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I'm goin' with the one that was raced. Same reason I'd take a broken Babe Ruth bat before I'd take an NOS one from the same season that he'd never used. Part of the car's aura and attraction is that race history. It is/was a part of drag racing history...and for that it's WAAAY cooler and WAAAY more valuable than a "regular LS-6 ragtop" at least to me.
A dozen or so LS-6 ragtops were "born" back in '70...but only this one went on to become a legend at the hands of Ray Allen & Co.
Now only if it had only been preserved in "as raced" trim...then you'd see some real heads spinnin' as it comes across the auction block.
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Well,as mentioned earlier on this boards,the car will supposedly show up with decals/stickers on it.Still not the same though...
I'm gonna go out on a limb and predict that Jim Brady's 'vert (item #1320
)will BREAK THE BANK and set a new record for '70 LS-6 ragtops.I'm thinking somewhere north of $500K to set the new standard.I don't think the world is ready for a million dollars just yet...but with the way people throw $$$ around for cars at B-J...that day is coming... I just don't think it's this year.
How Jim's car relates to the Ray Allen car I'm not sure.As important a piece of history as it is,I don't see it fetching the same numbers with it being restored back to stock instead of race-trim.
Just my opinion...
