Calling All Corvette Experts

[Ngtflyr]

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[Ngtflyr]

[Ngtflyr]

Thats all for now. If anyone has an opinion, good or bad I'm all ears. I still haven't talked to the owner but intend to. Not sure if he has any paper on the car. He apparently has a magazine article from years past explaining there were 11 cars built with this color combination via COPO channels. I will get my hands on the article in a few days hopefully. Let me know what specifics I need to look into in regards to the car. Thanks.

[LS6 RAT]

Although red interior is not shown as a GM recomended color in conjunction with silver exterior during this year. There is absolutely no records at this time to substantiate a number for this combination, a guess is all that is possible, and without a survey for combination being taken for several years, it probably is a wild guess at that.

[Fast67VelleN2O]

Why does the vin tag look all beat up? Or is it just the quality of the picture?

[Ngtflyr]

It's just the pic, it was getting dark so I just snapped a few quick photos.

[TimG]

I've seen three other documented Corvettes with this color combination. Very rare and pretty combination and I have no idea why it was not available.

I think you really would like to see a tank sheet, window sticker, or warranty plate. I'm sorry, but I can't tell anything conclusive with the motor or trim tag pictures. Certainly not enough to make a decision that would cost you thousands of dollars. I'm going to be out most of the day today, I'll PM my cell number to you.

[Ngtflyr]

I will try to get some better pics of the stamp/TT/Vin. Trying to get in touch with the owner. What is the car worth as is/finished paint/no docs? If I can get under that price I may try and swing the deal anyway. I love 67 vettes and that is one of the best color combos.

[TimG]

Dave, that's a tough question because without factory paperwork, the value of the rare color lies completely with the trim tag. You really need a trim tag expert to inspect it in person to be sure. If it's not a real trim tag, the car is now worth much less than a true silver/red car or even any color combination. I will tell you this with certainty, the trim tag really needs to be inspected in person by an authority, pictures will just not do the trick on an issue that can mean ten's of thousands of dollars. The pad pictures are critical for the same reasons, the real engine will add thousands to the value of the vehicle. It's kind of like asking for a doctors cancer diagnosis over the internet, he really needs to see the patient in person and do the appropriate tests to make the correct call. Personally, if the car were in my backyard, I'd want to have one or two knowledgeable friends look at the car, I wouldn't trust my own opinion 100%. I've been receiving some calls to look at various cars and verify the correctness of the engine for potential buyers and I think this is lawsuit city, I prefer not to make that kind of call for a potential buyer. I know that I can be fooled and have been in the past. I just can't see making a judgment call for someone so far away when longtime experts have trouble verifying originality and correctness in a judging situation.

I wish I could offer more definite information, to have the car inspected opens the car to other eyes and puts it at risk of being bought out from under you. If the car is just offered so cheap that you can't go wrong, then jump on it. I noticed the rivets on the ID plate look good, but again, a shaky picture. Years ago when cars were cheaper and forgery wasn't so prevalent, you could purchase at somewhat face value, but not today. I know of a Corvette for sale here in town that some widow is selling and it has an ID plate from a passenger car under the dash. I've been asked numerous times by potential buyers from various parts of the country to go look at the car and tell them what I think. I want nothing to do with any part of verifying that car and I hate that some widow is selling a shady car after her husbands tragic and untimely death. I saw the car shortly after he bought it eight years ago and told him to reverse the sale, he didn't.