[Tim Greer]

Personally, I'd wait for DWCamaro69's car above to be available. Also, for the record, other than the sheet metal/interior, I think the engine, and then trans is what makes the car worth more.

If CamaroJoe had the original 302 in that, he's have gotten $10K+ more, easily, I think (and from what I've seen). Of course, that's how I feel about it. I turned down a '67 L78 before, just because it wasn't the original engine (and they only wanted $16,500). I regret that, of course, because it did have a 396/375 hp in it (just not the original).

However, I was looking for a numbers matching car and didn't feel like messing around. Anyone would have easily paid far more than $10K more for it, just given the original engine. But, site unseen with 2 hours on the bidding, I wasn't going to risk it.

It'd have been hard to find that car wasn't worth that price anyway, but I just preferred to wait for the right one. I could have gotten it and been happy--it was a good deal no matter, but I'd have had to sell it to offset the price when I did find the 'right car'. If you have someone's 'right car', they'll pay accordingly.