Corvettes on eBay: Auction for 1953 Corvette VIN 071 Ended Early

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Corvettes on eBay: Auction for 1953 Corvette VIN 071 Ended Early


With just 300 of the first-year Corvettes produced back in 1953, it’s always a big deal in these modern times when one goes up for sale.

We have written about a couple of 1953 Corvettes seeking new owners in the past few months, and there was recently a listing was added on eBay for a first year Corvette with the VIN sequence number of #071.

Unfortunately, in the time that we saw the ad for the 1953 Corvette on Friday to this morning when we are ready to publish our article, the auction was ended early.

The seller didn’t provide much information in the auction listing: :1953 Corvette. Car runs and Drives. See attached pictures.”

That’s it.

A close up of the speedometer shows 74,636 miles on the odometer, so someone did put some miles on it at some point.

That doesn’t really say a lot to a potential buyer, especially one who is expected to deliver an opening bid of $100,000!

The car appears to be in fairly good shape from the pictures, but when you’re talking about a 1953 model, you have to be careful because there are many hard-to-find parts unique to that year.

It’s estimated that only 225 of the original 300 Corvettes still exist today, so the offerings are slim.

While the 1953 model obviously falls far short of modern-day performance standards set by the seventh-generation Stingray, those who have driven a ’53 say it is still a wonderful car when compared to other cars of its era.

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We have a feeling that a dealer or restorer may have spotted this listing and gave the seller a call and made an offer he couldn’t refuse. Interestingly, the auction shows that it was closed on August 11th – that’s still a few days way.

We’ll keep an eye out for #071 to see if she shows up again on the auction website. Who knows, next we see her, she could be getting judged for NCRS Top Flight or Bloomington Gold!


Source:
eBay

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