1971 LS6 Corvette sets new world record.

[LS6 RAT]

My friends '71 LS6 Corvette was auctioned on Sunday June 10th thru the EXCELL Classic Auction event. It brought $230,000. A Classic White convertible with saddle custom interior and optioned out as M22, MA6, 3:08 drivetrain with PW, PS, PB, and lots of factory docs.

I have only seen a couple of '71 LS6 ZR2's bring higher dollars, as would be expected. This breaks the average sales price of previous standard LS6's that were typically bringing around $135,000. As some of you know, I've been involved with the survey/registry of these cars for more than 20 years, and I am excited that their time seems to have finally arrived. They tend to follow in the shadows of the '68, '69 L88's and those cars have increased dramatically in the last year. Currently I have 92 known/verified '71 LS6 Corvettes out of 188, so I am just about at the 50% level, unfortunately I did not keep track of the wrecked, burned, scrapped cars from years ago, although I know of some, and they are not in the present survey, so how many more I will locate in the upcoming years is hard to say. The breakdown currently is 52 coupes to 40 convertibles so the ratio of 2 coupes to 1 convertible for the '71 production model year doesn't seem to follow with respect to the LS6 cars at present.

Just to give some of you an idea, the Boss 429 engine option cost $1208.35, the LS-6 option cost $1220.70

[SBR]

Warren, it just goes to show you that great cars will still bring record money. The buyers are getting smarter and not overpaying for cars with issues, at least it seems that way to me. BTW I have been to the Bloomington Gold show and next years theme for the special collection will be the L88 Corvettes so I would expect to see a spike in their prices in the next twelve months.
Regards,

[LS6 RAT]

Steve,

I didn't go to Bloomington this year, because of all the hype for the '57 'vettes. I'm not a fan of the solid axle years. However I'll certainly be there next year!!!!!! I just love L88's.

[SBR]

Warren, I too can appreciate the solid axle cars but they are not my cup of tea either. They did have Al Wagners LS6 coupe in the Hall of Fame section, I looks great. You need to find an L88 to bring to next years show

[LS6 RAT]

Steve,
I remember seeing Al's Sunflower yellow car when he was having it judged a couple of years ago there. I really made a mistake not buying an L88 a few years ago when they were a lot more reasonable in price (compared to present day). Last year I was looking at those 3 on the judging field very closely, listening to the owners discuss various nuances between them, it was interesting.

[SBR]

Warren, those three cars were are pretty neat cars. I just got home from the BG auction and I thought that overall prices were pretty strong with the most notable sale being the featured black/black 67 435 conv. formally owned by Roby Price. It brought 445K not including buyers premium.

[LS6 RAT]

I wondered how the auction went this year. Roby Price flew out to the first Russo & Steele auction held in Monterey just after the NCRS National and was there to bid on my '69 L78 SS Camaro convertible. He and Milt Robson went at it for awhile.

[PhilS]

Hey Warren, I'm glad Dean outbid them.

[LS6 RAT]

Hi Phil,

Actually, they came up to me afterwards and conveyed to me that they had miscommunicated to each other, otherwise the car would have had a different owner!

[Drew Papsun]

Hello Warren
I just got back home from Bloomington Gold show. I missed seeing you there. The white LS-6 was a Canadian car ordered new. The owner told me the information at the of the sale.
Regards,
Drew Papsun