1971 Corvette on BaT, 7k miles...

[tom406]

https://bringatrailer.com/listing/1971-chevrolet-corvette-34/

[TimG]

Nice car, it was in the Gold Collection at Bloomington recently.

[RPOLS3]

Belongs to a member here.....

[Zedder]

Love this car! I was very close to buying the Steel Cities Grey 72 Corvette Convertible with 3600 miles that was on eBay last week. He wanted a few thousand more than I felt it was worth and we couldn’t strike a deal.

[Lynn]

The chrome bumber C3s are coming on.... finally.

Still a good value, IMHO. I doubt they will ever go the other way.

Back in the mid 70s I did a lot of aligments on both mid years and the C3s. Some of the customers regularly autocrossed. I put in a little extra caster, and ran about 1/2 degree neg. camber. They really handled well set up like that. I liked driving the C3 better. If you could just figure out how to keep one from rattling.

A few months ago, I drove my 69 Opel GT and the 70 LT-1 back to back. I thought a back to back run would be fun, seeing that they were both GM and both designed by the same guy (BTW, the Opel design came first!). Granted, my LT-1 has been sitting since 83 and is in dire need of weatherstrip EVERYWHERE. Still, the little Opel feels so much more solid driving. And no comparison when you shut the door. The Opel door shuts like the door on an older Mercedes. Way more solid that the Opel Kadette or even the Manta. Massive door hinges; with grease zerks.

Sorry for chasing the rabbit. Still, graduating from HS in 1971, the C3 was for me, the one to have, and I still like them as long as they have chrome bumpers.

[Zedder]

If the owner of the 7000 mile 71 is a member, please drop me a PM. Thanks!

[southernfriedcj]

Love this car! I was very close to buying the Steel Cities Grey 72 Corvette Convertible with 3600 miles that was on eBay last week. He wanted a few thousand more than I felt it was worth and we couldn’t strike a deal.

Nice! What did it sell for?

[Zedder]

Nice! What did it sell for?

It didn’t sell. Hi bid on eBay was $48,900

[Tracker1]

"they were both GM and both designed by the same guy (BTW, the Opel design came first!)."

PRETTY SURE THE OPEL GT, did not pre-exist this (1965 Mako show car) which the C3 was based on...?

[Tracker1]

And, of course the '64 Banshee styling exercise is an influence that pre-dates both...obvious influence

[67since67]

Love this car! I was very close to buying the Steel Cities Grey 72 Corvette Convertible with 3600 miles that was on eBay last week. He wanted a few thousand more than I felt it was worth and we couldn’t strike a deal.

Hey, I'm in that picture, and my Vette too!! :cool: I also see Dave Shutzbank, Dave and Dan's '67 directly beside it, and Member RCH's yellow '67 beside mine. Beautiful cars!!

Staging lot, NCRS Convention Las Vegas 2018.

[MosportGreen66]

Hey, I'm in that picture, and my Vette too!! :cool: I also see Dave Shutzbank, Dave and Dan's '67 directly beside it, and Member RCH's yellow '67 beside mine. Beautiful cars!!

Staging lot, NCRS Convention Las Vegas 2018.

What a great week that was! When three great 67 L36 cars got Four Stars!

PM sent Mark - I know the current owner and two previous owners of the gold shark. Outstanding car! That has very good owner history!

Dan

[TimG]

Zedder, I saw the Steel Cities Gray car on ebay, it too is a cool car. The Las Vegas Nationals was tremendous fun with all the Bow Tie '67's there. We had a good group of '67 owners there.

[Zedder]

Thanks Dan...got it!

Hey Tim, just me and one other guy on eBay that appeared serious about the car. The Canadian dollar is super low against the US $ right now, so I have to buy smart or I’ll be upside down next year. $1.42 Canadian to buy $1.00 US this morning!

[TimG]

I was the other guy, I didn't know we were bidding against each other. My apologies.
I started to think about where I was going to put the car if I got it and backed off. It's in Washington State and that is quite a trek from Austin, TX. I didn't need to see the car since I looked at it closely in Las Vegas. Move forward, I'm not going there as the barn is full and it's not a good time to unload a car.

[Zedder]

Small world! Actually, there was a third guy...who was the high bidder. He was a friend of the owner who bid to just below the reserve to “help him out with the auction”. He was a 0 feedback bidder who registered on eBay the same day, so it was easy to figure out. I asked the owner about it and he told me the story...he had no idea that his friend was going to do that. I already new the reserve, so it didn’t affect my bidding. If our dollar was better, I would seriously consider the car again.