Tin Soldier on the Market
 

Good luck with the sale.

https://bringatrailer.com/listing/19...et-camaro-485/

Thanks!
/R

Best wishes for your sale.

Ends tomorrow.
R

...and the bid goes on :(

and that meager bidding shows the buyer apathy between drag converted examples and stock. This is a car with true drag racing provenance, and it would be a shame to see it restored back to factory specs but that's where the big dollars are these days. So, what do you think it would cost to restore it back to 'factory' considering the entire drive train, suspension, mini-tubs and paint would need to be changed?

You'd be upside down quickly.

I am surprised it didn't bid higher but thought it would get closer to $100K. Rats Nest garnered 20x the interest in stock form compared to it's original race livery. While Tin Soldier is certainly more well known than Rats Nest, I think the sentiment around race trim vs stock trim is correct from a market perspective. Race trim would be for the collector that already has a stock COPO looking to round out his collection IMO

Most collectors aren’t racers, most racers aren’t collectors. I can’t tell you how many times people tell me I’m nuts for racing my car…I tell them I’d go nuts if I didn’t. I’d run past a row of restored cars to see one that was raced when new, has never been restored, and still gets beat on. I’m not gonna be the richest guy in the cemetery…but I might be the one that had the most fun.

Number 1 driver
 

Well put DW315. I’m in the middle of the road to what you refer to. I like a nice clean detailed factory appearing car that’s driven to the cruise in - car show. I enjoy getting in my 4 speed car n cruising 50 miles to a cruise in n hang out talk to people. Does it have some modern stuff on it like radial tires n gas shocks, yes. I want to have a good ride n be safe on my trip.
Now do I appreciate a nut n bolt concours restoration on a COPO Camaro, absolutely! A well used old drag car that’s still got rubber build up on the rear quarter wells, absolutely!
That’s what’s cool 😎 about our hobby we all enjoy. To each is his own. There’s plenty of room on each side of fence you decide to be on.