An enthusiast looking for the thrill of driving a 427 Corvette might want to take a look at this 1968 T-top coupe being offered on eBay.
With a high bid of $25,300 that’s still below the reserve, the eBay auction out of Foxboro, Massachusetts comes to a close Sunday afternoon, or you can just skip the line and pay the “Buy It Now” price of $29,995 and take this beauty home.
The car doesn’t have its original engine, the seller admits, but the replacement 1969 427/435 horsepower tri-power V8 with what appear to be original carburetors has been built with roller rockers and a gear drive – “expensive racer components that make it sound like it has a supercharger on it.”
Still, on a car nearly 60 years old, don’t look for warranties on the engine, paint, drivetrain, etc., he points out. A few gauges aren’t working, the headlights don’t pop up, and there’s a hole in the dash for the radio (but what we assume is the original AM/FM unit is included with the sale though its working condition is unknown).
The Cordovan Maroon paint isn’t perfect, with “some minor little chips,” but the seller still rates it overall as “excellent” and “beautiful paint, far above your average Corvette.”
The black interior, meanwhile, is in decent enough condition for a driver, and a good detailing might even bring its condition up a notch or two.
Despite its flaws, the seller calls his Stingray “a fantastic car.” We’re of the inclination that any of the 28,566 first-year, third-generation Corvettes is worth a spin down the road these days, especially when it sports a 427 engine growling from under the sculpted hood.
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eBay Motors via BarnFinds.com
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I wonder who is willing to pay that kind of $$$ for this car not good enough to impress the narrator of this article. From a distance it looks good, but even still with a non numbers matching engine calling for that kind of dollars is obscene. The buyers are obviously blinded by the pictures and not paying much attention to the facts about the car….it could at least be detailed and the radio installed for that kind of money!!!
Non original…. that’s a good thing. Imagine a Corvette like this that can be affordable and not so incredibly rare and collectable that it can be driven. Now that’s the Corvette to buy. There’s already so many “all original,stock,100 point one owner cars out there that live in climate controlled buildings just waiting on the day to be flipped for profit.
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