I agree with Mike on those Chevelle registries. There is little to no real verification when info is submitted on a car. If there is one real looking piece of paper (whether it is actually real or fake), or a real looking deck stamp pic (whether it is actually real or fake), it gets added. Does a disservice to the real cars ...
With that said, I am confident that the POP in the pic is real. And based on the location listed and the other 65's in the background, this probably is or was Ed Sharretts' car (before pic here:
http://l79registry.macswebs.com/1965.../sharretts.htm )
If Ed owned it, there can be little doubt it is real. He knows 65 L79's as good or better than anyone, and too well to get stuck with a fake one.
However, I must say with all the high praise of the restoration contained in the auction description, one would think they could have taken time to fill all the pits in the axle and the bottom of the oil pan (22nd pic). Both look like they sat in the mud for years! And where is the silver rear cove paint, and trunk spatter paint? And look at the corrosion on the back half of the console, and the busted lens, and stripped (or tan painted) rear arm rest bases (16th pic). And orange thermostat housing. And worm bypass hose clamps. And what looks like a screwed in / tarred in floor pan patch on passenger front (22nd pic).
All fixable, but who wants to pay concours resto money and then have to redo all of that??