Mecum is going to Texas this Fall

[Postsedan]

Phil,

You need to have this training in Chicago in August!

Dan

[olredalert]

-----Just watched that triple-black 69 L/88 cross the block at $465,000. Nice job Dana and the boys!!! Saw Stefano doing his best imitation of an operator, as well as Chris P and Steve Bramati. You guys are having too much fun......Bill S

[Stefano]

The winning bid was actually $562,500.00 and the L88 is coming back to Chicago.


Hope Ashton has some room at MCACN for it.

[Xplantdad]

Very cool!!!

[olredalert]

----Wow,,,Somebody must have not wanted Terry M to get his hands on another one, huh?.......Bill S

[SIR-VIVOR]

Black/Black + born with engine + great documentation + unrestored original = Green$$$$. With Bloomington Gold cracking down on restoration engines, the few handfuls or born with engine L88's are double value. The same on '67 435's was proven at this auction also.

[black69]

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: SIR-VIVOR</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Black/Black + born with engine + great documentation + unrestored original = Green$$$$. With Bloomington Gold cracking down on restoration engines, the few handfuls or born with engine L88's are double value. The same on '67 435's was proven at this auction also. </div></div>

I went and checked out the Mecum auction results and was floored over the 427/435 vette price for original engine cars. Who keeps track of the ones with original engines? For example, the red red one is the only one of 9 with the original engine, where is that info kept? -bob

[TimG]

Nobody tracks this information and it would be hard to track it now. Word of mouth is the best method to really know what may not be real.

[SIR-VIVOR]

Trained eyes can tell a real motor if you've looked at enough of them.

[SBR]

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: black69</div><div class="ubbcode-body"><div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: SIR-VIVOR</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Black/Black + born with engine + great documentation + unrestored original = Green$$$$. With Bloomington Gold cracking down on restoration engines, the few handfuls or born with engine L88's are double value. The same on '67 435's was proven at this auction also. </div></div>

I went and checked out the Mecum auction results and was floored over the 427/435 vette price for original engine cars. Who keeps track of the ones with original engines? For example, the red red one is the only one of 9 with the original engine, where is that info kept? -bob </div></div>
I have been tracking red/red 435 convertibles for over 25 years and have only seen six with their original motors and trim tags so nine may be an accurate number. Also I totally agree with Chris P. in that the cream of the crop cars rise to the top and will always do so.