1969 silver COPO 1700 miles at Barrett-Jackson

[L78M22Rag]

I empathize with you. Sorry to hear about you having to see your car go for a price you feel was too low.

I don't mean to kick you while you're down... but with only 1,700 miles and some areas of the car being that well preserved, it must have been a reasonably high dollar car before the restoration. Did you expect to increase that value by the additional amount you put into the restoration?

[quick-bowtie]

No worries.. My car wasn't the only good deal so I went home with a few to make up for it. Car was painted black and white when I bought it so we changed it back to Cortez Silver and then did the drivetrain in it. Was an old race car had never been cut up or caged. Just sad to see a good car fall on it's face.

[Craig_Maiorana]

Can I ask why you chose to take it to a no reserve auction if you had been offered good money prior to consigning it? I hate to see people get gut punched by the BJ bully.

[x77-69z28]

I'm shocked that it went that cheap. That is what the rebodied green Z/28 went for!
Buddy

[William]

I'm not. I have an auction db dating back many years. No docs/non-OE drivetrain COPOs virtually never do much at auction. A very similar car [N676397] with OE drivetrain did $225,500 at B-J LV 2013. N650526 just sold again [3rd time in 5 years] for $99,000 at R-S. Sold for $115,500 in 2013.

Yenkos are a different story of course. N578842, non-OE engine, sold for $330,000.

[DW31S]

Gotta make you wonder, especially with today's liberal terminology. "Matching Numbers" used to really mean something. Nowadays, it merely means whoever restamped the block used the right numbers. Without bona-fide, bullet-proof authentication by a well known specialist of the marque, nice cars might struggle on the auction block unless alcohol or tv is thrown in the mix. There are exceptions, however, but not the norm. Most of us know the truth and accept it for what it is: that these cars were built for racing and if by chance a specimen DID survive and still retains the "born-with" driveline components it SHOULD fetch more money.