Jack Douglass 435hp Corvette

[Stefano]

Jack sold a bunch of Hi-Performance Corvettes. Here is a 435hp Tri-Power with 4.11s and a close ratio M21 Trans, running back in the '70s

http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a79/StefanoBimbi/1967%20Jack%20Douglass%20435/1967JackDouglass435ATTHETRACK.jpg

[flyingn]

what did it run??

[ChrisS]

Timeslips that the owner had at the Mecum auction showed best times in the low 14s at U.S. 30/Gary IN. He admitted to having no prior experience racing. The usual culprit was no traction with the skinny 775s.

[SBR]

I tried to buy the car but his reserve was too high.

[ChrisS]

Steve, what was the last bid?

[SBR]

Chris,
I believe that the last bid was 80/85K. I stopped bidding at 65K.

[Rick Cell]

Whats with the interior code on the trim tag?

[SBR]

The interior code was 414 but the tag read 14 as the first 4 was missing. I believe that it was a real tag inspite of this error.

[Rick Cell]

Steve what was the rest of the car like?

[SBR]

Rick, the car needed a complete resto and was missing lots of parts like the tripower, hardtop, OEM tires, exhaust etc.. The seats were ripped, it had a 65 front surround installed. The good things about the car were original drivetrain, real paper, and trim tag which is more than I can say for most 67 435s. If I could do the resto myself I would have bid higher but since I cannot I would be looking at upwards of 100K to have it done.

[Rick Cell]

Thanks Steve

[TimG]

Someday we'll see this car restored at Bloomington. Heard he wants north of $100,000 for the car and with a restoration costing about $90,000 or so the purchase couldn't be justified. The car may bring about $140,000 done so from a financial standpoint the car needs to be bought around $50,000 to $60,000.

Nice owner and a cool car.