Tim selling a 1971 LT-1 on BAT, no reserve

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Originally Posted by scuncio

Were you happy with the sale price? Seems fair.

I agree Tony. Certainly, I'd love to have gotten more for the car. I'm not surprised with the result though. I figured the car would land between 70-75k.

The LT-1's are growing in popularity, but still have not quite hit their stride. I felt this car could be above it all, due to the colors and authenticity. As you could probably notice, I went out of my way to put the authenticity on full display.

In hindsight, I probably would have done better to keep the car for a couple of years and campaign it. That of course took the better part of 2 years and over 10k in hard expenses to complete on my 70. Given the uncertainty of what will occur in November, and how the market(s) will react......I felt it was smart to lighten up by 2-3 cars right now.

The win in the scenario, the buyer is a friend of mine. He's a judge for both Bloomington Gold and NCRS at a Regional and National level. He certainly understands the car. It sounds like he will pursue the same path I did with my green 70. I really feel the car has the same integrity to achieve the results. It will be enjoyable to watch.

The other upside to this whole scenario, is the additional people I have made the acquaintance of. For example, the underbidder on the auction, actually has a home about 5 miles north of my shop. They stopped in last week just out of curiosity, as they saw I had Corvette's around there. It was at that point, they saw the car and elected to sign up on BaT. I suspect I'll do business with them in the future. There are 2 other people who I spoke with as a result of the auction, and now have tasked me with finding them a car. Each of them wanted something a little different than the red 71, but now understand my tastes and how I call a car. Those 3 examples there are hard to monetize.

So the short answer after the long winded explanation......yeah, I'm happy with the result.

Tim