Another 69 Z on BAT
 

There will be a new flood of 69 Z/28s for sale... real or not, after the hugger orange one sold for $260k.

Here is another hugger orange. You gotta love the pop rivets on the trim tag. Ouch.

https://bringatrailer.com/listing/19...mpaign_2648441

And the ubiquitous "CAUTION FAN" decal :thumbsdown:

Pretty seriously thinking of putting mine on there. Mine is a different market completely, but BaT seems to be the place to get all the money out of a car with a cool story.

I was waiting for William to call that one out.

Yikes I'm getting a rep...

Look no further than the obviously re-stamped block pad. In 30+ years of logging data, do not have a DZ engine final-assembled Saturday, March 8, 1969. For comparison, here's March 7 and March 10th. Con VIN would have been at the oil filter, different stamp font.

I also don't believe a carb dated the second week of February 1968 could be original to a car built 500 days later.

IMHO the body tag has been altered to show a 712 interior. As noted, has been off the car and re-installed with hardware store rivets. Too bad they forgot the RH dash woodgrain included with the Z87 interior option.

Lots of other issues.

The first things I noticed 711 was changed to 712 and oops forgot woodgrain on PS lower dash. Not much to like IMHO

So you guys thinking 270k on this one? Lol

Don't laugh.

Lots of people out there who don't think they need help. The car on the right is a 16k mile completely original survivor.

A good one though - appreciate your insightfulness and knowledge. :beers:

BaT is getting tough in their reserves. A friend has a very rare ‘67 sidepipe 435 horse Corvette convertible for sale and they would only allow a $165,000 reserve. This car is easily worth $100,000 more than that number.

I think there are more '69 Z28's on the market than Chevrolet produced!

Just like LS6 70 Chevelles.

That was Paul walkers car so I’m sure people were bidding crazy because of that

They must not be making as much money.

The Z seller on BaT sounds like a nice guy that obviously didn't do any homework when he purchased the car "as is" years ago. It's amazing how many people have gotten screwed over the years on many classic muscle cars, in particular 69 Z/28's! It would be interesting to know what he paid for this mess 25 years ago.

Its an 06A car so the March engine, even though its a restamp, doesnt fit the build timeline anyway. No way this hits $100K. Too much obvious altered/wrong vs the $260k car

And 435's:dunno:

I was planning to put my COPO on BaT but they would budge on a $130K reserve, which I wasn't satisfied with. Part of the problem was that they didn't have many BaT comparables to reference. They had a few but those cars were not freshly/correctly restored.

Am I correct in stating the tag COULD be original to the car, assuming the VIN is original to the car (nothing to make me believe otherwise at this point)?
I realize the last car out in June was VIN 664008 and this car is 664654, or about 600 cars after. But, didn't the trim tag go on sometimes a week before the car went to the assembly line and got a VIN assigned?

Just wondering if the tag at least lines up with the car. It does look like a real tag (with the altered interior code).

IMHO it is an original tag. Whether or not it belongs on that body is yet to be determined.

N664654 was final assembled on or about July 2, 1969. The production order/tag would have been released in June. Later that day, 07A cars started rolling off the line, mixed in with the last few 06A cars.

It would not surprise me to see them go to a no reserve platform in one capacity or another in the future. Or, if was car was offered with reserve, there would be a seller's fee of sort. They have become very independent in the last couple of years.

I can only guess that auction has disillusioned many a 69Z owner thinking that lighting my strike twice. That having been said, they will get an eye opener with the reserve BaT will offer up.

William's post with the 2 cars at each end of the spectrum, shows how hard the pendulum can swing.

Last car out in June was 664008, but still some cars with June tags were built into July like this one was. I know of 7 cars built after this 664654 car that all have legit 06A tags, with the latest being 470 cars after.

Also, they had to take the tag off the car to alter the interior code from 711 to 712.

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Not a Camaro, but I had my car consigned to BAT. Photos taken, fees paid, and down to finalizing the description. My car had bulletproof documentation to prove it was originally
an L79 car. Honestly described as missing its original engine. No stories or issues. They would not allow me to call it an L79 car. I escalated the matter to a senior manager there who told me that " if a documented Fuelie Corvette was missing its fuel injection then it could no longer be called a Fuelie Corvette". I pointed out that they had no problem describing 6 other L79 cars that had no documentation.

And 435HP 67 Corvettes.

I was going to list my 69 L78 Chevelle on BAT, real engine, rear end car, correctly restored with a missing correct radiator. BAT wanted the reserve at $60K and gave me comps of cars that were not L78, headers automatic. I have since just decided to sale it myself, or enjoy and drive.

Sold 65K