29.07.2005, 10:52
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Zitat:No Ceiling in Sight For Mid-Year Corvette Prices
Mid-year Corvette prices are soaring. Will the bottom ever drop out?
Several weeks ago, we told you about some insane money paid for a trio of blue Corvettes from Pennsylvania with prices hovering around the $300,000 mark. Well, those are peanuts in contrast to two recent sales we recently heard about in the great state of Texas.
A Florida-based Mercedes-Benz dealer reportedly paid a Texas man an astounding $675,000 for a black 1967 Corvette convertible with very rare blue interior. This particular car is equipped with the 400hp 427 tri-carb engine which, while not as desirable as its solid-lifter equipped, 435hp brother, is more scarce. Just 2,101 Corvettes were built with this engine in 1967, while Chevy built 3,754 cars with the 435hp 427.
The other unbelievable sale was a more common 435hp black-on-black convertible that sold for more than $400,000. We were unable to confirm the exact price, but only 815 black Corvettes were built in St. Louis that model year, making it the rarest 1967 color.
We can only guess that the Mercedes business is pretty good right now as this car dealer spent more than $1 million for two cars. To heck with real estate, at least you can have fun with these!
Unfortunately, with prices like this, it is unlikely the cars will ever see daylight. Remember in the late 1980s, when 1967 vintage Corvettes with 435hp 427s reached $100,000? Many thought that was about as high as they might go. Ha!
- By George Mattar
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