'67 L-88 sells for $615K at Bloomington

[PTighe]

Yesterday at the Bloomington Gold Barrett-Jackson auction, Dave Burroughs '67 L-88 coupe sold for $615K to Roger Judsky. It has 12 original miles and is one example of 20 built at St. Louis. In the picture below you can still see the window sticker.

While $615K sounds like a lot of money, it seems that Italian exotics can fetch a lot more. Take for instance, one '62 Ferrari 250 GTO, one of 39 built, that a few years ago was auctioned off for slightly less than $3 million. I guess the price of these toys depends on which money bracket you're in!! :eek

 

[*89x2*]

Baddd Azzzzzzz

 

[6SpdZ06]

I agree, nice car, BUT, back in 1998, at Bloomington Gold, the car fetched a bid price of $850,000, and did not hit the reserve of $1 million.

Needless to say, it didn't sell back then. So, you never know!!

Jeff

 

[IH2LOSE]

increadable.

So this car is the real deal.that means there are only 19 others.I wonder out of the 19 other how many have this type of a ROCK SOLID no excuse documentaion.History.How maney of these were race cars and have the raceing pedegree and are still around,

 

[Tyler Townsley]

Can you believe that that car and the 69 ZL1 rode back in the same trailer to Orlando. Talk about putting all your eggs in the same basket.

Tyler

 

[67HEAVEN]

 

[Tom Bryant]

I wonder how many of the other 19 can be accounted for.

 

[67AirCoupe]

What really kills me about this car is that it doesn't have the original motor! It seems as though the original block was missing when the original owner sold the car. If this is true then I think that the price is a bit steep! Think of it..a 12 mile nom L-88! From what I have read about this car it is a bit of a mystery as to what happened to the original engine. The first owner doesn't seem to want to know or talk about the car..he could answer the question about the whereabouts of the engine. Why would a car that was disassembled and never driven be missing the motor? Does anyone here know more?

 

[67HEAVEN]

From a late '70s Corvette News magazine.

Makes for very interesting reading.

 

[IMA Z06]

There's a guy @ cf that knows orig owner and car very well........

http://forums.corvetteforum.com/zerothread?id=593510

 

[Last Ride]

I have always heard it said that of the original 20 L-88's for 1967, only about 300 still exist!

 

[Paranoid]

I'm curious though, have any of these rare Vette's had their engine started in the last 10 years?

 

[provette67]

L88

67HEAVEN,thanks for the article it was a great read

 

[Doug Do]

I'll take my 67 that I can drive and enjoy with other car nuts...and I paid a whole lot less

 

[PTighe]

Apparently the buyer, Roger Judski is no stranger to Corvettes. Is that his '69 ZL-1 I see on his web site page? :confused

http://www.rogerscorvette.com/

 

[JohnZ]

Yup, that's the only ZL-1 that's fully documented as genuine.

 

[Ken]

Gee, I remember when it was brokering for only a paltry $500 Gs!

I gotta steal one from Bob...

I too, love this car! :love

...and money be damned! I wanna drive it!!

 

[keith hodge]

thanks for the article to read-very enjoyable-
well i know of another one of the 20-my great grandfater started a chevrolet dealership in 1919 and he sold a l88 to a local guy here- he inturn sold it to a friend-also local--last time i saw the car -about 1 year ago it was still pretty nice-unfortunatly it was at a memorial service for him--he had never married or didnt have kids -so in his will he left the L88 to his best friends daughter. she dosn't want to sell it -i tried.:cry :cry

 

[67HEAVEN]

Keith,

You didn't mention the year of that L-88........

 

[1KULC7]

Nice piece of furniture, I doubt you will see it at a cruise night. Investment cars are just that, use them price goes down, you buy them to sell them later to make money, now is that what Corvettes were made for:confused :confused :confused