Saw this ad tonight and noticed it looked like it was hot rodded at one time. Would be awesome to know what it's history was. Ever see a car and wonder what it's history was? http://lubbock.craigslist.org/pts/3765774369.html
It's an early 57 with out the supports added later in the year. The VIN is attached with screws as they originally were. I built one that was rougher than that one and it's not cheap.
Yeah, you'd think that was overpriced but it will probably sell for that money. I saw a firewall, another '57, with vin go for $7500 on ebay.
Saw that one as well.. $26.5K? He must be hoping Richard and Aaron shows up at his door. Neat car though!
In the world of Corvettes, the engine (if any) in it has a huge effect on the value. If the block has the proper casting number and date, it looks to be easily worth all of that. Not matter what, it's value will be in 5 figures.
Until WalMart,Sells em they will continue to bring"too much" money......I watch these as a morbid pastime and see a lot of them for sale on ebay and the like. It really boils down to what someone will give that really wants one. It will probably be a bit negotiated [downward] and will sell to an individual that is serious as I describe....but it will sell. A '55 56 57 will bring far more than a 58 up will anyways.....
Its hard to tell but it does not look like the original block as there is no provision for the road draft tube and I do not think that they had double humps that early for the SBC. I would say to correct person it is not priced bad. just my 2 cents
The older you are, the harder it is to accept that people are asking that kind of money for a project Vette. Of course the same could be said of Willys coupes, and '32 Fords. "The times, they are a changin" It would be interesting to know the history of the car though.
I used to do chassis restoration work for a guy specializing in second Generation ('63-'67) 'vettes and NOTHING surprises me when it come to the prices tossed around for these plastic wonders. My customer took a '65 big block coupe that was hit by a train at an unmarked crossing and it ended up winning a Bloomington Gold. Everything can be fixed if your wallet is fat enough. Frank
if that is an old low horse car the original block means next to nothing to it's value---worth more as a hot rod...
That's what a lot of vettes looked like until about 1982, after the resto craze hit all the old hot rodded vettes became matching numbers high horse high option cars, I don't doubt the statement that there are more 435 hp 67 vettes today than in 67
Your right. The real old cars didn't have any numbers to match them to, no trim plates, just a serial number tag screwed on to the car. You can make them what ever you want.
When I saw that last week the price was $36,000. The current figure seems much more reasonable. Posted from the TJJ App for iPhone & iPad
The year was 1976 and my roommate's friend tried to sell me his big block, 4 speed '56 Vette for $1800. I told him it was too much. It was a running, driving car!
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