Why so many comments about all the other cars he could have bought for that price? Sure he could have bought several thousand pintos, or a few million gremlins, but he wanted a corvette, the best corvette, and he got it.
No matter what years corvette builder's or restomodder's had said 》for me The best corvette must come with 🔥spLit - wind♥️w 🔥《 original stingray signature's.
My cousin has one of these cars. His dad bought it new and they restored it together before he died. He wins a lot of car shows with it. A true beast right off the showroom floor.
More like a hedge against inflation, the value of these cars is higher than it's ever been, the price has to top out in the near future, then possibly level off. So probably a hedge against inflation, But I could be wrong.
@@edm9760 you would think they'd have to top out at some point, but you have new markets like the Chinese bidding on it, Internet millionaires, Middle Eastern oil barons... there's always rich people out there willing to pay more for something someone else doesn't have. This is at $3.5m and that's not far off the price of some super cars.
This is what’s killing the market for muscle cars. When you make the cars inaccessible, people loose interest. Yes it’s a nice car , that no one can ever drive or own . So if you have no hope of enjoying something , you quickly loose interest. It just becomes a white elephant, that you can’t drive you can’t enjoy, you can’t sell....,,,
That Corvette is so special the owner's probably afraid to drive it in traffic. I had a chance to buy a used Vette in 1968. It was a '65 coupe. Dark green with a 396/425 4 speed. Used but in super condition for only $2500. I didn't have enough money so i purchased a 1966 GTO black, Hurst 4 speed. Was like new for $1685. Now that '65 Vette with highest factory 396 hp is big collector quality muscle.
103 octane...I remember those days...in the early 70's/late 60's the guys with the real bad cars used to go to Sonoco to get the Sonoco 260...106 octane as I recall....or maybe it was 110.
@@robertbeirne9813 No kidding. Watched a video on a barn find Shelby GT500 that went for $65K as is. Took another $70K just to get it in decent shape. When a new Corvette goes for under $100K, a barn find isn't the grail it used to be.
Exactly. Now everyone knows the values of these cars. Sum want more then they are worth unresrored. And not survivor quality im talking rotted out needing full restos lol…
Yea I owed a C2 coup for 42 years been building it with different motors, configurations ect. Currently I’m putting a 650 HP LS2 with a manual 6 speed in the car I got $120K in it and that’s with only paying $7500 for the car in 1983, and now I’m prob putting another $40K in it!! But at least now with what resto mods are going for I will break even.
26 years ago, When I bought my 91' ZR-1, from Corvette Mike in L.A. this car was for sale in his showroom. The asking price? $500K. 26 years = 3 Million increased value. You could polish it, and maintain it, and pay stiff insurance bills the whole time. But you couldn't really drive it. You are it's "custodian", and custodians don't get paid too well. My 91'- ZR-1 purchase price then = $35K. Twenty Six years, and 70K miles later, it's worth maybe $20K, a $15K loss. But I've driven it all over America, I've seen the speedo top 175 mph.,. I've drag raced it, showed it, polished it, and ran it HARD. Owning the fastest, factory stock, GM car of the Twentieth Century is still fun. But what would you pay to get in the Time Machine and have this L88 for one summer night in 1967 = PRICELESS.
fang check they didn't make enough to be collector cars and a lot of people like them but they aren't to most desirable. During a Barrett Jackson a few months ago Corvettes are the most wanted American car. Shelbys are sick but they didn't make them long enough to be a collectors car and they aren't a ford car anymore. It's a Carroll Shelby car
BEAUTIFUL ride!! Personally I want number 20, a black on black fastback with a red stinger. Of course I wouldn’t turn down any of the 16 remaining 1967 L88s!😍
I have a 1964 resto mod that paint combo. But it’s not original 67 stinger hood, 650 HP LS2 engine and manual 6 speed, big disk brakes, rack and pinion power steering. Leather, teak steering wheel, knock off wheels. I’ve owned it since 1983!! I got the car in high school it wasn’t original then so I built it the way I wanted it over the years.
It's funny when a Corvette is reaching these prices, everyone has problems... Yet when its a Shelby people love it... Sad thing is, people think Shelby is still Ford... LMFAO
It's a rare shitbox. This car is an antique now that 2018 is here and it is hardly an example of American muscle when people are cruising around in 2000hp street cars. It's more of an important piece of the history of the muscle car. Thanks to this Corvette we now have fast cars.
@@anthonyrybczynski5420 "It's more of an important piece of the history of the muscle car." That IS why it is a fine example of American muscle. I get what you are saying, but at the time......that 67 was the fast car (could be debated with what else was out there, but that is another story for another time). The new trend now is restomod Corvettes. You could get a brand new Corvette chassis, a LS motor and stick and original 67 frame on it and when done right, you got a quarter-million dollar car. The last Barrett Jackson had a ton of them sell for that much. Its basically a new car made to look old.
It would be interesting to see the actual owner history on each of the L88 cars. You had to have a lot of money and a real racing streak to even buy something like that.
The story on this car that we were told was that the President of Pontiac ordered it for his then 17-year old son. Have no idea if that is true or not but is what everyone was saying when this car was at Bloomington in 94. Believe it still has the original engine and trans.
hines862009 I wouldn't tell my wife if I could hide 4 million bucks. Except when you die she will probably pull it out of the garage so she can park her minivan in there. 10 more years later when its junk from the rust she'll sell it for 1500$
Yep I got a C2 resto mod I bought in 1983. The car wasn’t original when I bought it but I’ve built the car multiple times over the years and I’m currently upgrading it again. But I’ve been driving the car for 43 years! It would be hard to own a car you can’t drive.
My only complaint is why does Barrett\Mechum and other auction shows mix the audio SO poorly. The commentators can barely be heard over the crowd noise.
There Were Actually A Few L-89's That Were More in Category of This PRICE.This Is What Happens When Bidding Wars Develop.This Car ,in Actuality, Could Have Been Had At An AUCTION Where Fewer People With Less Celebrity Status or Money ,Were Present,for a Million or Less.
Just as they're also doing with old, rusty signs, they could create a collectable market for old washing machines, freakin' yo-yo's, or ANYTHING, for that matter,. As long as it were well-publicised, there would be plenty of ignorant fools paying extraordinary amonts of money for basically anything, lol.
I’m 68, I had a 1966 white Corvette convertible , 327, Factory side pipes , 4 speed Muncie trans, in 1978, I sold it for $7500.00, that car today, is worth in excess of $160K
Is this the car with real low miles which was bought to race, had the bottom of the car painted white and then parked in a garage in Chicago with like 50 miles on it. / not moved until the 80's it was found before Earthquake L88's in 1988?
Announcer is incorrect unless he is talking about 1967 only. There were 60 or so L88's produced for sale - 20 in 1967, 1968, 1969 respectively. What an awesome collector Corvette. Hell on wheels.
216 L88 Vettes were produced in total from '67 to '69. 20 in 1967, 80 in 1968 and 116 in 1969. BTW, one of the TWO 1969 ZL1's produced from the factory (if they ever come up at auction) will make this '67 L88 price seem cheap...
My favorite and probably least known is the '71 ZR2. I saw one on Mecum the other day, it was beautiful. I have a '67 435 tri-power but if I was a collector I would get the ZR2 for sure.
viningsvette I bought a 66 390 hp coupe the day after my now x wife told me she was pregnant 17 years ago. Reason for divorce : He's a selfish bastard! Car has been paid for.......... child support, 2 years left and counting.
Steve Magnante was obviously talking about 1967 since this is a '67. He's probably forgotten more about cars than you, me and everyone else in the comment section put together, so if you're going to try and correct him and don't know the correct figures yourself at least cheat and look them up prior to commenting...
@michael miranti it's crazy isn't it. My father bought one of the first stingrays in the South. It was white and red with the base 250 horse engine and the two speed powerglide. My 5ft. tall mother would sit on a telephone book to see over the dash whenever she drove it. LOL. People would follow us home to look at it - they were such a radical change to what people were accustomed to.
@michael miranti - yes. The process of car design is all science now and no heart. They do perform drastically better but the manufacturers all end up doing the same things when they create them. You don't have nearly as much control when you order anything either because everything is part of a package.
When I was in The Corps in the mid 70's I bought a '65 vette roadster with the 396 425 HP L78 engine...I paid $4,500 in '77 and kept her 3 years selling her for $5,400 in 1980...I wasn't sure what to ask and that was before Muscle era cars really took off with investors...I wonder what she'd be worth today? As an aside, the girls loved that car...I used to joke that when I went under a bridge with the off road/side exhaust I could hear the girl stick to the vinyl seat they were so wet... :)
I'll take a '67, 327-350hp, PowerGlide, PS, PDB, PW, tilt wh, w/ A/C as an everyday driver ( in good weather ). I've owned 11 Vettes from the '60's, 70's ( 1 ), and a 2001 blue coupe. Maybe I'll be "in the hunt" for one that matches my wish list next spring. Neat cars.
WoW ! People got money to burn out there ! How can you ever enjoy a car worth $3.5 Million ?? It's like a rare painting on wheels that you could never drive ! That's the sad part to me !!
I drove one of these I had a red 67 sandpiper convertible and hardtop one-year-old bought and sold it for I have the upgrade 327 350 4-speed showroom bought and sold it$ 3500
So back then the petrol stations had hi Octane fuel 103 RON basically yet in Australia they got shell 98 back in 1998 ? so basically Australia is about 405+ years behind when it comes to petrol stations with the type of fuel available, even the new E85 is taken off, but only the brand new cars are supposed to use it, but if you look at even E85 fuel, and owners manuals for Holden SSV 6Lt Redlines it states 91 RON on standard unleaded fuel, not to use 95, 98 or even E85, the government in Australia really needs to work very close with the car manufactures, which they are you have to upgrade your car with running a E85 fuel to save on fuel, but spend more $$ to make your car changes to run E85 yet the main players like BP/shell and others still have E85 pumps and Holden saying to clients yep you can use E85, so what happens then you stuff up your car due to how much less lubrication and the various special rubber or composite seals with in the fuel system fails and then you get the blame ? Even the series 2 Holden it has the same unleaded 91 as standard fuel ? The AFM VE Holden had E85 fuel comparability, but yet the new VF Holden has the AFM fuel management of DOD lifters, yet you cant use E85 fuel in them ?
7071t6 I asked the same question, where do you get 103 octane in the states, I live in Florida, and the highest ive seen is 98..and that was for boats (you want non leaded premium).I heard there are some small airports (Alligator Alley)that used to cater to small plane drug runners, that had 101-103..jfi .just.googled it vp racing fuels corp has octane 101 to 110oct fuel..reccomended if u have a Turbo car, gotta be $$
Barrett-Jackson specialize in American collectible cars. They do occasionally sell European or Japanese collectible vehicles. Gooding & Co. sell more foreign vehicles.
i ordered my 67 corvette,from rogers chev.hanover n.h. 427 400hp.side pipes & radio delete!3:08 rear(a mistake) convert.green wood green, a pig from the gitgo! g.l.gray
Ur mechanic is the problem Not the car. If I had it I'd have it smoking the tires on a 40 mph. Roll. Like my brothers 70 LS 5 . 454. 308gears all stock ex the cam. Flat tapped. Hydraulic.
Wow, that's amazing-- didn't the L-88 have heater delete? An old buddy loved Corvettes and used to get Vette books, I thought I read the L-88 had deleted the heater????
Only 67 had the heater delete. A new federal law for 68 required all cars to have at least a defroster and GM with no easy way to delete the heater and keep the defroster, just decided to put the heater in the L88 like all other 1968 and newer GM cars.
@@thud9797 OK and thanks. My buddy used to get some Vette magazines and I thought I remembered GM wanting to 'discourage' street use so they deleted the heater but like you say I do think that's a safety issue. The L-88 with that radical cam and 12.5 compression wasn't really an everyday vehicle in my opinion. I built a 67 RS Camaro Yenko clone so it was a 427/425 with 456 gears and a 4 speed, that was 1975, just the beginning of the 'gas shortage' loved the hideaways with the L-88 glass hood, scattershield and huge factory oil pan visible from the front. That GM solid cam was a nice combination of a reasonable idle with lots of power and rpm
Looks like there is a lot more room left for the Corvette to appreciate as Ferrari 250 GTO's sell at auction for tens of Millions more including one that has sold privately for $70 million.
That's what buffed lacquer looks like, it's the smoothest paint used on cars so it's also the glossiest. The problem is it's very brittle and oxidizes quickly. In all likelihood that is just red paint with no clear at all.
zora duntov needed a L88 Shipped too Him So the Boys at the Shop mated the engine to a 1965 roadster corvette white in color and trucked it over or bye train .. now you know the first L88 Car.. then Zora put the L88 IN A 1963 and went Racing Zoooom
When the USA was just shy of reaching the Moon! My '69 C-10 is my my daily driver, and runs good! When the US was great!!!! Now we have mafia/Putin Trump..... geez. I am glad I lived during the peak years of the USA!
I’ve owned every generation of Corvette but a C1. The C3 is a beautiful car but it has no room, I drove a C3 daily for three years but traded it for a C5 Z06 which is a much better car.
I have an old crusty ‘72 C10 with a 454 - 550 HP and in a quarter mile drag race this vette would maybe just barely outrun. Not worth the extra $3,490,000 for just a slightly better performance, considering that’s the big deal about the L88.... and I am not afraid to drive my truck anywhere daily! This car gives a rich dude something to boast about at the country club!
Wow!!! How did these get more higher in value compared to a 60s Mustang series or a Ferrari of any decade?? Man, fiberglass is pretty expensive!! 😲😰😂😂😂
Someone has far more money than brains to pay 3.5M for this plastic car. Prices have plummeted since 2014. Plus, the car was a uncomfortable pain to drive but this one will rot in some museum accumulating dust.
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Why so many comments about all the other cars he could have bought for that price? Sure he could have bought several thousand pintos, or a few million gremlins, but he wanted a corvette, the best corvette, and he got it.
David Pinto get married, get to work, have all the Pintos you want.
No matter what years corvette builder's or restomodder's had said 》for me The best corvette must come with
🔥spLit - wind♥️w 🔥《 original stingray signature's.
It's already been resold for 4.8 million I'd say that's a pretty good investment for having the best Corvette in the world for 9 years
@livewire2759Best Corvette? ROFLMAO. Plastic bucket full of sh*t.
This car will only continue to increase in value big time.
My cousin has one of these cars. His dad bought it new and they restored it together before he died. He wins a lot of car shows with it. A true beast right off the showroom floor.
Liar
Is it an L88? Cause they only made 20 of them in 1967 and even less are still in existence today.
i remember witnessing this cross the block 7 years ago and astounded the entire time. what a spectacle
those cars are investments, they are no longer cars.
More like a hedge against inflation, the value of these cars is higher than it's ever been, the price has to top out in the near future, then possibly level off. So probably a hedge against inflation, But I could be wrong.
Nope it’s got 4 wheels and an engine. It’s still a car.
Car market crashed
@@edm9760 you would think they'd have to top out at some point, but you have new markets like the Chinese bidding on it, Internet millionaires, Middle Eastern oil barons... there's always rich people out there willing to pay more for something someone else doesn't have. This is at $3.5m and that's not far off the price of some super cars.
This is what’s killing the market for muscle cars. When you make the cars inaccessible, people loose interest. Yes it’s a nice car , that no one can ever drive or own . So if you have no hope of enjoying something , you quickly loose interest. It just becomes a white elephant, that you can’t drive you can’t enjoy, you can’t sell....,,,
That Corvette is so special the owner's probably afraid to drive it in traffic. I had a chance to buy a used Vette in 1968. It was a '65 coupe. Dark green with a 396/425 4 speed. Used but in super condition for only $2500. I didn't have enough money so i purchased a 1966 GTO black, Hurst 4 speed. Was like new for $1685. Now that '65 Vette with highest factory 396 hp is big collector quality muscle.
Talk about 'appreciation' ....originally sold for under 8k!
It's a one of 20 '67 L-88, and one of one red on red.
One of the sweetest cars ever to come to life.
103 octane...I remember those days...in the early 70's/late 60's the guys with the real bad cars used to go to Sonoco to get the Sonoco 260...106 octane as I recall....or maybe it was 110.
It was 102 octane.
@@applemusclecar1301 No it wasn't, they said 103
steve Fowler
I remember, the Sunoco pump had a dial on the side. You could choose your octane level.
@@waltershattenkirk3087 yeah,🤔😂 that was a scam.
@@applemusclecar1301 It was Sunoco 104 octane, it was the highest octane available at most gas stations.
Could you imagine finding one of these in a old barn, man what a dream.
Just because a car is in a barn, doesn’t mean it’s for free.
@@robertbeirne9813 No kidding. Watched a video on a barn find Shelby GT500 that went for $65K as is. Took another $70K just to get it in decent shape. When a new Corvette goes for under $100K, a barn find isn't the grail it used to be.
Exactly. Now everyone knows the values of these cars. Sum want more then they are worth unresrored. And not survivor quality im talking rotted out needing full restos lol…
Yea I owed a C2 coup for 42 years been building it with different motors, configurations ect. Currently I’m putting a 650 HP LS2 with a manual 6 speed in the car I got $120K in it and that’s with only paying $7500 for the car in 1983, and now I’m prob putting another $40K in it!! But at least now with what resto mods are going for I will break even.
The 67 L88 is probably my favorite Corvette ever made along with the 69 ZL1(only 3 ever made)
I'll add the '65 396 to that list.
My favourite would be a 1967 327 with the the air conditioning option.
It can be driven on pump gas and enjoyed.
They list 2?
The yellow one and the red convertible.
What is the 3rd one?
@@jeffspicolli593 Agreed. 327-300HP / PowerGlide slush box / 3:08 gear. Hit the highway. Not the garage with an orbital buffer.
I saw this car at Bloomington in 94 and we heard it sold after the show for 400K.
26 years ago, When I bought my 91' ZR-1, from Corvette Mike in L.A. this car was for sale in his showroom. The asking price? $500K.
26 years = 3 Million increased value. You could polish it, and maintain it, and pay stiff insurance bills the whole time. But you couldn't really drive it. You are it's "custodian", and custodians don't get paid too well.
My 91'- ZR-1 purchase price then = $35K. Twenty Six years, and 70K miles later, it's worth maybe $20K, a $15K loss. But I've driven it all over America, I've seen the speedo top 175 mph.,. I've drag raced it, showed it, polished it, and ran it HARD. Owning the fastest, factory stock, GM car of the Twentieth Century is still fun.
But what would you pay to get in the Time Machine and have this L88 for one summer night in 1967 = PRICELESS.
Surprised it didn't do the chevy fire burn to the ground
Those ZR1’s are coming up in value if you still have it.
No doubt about it, Corvette's are the greatest American collector cars of them all.
what about the 427 AC COBRA ?
fang check they didn't make enough to be collector cars and a lot of people like them but they aren't to most desirable. During a Barrett Jackson a few months ago Corvettes are the most wanted American car. Shelbys are sick but they didn't make them long enough to be a collectors car and they aren't a ford car anymore. It's a Carroll Shelby car
@@fangcheck9141 289s are worth a lot more than the 427
Plus Cobras are not american made. Chassis/ made in England just the engine drivetrain made/assembled in America
After buying it, I drove it one time, and it didn't disappoint.
The black stinger hood...no ferrari had a hood like that...fantastic design.
My dad met a man who had with one of these in their garage since the 80s. It was beautiful
supply and demand the market sets the price, its economics 101
And morons with too much money
BEAUTIFUL ride!! Personally I want number 20, a black on black fastback with a red stinger. Of course I wouldn’t turn down any of the 16 remaining 1967 L88s!😍
I have a 1964 resto mod that paint combo. But it’s not original 67 stinger hood, 650 HP LS2 engine and manual 6 speed, big disk brakes, rack and pinion power steering. Leather, teak steering wheel, knock off wheels. I’ve owned it since 1983!! I got the car in high school it wasn’t original then so I built it the way I wanted it over the years.
that corvette is stunnling
I remember when they rescued this car. It was in Corvette news. The guy bought it to race. Tore it apart and quit. Brand new.
The good old days Before Covid19 and the economy collapse.
Rich people still have their money and the prices on these cars hasn't come down at all.
It's funny when a Corvette is reaching these prices, everyone has problems... Yet when its a Shelby people love it... Sad thing is, people think Shelby is still Ford... LMFAO
Highway2Hollywood Shelby is ford dumb***
Highway2Hollywood I own a Shelby signed by Carroll it's just a guys name who built high performance rides
Ford Shelby, not Carrol Shelby
Highway2Hollywood Shelby was always mated to ford as well As tasca ford in Cranston,R. I.
Unleavened Karaite Plus no such thing as ford shelby. I have a 429 autographed by Carroll Shelby. 1969
WOW what a car All American muscle.
It's a rare shitbox. This car is an antique now that 2018 is here and it is hardly an example of American muscle when people are cruising around in 2000hp street cars. It's more of an important piece of the history of the muscle car. Thanks to this Corvette we now have fast cars.
@@anthonyrybczynski5420 "It's more of an important piece of the history of the muscle car." That IS why it is a fine example of American muscle. I get what you are saying, but at the time......that 67 was the fast car (could be debated with what else was out there, but that is another story for another time).
The new trend now is restomod Corvettes. You could get a brand new Corvette chassis, a LS motor and stick and original 67 frame on it and when done right, you got a quarter-million dollar car. The last Barrett Jackson had a ton of them sell for that much. Its basically a new car made to look old.
It would be interesting to see the actual owner history on each of the L88 cars. You had to have a lot of money and a real racing streak to even buy something like that.
The story on this car that we were told was that the President of Pontiac ordered it for his then 17-year old son. Have no idea if that is true or not but is what everyone was saying when this car was at Bloomington in 94. Believe it still has the original engine and trans.
Out of my league for sure. Crazy
I know a kid names Barrett Jackson.... my sad laughed when he found out that was his name😂😂😂😂
+Evelyn Covey I see no reason to be sad, Evelyn....
Wow, Dr Workman! Just WOW!
I wonder if he ever told his wife how much the new car in the driveway cost?
anyone who buys a nice sports car is not married
What? Why?
Dogboy1960 they are married with the cars.
hines862009 I wouldn't tell my wife if I could hide 4 million bucks. Except when you die she will probably pull it out of the garage so she can park her minivan in there. 10 more years later when its junk from the rust she'll sell it for 1500$
Wow ! What an amazing car to own. 🎉
I cannot imagine having enough money to pay that much for a car. Problem is, it is now too valuable to drive and enjoy.
Yup. He's gonna hold on to it in some storage facility somewhere and flip it in another 10-15 years.
@@SnazzyZubloids already flipped for 4.8
Yep I got a C2 resto mod I bought in 1983. The car wasn’t original when I bought it but I’ve built the car multiple times over the years and I’m currently upgrading it again. But I’ve been driving the car for 43 years! It would be hard to own a car you can’t drive.
3,500,000 divided by 20.00 entrance fee= 175,000 visitors, this was 7 years ago,so with 25,000 visitors per year, paid off(roughly)
My only complaint is why does Barrett\Mechum and other auction shows mix the audio SO poorly. The commentators can barely be heard over the crowd noise.
There Were Actually A Few L-89's That Were More in Category of This PRICE.This Is What Happens When Bidding Wars Develop.This Car ,in Actuality, Could Have Been Had At An AUCTION Where Fewer People With Less Celebrity Status or Money ,Were Present,for a Million or Less.
But the point of selling a car is to trade it for money
That's why the guy had a reserve on it. Smart man. I've seen people leave the auction in tears. Thinking the money would be there and it wasn't t.
Nice video. Thank you for sharing
No matter what Scotty Kilmer says, a Toyota will never sell for that
Just as they're also doing with old, rusty signs, they could create a collectable market for old washing machines, freakin' yo-yo's, or ANYTHING, for that matter,. As long as it were well-publicised, there would be plenty of ignorant fools paying extraordinary amonts of money for basically anything, lol.
What about the 2000GT?
I’m 68, I had a 1966 white Corvette convertible , 327, Factory side pipes , 4 speed Muncie trans, in 1978, I sold it for $7500.00, that car today, is worth in excess of $160K
One of One Corvette. 1967. Beauty, worth every penny when you got it.
@pauloftarsus8145, NOT one of one. 20 were factory produced.
Is this the car with real low miles which was bought to race, had the bottom of the car painted white and then parked in a garage in Chicago with like 50 miles on it. / not moved until the 80's it was found before Earthquake L88's in 1988?
Announcer is incorrect unless he is talking about 1967 only. There were 60 or so L88's produced for sale - 20 in 1967, 1968, 1969 respectively. What an awesome collector Corvette. Hell on wheels.
216 L88 Vettes were produced in total from '67 to '69. 20 in 1967, 80 in 1968 and 116 in 1969. BTW, one of the TWO 1969 ZL1's produced from the factory (if they ever come up at auction) will make this '67 L88 price seem cheap...
My favorite and probably least known is the '71 ZR2. I saw one on Mecum the other day, it was beautiful. I have a '67 435 tri-power but if I was a collector I would get the ZR2 for sure.
viningsvette I bought a 66 390 hp coupe the day after my now x wife told me she was pregnant 17 years ago. Reason for divorce : He's a selfish bastard! Car has been paid for.......... child support, 2 years left and counting.
viningsvette You're talking about two different body styles. 68 and 69 was the C3.
Steve Magnante was obviously talking about 1967 since this is a '67. He's probably forgotten more about cars than you, me and everyone else in the comment section put together, so if you're going to try and correct him and don't know the correct figures yourself at least cheat and look them up prior to commenting...
216 L88's, not 20. Only 20 '67's....
So if I paint my 1966 L-88 RED i can get 3.5 million for it ?
@@eronacalloway9159 first of all 66 is not 67. Second of all you don’t have one.
This is why I love this auction.
Only the cream is sold here, the rest you can get from the cow. 😎
There were only 20 built in 67 but 68 and 69 saw another 200 or so built.
@michael miranti - yes it was. There still were 200 or so built.
@michael miranti - that's why the 67's are more valuable.
@michael miranti it's crazy isn't it. My father bought one of the first stingrays in the South. It was white and red with the base 250 horse engine and the two speed powerglide. My 5ft. tall mother would sit on a telephone book to see over the dash whenever she drove it. LOL. People would follow us home to look at it - they were such a radical change to what people were accustomed to.
@michael miranti - yes. The process of car design is all science now and no heart. They do perform drastically better but the manufacturers all end up doing the same things when they create them. You don't have nearly as much control when you order anything either because everything is part of a package.
20 for '67, 80 for '68, 116 for '69.
When I was in The Corps in the mid 70's I bought a '65 vette roadster with the 396 425 HP L78 engine...I paid $4,500 in '77 and kept her 3 years selling her for $5,400 in 1980...I wasn't sure what to ask and that was before Muscle era cars really took off with investors...I wonder what she'd be worth today? As an aside, the girls loved that car...I used to joke that when I went under a bridge with the off road/side exhaust I could hear the girl stick to the vinyl seat they were so wet... :)
Frame off restored, you would be pushing toward $100K.
Them side pipes sounded good.
I had a blue one in 1975 sold it for $3600 and paid $1800 for two 67 one was a 327 Convertable.
I'll take a '67, 327-350hp, PowerGlide, PS, PDB, PW, tilt wh, w/ A/C as an everyday driver ( in good weather ). I've owned 11 Vettes from the '60's, 70's ( 1 ), and a 2001 blue coupe.
Maybe I'll be "in the hunt" for one that matches my wish list next spring. Neat cars.
Fastt Ed I'll take my only year made 63 split window coupe
Nice Car- I have some Barrett-Jackson Videos too
Where was this car from? My stepfather had one back in the days this year and this color we lived in Highlands Texas at the time
If I had money to buy it . I would drive it .
WoW ! People got money to burn out there ! How can you ever enjoy a car worth $3.5 Million ?? It's like a rare painting on wheels that you could never drive ! That's the sad part to me !!
I drove one of these I had a red 67 sandpiper convertible and hardtop one-year-old bought and sold it for I have the upgrade 327 350 4-speed showroom bought and sold it$ 3500
My granddaddy had one of these l88 dark green convertible
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So back then the petrol stations had hi Octane fuel 103 RON basically yet in Australia they got shell 98 back in 1998 ? so basically Australia is about 405+ years behind when it comes to petrol stations with the type of fuel available, even the new E85 is taken off, but only the brand new cars are supposed to use it, but if you look at even E85 fuel, and owners manuals for Holden SSV 6Lt Redlines it states 91 RON on standard unleaded fuel, not to use 95, 98 or even E85, the government in Australia really needs to work very close with the car manufactures, which they are you have to upgrade your car with running a E85 fuel to save on fuel, but spend more $$ to make your car changes to run E85 yet the main players like BP/shell and others still have E85 pumps and Holden saying to clients yep you can use E85, so what happens then you stuff up your car due to how much less lubrication and the various special rubber or composite seals with in the fuel system fails and then you get the blame ? Even the series 2 Holden it has the same unleaded 91 as standard fuel ? The AFM VE Holden had E85 fuel comparability, but yet the new VF Holden has the AFM fuel management of DOD lifters, yet you cant use E85 fuel in them ?
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I asked the same question, where do you get 103 octane in the states, I live in Florida, and the highest ive seen is 98..and that was for boats (you want non leaded premium).I heard there are some small airports (Alligator Alley)that used to cater to small plane drug runners, that had 101-103..jfi .just.googled it vp racing fuels corp has octane 101 to 110oct fuel..reccomended if u have a Turbo car, gotta be $$
I didn’t read anything past the first question mark.
I watch these auctions when they are on from time to time.... why don't I see many exotics?
Barrett-Jackson specialize in American collectible cars. They do occasionally sell European or Japanese collectible vehicles. Gooding & Co. sell more foreign vehicles.
My grandma is driving that car :)
not before mine
mokeatlv what?
this was 10 years ago, i wonder how much today
Crazy how someone would fork over that kind of money for a car.
Just like art.
The auction fee on that sale could buy a house.
Looks dark orange to me?
either way I like the color!
i ordered my 67 corvette,from rogers chev.hanover n.h. 427 400hp.side pipes & radio delete!3:08 rear(a mistake) convert.green wood green, a pig from the gitgo! g.l.gray
Ur mechanic is the problem
Not the car. If I had it I'd have it smoking the tires on a 40 mph. Roll. Like my brothers 70 LS 5 . 454. 308gears all stock ex the cam. Flat tapped. Hydraulic.
Ive seen one L88 back in the 70s
Wow, that's amazing-- didn't the L-88 have heater delete? An old buddy loved Corvettes and used to get Vette books, I thought I read the L-88 had deleted the heater????
I don't believe so.
Radio delete, no choke.
I believe you are correct...no heater, no A/C
Only 67 had the heater delete. A new federal law for 68 required all cars to have at least a defroster and GM with no easy way to delete the heater and keep the defroster, just decided to put the heater in the L88 like all other 1968 and newer GM cars.
@@thud9797 OK and thanks. My buddy used to get some Vette magazines and I thought I remembered GM wanting to 'discourage' street use so they deleted the heater but like you say I do think that's a safety issue. The L-88 with that radical cam and 12.5 compression wasn't really an everyday vehicle in my opinion. I built a 67 RS Camaro Yenko clone so it was a 427/425 with 456 gears and a 4 speed, that was 1975, just the beginning of the 'gas shortage' loved the hideaways with the L-88 glass hood, scattershield and huge factory oil pan visible from the front. That GM solid cam was a nice combination of a reasonable idle with lots of power and rpm
I saw this get sold, still have the vid on my phone!
Upload it
Anyone believe this guy?
$6,000 new in 67, only 20 C2 L88's built , maybe ten left in existence.
Looks like there is a lot more room left for the Corvette to appreciate as Ferrari 250 GTO's sell at auction for tens of Millions more including one that has sold privately for $70 million.
that paint job looks silly compared to an original. all that clear
I can't stand base coat clear coat on the old cars, they look like colored mirrors.
These cars are often restored/over-restored way past what they were when they were new...
That's what buffed lacquer looks like, it's the smoothest paint used on cars so it's also the glossiest. The problem is it's very brittle and oxidizes quickly. In all likelihood that is just red paint with no clear at all.
lacquer is dated - much better materials now - plus you cannot buy lacquer in Cali.
@@bobsilver3983 that's why you use single stage urethane.
How DOES one fuel this car nowadays, given the octane requirements?
Some people have way to much money :]........lucky buggers
Keep thinking that way and you'll never have a lot of money.
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It'd make a nice daily driver.
Wow that's an eye-popping sum.
Thing that sucks is it's too valuable to drive 😫
0:11 L88's were available with automatic trans as shown in the original sales literature... but not many sold...
69 only... for 67 and 68 it was M22 only.
ya think they filled the tank with gas??
Wonder who bought it new?
Nice car
Good gas, and a case of spark plugs. MSD best thing to helpthese cars
No one can compare to Spanky when you compare auctioneers.
Itz raining cash hallelujah itz raining cash... ;-D
zora duntov needed a L88 Shipped too Him So the Boys at the Shop mated the engine to a 1965 roadster corvette white in color and trucked it over or bye train .. now you know the first L88 Car.. then Zora put the L88 IN A 1963 and went Racing Zoooom
Imagine how many C8 Corvettes you could buy for 3.5 million.
I wonder what it would sell for today since the car market crashed
When did the car market crash? ....I'd love to pick up some classic muscle, but the prices are still stupid high everywhere I look!
@@LastBastian crashed back in 2008 along with everything else
I can't even afford to watch this.
HAHAHAHAHA
When the USA was just shy of reaching the Moon! My '69 C-10 is my my daily driver, and runs good!
When the US was great!!!! Now we have mafia/Putin Trump..... geez. I am glad I lived during the peak years of the USA!
With the 1969 this is best looking car in the world..forget ferrari gto..this is better looking...
I’ve owned every generation of Corvette but a C1. The C3 is a beautiful car but it has no room, I drove a C3 daily for three years but traded it for a C5 Z06 which is a much better car.
I have an old crusty ‘72 C10 with a 454 - 550 HP and in a quarter mile drag race this vette would maybe just barely outrun. Not worth the extra $3,490,000 for just a slightly better performance, considering that’s the big deal about the L88.... and I am not afraid to drive my truck anywhere daily! This car gives a rich dude something to boast about at the country club!
Yes it's bad to be rich is it not.
Not "only" 20 built, only 20 "purchased" .........
How many miles on it ? If they said it I missed it
684,765
That kind of $ should be reserved for the L-89. - That one had aluminum heads. There were only 17 made, in 1967.
Why? The L88 also has aluminum heads and is WAY more powerful. L89's are expensive enough but not in L88 territory.
Cash or check.
omg i just came!
peter rabbit !!.!
When I get rich I'm buying my own car collection,
You are never going to be rich and you are gonna die from Covid soon. We’re all gonna die from Covid because Trump ignored the science.
that is some red hot red lipstick!
Wow!!! How did these get more higher in value compared to a 60s Mustang series or a Ferrari of any decade?? Man, fiberglass is pretty expensive!! 😲😰😂😂😂
It's the rare stock 560 HP engine...
@@BuzzLOLOL Ohh!!!! Thanks for sharing bro!!!! I was wondering why it was so expensive!!!
Someone has far more money than brains to pay 3.5M for this plastic car. Prices have plummeted since 2014. Plus, the car was a uncomfortable pain to drive but this one will rot in some museum accumulating dust.
+John Adams it's not plastic Einstein, the body is fiberglass. Were it built anywhere else in the world in would be called "composite."
What makes you think this car is made of plastic? You're not much into cars are you?
Wow!
I guess not all 1967s had the side pipes stock
Nope. It was an option.
1 of 20, EVER Built !
when is the next one
Twenty models only🎉
ANYONE understand what the guy is saying that's mumbling?
crazy!
Wow thats a lot of money for what I see is a repro...look at all the replaced parts!
It's restored, it's not a "repro."