Re: What's your opinion of this eBay car?
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Unless it is totally bogus,this car is still something special.A bigblock convertable A body is something worth investing in.Despite the claims that it take at least 375 hp to be a supercar,maybe that defines super,but as a muscle car,this car offers far more appeal.if you lined this thing up against an LS6 car right off the showroom floor in a drag race this car might actually win since both cars are traction deprived,but this car would need less radical gearing and could better utilize an automatic trans.As far as I am concerend this car is way more driveable then any "super car".Solid lifter engines with no AC, that need tall rear end gears just to feel fast,are loud and now require race gas just to drive on the street arent something that appeal to many buyers,even many investors.If this car is as original as the seller claims,with all that paperwork,this car is something special,that might be worth more to some then a restored L78 car with a non numers block,or no paperwork,or extensive sheet metal replacement.
As far as the owner claiming it is a copo,it doesnt sem like that is the case just because the options werent listed as part of a package.To me a real COPO is a batch of cars that a dealer ordered that were totally outside the scope of RPO.This is still a very sharp car none the less.
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I don't think that anyone is discounting the fact that the car is not a somewhat desireable car. heck, it IS a big block convert Chevelle.
You may be a little behind the times with your other comment. There are MANY of these old hipo big blocks that run on pump gas and have street manners due to quenck motor building. They came from the factory with street legal exhaust and most any of these old cars regardly of big or small block/h.p. were available with a varity of gears. A/C was and IS a preference of the buyer/owner and I don't think it has a place in this senario. The factory typically limited the availability of A/C on the engines with hi rev cams so the belts would stay on and the compressors would not fail.
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