 

[Mr. Cricket]

Thats a lot to pay for a base model with a transplant motor but as the owner of a bumper C3 bring it on I say

 

[Mad4slalom]

Thats a lot to pay for a base model with a transplant motor but as the owner of a bumper C3 bring it on I say

Wow thats really good LT1 money, is this the one that had 60 odd k spent on its restoration ?

 

[Nassau65]

Wow thats really good LT1 money, is this the one that had 60 odd k spent on its restoration ?

Yep, that’s the one.

 

[Nassau65]

That’s always the thing with restorations, the costs just run away from you. What doesn’t help is Corvette specific items are probably the most expensive for US vehicles.

 

[Mr. Cricket]

Sounds like it and it does happen. A mate just sold his I think '82 that he spent 80k on. Got 25k but he would tell you and I agree, the pleasure he and his wife got over 20 plus years was worth it

 

[Mr. Cricket]

If doing a resto, choose your project vehicle wisely..

 

[Mad4slalom]

Sounds like it and it does happen. A mate just sold his I think '82 that he spent 80k on. Got 25k but he would tell you and I agree, the pleasure he and his wife got over 20 plus years was worth it

If doing a resto, choose your project vehicle wisely..

Good plan , I am looking for a mk 1 mexico for around 5k !

 

[Mr. Cricket]

Good plan , I am looking for a mk 1 mexico for around 5k !

I know of a '67 L88 going for £3k that's all original, numbers matching, big tank and a former race car but I don't have 3k

 

[Roscobbc]

Keep it up early C3 sellers......chrome bumper C3's have long lagged behind C2's and its really about time they started to achieve more realistic prices.......mine is starting to look cheap in comparison now.........

 

[TimP]

If doing a resto, choose your project vehicle wisely..

Now you tell me!

Oddly the '71 is also still up for sale at the original dealers at the same (£72.5k) asking price.

 

[Mr. Cricket]

Keep it up early C3 sellers......chrome bumper C3's have long lagged behind C2's and its really about time they started to achieve more realistic prices.......mine is starting to look cheap in comparison now.........

yes, great C3 but sometimes you just have to say meh, gimme the cash

 

[Mr. Cricket]

Now you tell me!

Few would get in as deep as you Tim. Props to you

Oddly the '71 is also still up for sale at the original dealers at the same (£72.5k) asking price.

Maybe for a mint '68 L71 but that appears to be a bunch of parts put together

 

[Nassau65]

It certainly is Big Block money for what essentially is a plain Jane small block. Even with its replacement motor. In fact, the majority of people would prefer the original motor in it.

 

[Letank]

I saw it in the flesh at last years NEC Classic car show, where it was for sale at £72,500 on the Graeme Hunt stand. It had obviously had a restoration but I suspect it wasn’t done by someone in the know. At that price you expect attention to detail, but random holes in the fender grilles and body colour where chrome should be…..

 

[Letank]

£57k is very steep for what it is in the C3 market, but if someone out there wants a full body off restoration and isn’t prepared to pay the £70k+ on top of the price of a car for one, then it might turn out to be good value in the long run!

 

[Emc]

Prices of C3 chrome bumper corvettes are certainly on the way up, my contacts in the states provide me with regular updates on them .I am currently doing a body on restoration on 2 72,s which I think will be more sensibly priced

 

[Letank]

Prices of C3 chrome bumper corvettes are certainly on the way up, my contacts in the states provide me with regular updates on them .I am currently doing a body on restoration on 2 72,s which I think will be more sensibly priced

Keep doing what you’re doing Gavin

 

[Mr. Cricket]

I saw it in the flesh at last years NEC Classic car show, where it was for sale at £72,500 on the Graeme Hunt stand. It had obviously had a restoration but I suspect it wasn’t done by someone in the know. At that price you expect attention to detail, but random holes in the fender grilles and body colour where chrome should be…..
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You coming this year Steve? My '66 is on the club stand and the '65 on Classic American / Kingstown shipping stand.

 

[Letank]

You coming this year Steve? My '66 is on the club stand and the '65 on Classic American / Kingstown shipping stand.

I might be there on the Sunday but it’s a bit up in the air at the moment.

You’re only taking two? What about the other two?!

I will certainly come and say hi if I make it over.