69 Corvette L-88 sells for $610,000
 

At the Mecum auction a 69 L-88 convertible Corvette sold a few minutes ago for $610,000. Looks like there's money for the good stuff.

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...and the original owner drove it up on the block, too. Velocity took a picture of all 4 owners (3 previous and the new) together on the block after it sold. Nice piece of Detroit - err Bowling Green - muscle for sure. I wonder if the original owner wished he would have kept it all these years seeing what it sold for...

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WOW, I'd sell mine a whole lot cheaper than that. (though it not quite orginal)

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According to the description below, I guess you could have bought all 116 / L88 units back then for the price that this 'one' just brought...so what were these things brand new.

http://mecum.com/auctions/FL0112/FL0...d=012712194557
http://mecum.com/auctions/FL0112/FL0...d=012712194557
http://mecum.com/auctions/FL0112/FL0...d=012712194557
http://mecum.com/auctions/FL0112/FL0...d=012712194557

http://mecum.com/auctions/lot_detail...=FL0112-120887

Re: 69 Corvette L-88 sells for $610,000
 

Incredible...

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A local guy had a 69 L88.It ran 11.89 with headers and M/t street tire back in 1970.a few years ago, the present owner called him for info,and offered to sell it back to him for 250k.less engine and trans!!!!

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vacuum advance?

I thought they had a slightly different one - blocked off (no hole) from the factory not just missing a hose

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The Mecum auction going on this weekend is the best muscle car auction I've seen. The quality of the cars is outstanding and the high quality cars are bringing good money.

Re: 69 Corvette L-88 sells for $610,000
 

The one on the car is the correct one. There's a little 'nub' where the nipple for the hose would normally be. -Al

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Looks like a hole to me (doesn't really matter) - I was just doing what guys use to do to me when I did collector cars - it was worth a laugh

http://www.ebay.com/itm/1969-Camaro-...-/230689224317

This one looks like what I would expect

At least we both new it should not have one

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I have been told by an expert that the canister on E-bay is not an original, or at least the picture is. The little faint line that is just south (below) of the crimped edge is the key. Originals don't have that and repos do. He told me that most of the alum tags that go around the dist had a red dye/anodize coating that turns pink with age. The Red was put on there to protect the alum band from the aging process. Real nice price for a very nice car.

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Not a Bowling Green either. The correct answer is St. Louis.

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I remember this thread and saw this car coming to auction. Wonder what it will bring.

http://www.mecum.com/auctions/lot_de...gn=SC0512_S234

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The Mecum's Spring Classic Auction is the best musclecar exhibition I have ever attended. It will be held May 15-20, 2012 at the Indiana State Fairgrounds in downtown Indianapolis.

Travis

(Disclaimer: Opinions expressed by me on this forum are exactly that, my opinions.)

Re: 69 Corvette L-88 sells for $610,000
 

What's an L88?

Re: 69 Corvette L-88 sells for $610,000
 

Only from a Mopar guy. It's a Corvette with an L88 motor. Aluminum heads, 600 lift cam , 12.5 to 1 compression, 850 Holley and 427 cubic inches.

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Rated at 325hp, lol.

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that's nice, Is there an S69? or a P44? just curious

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Chuck,that's one more than an L-87 and one less than an L-89.










58 more to go.

Re: 69 Corvette L-88 sells for $610,000
 

Hey, I have one of those 850's, NHRA says it goes on my '67 Shelby. If the Vette is worth $610K my carb should be worth at least $2K. LOL

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I couldn't agree more. I've promoted and attended a whole bunch of musclecar shows in the past but was absolutely floored by Mecum's Indy auction.

I wasn't that interested in the actual auction due to all the BS that goes on but the cars on site were tremendous. There were eight or ten that I'd never seen in person due to the rarity.

Anyone who's into performance cars needs to go to this auction at least once.

Re: 69 Corvette L-88 sells for $610,000
 

its the engine that kicked the 426 hemi and 427 fords asses is what it is!!

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That's funny because the '69 427 L88 Corvette only came in at number #16 on this 50 fastest muscle cars list...and to bad they didn't include the '68 Hemi Darts & '68 Hemi Barracuda's with cross-ram race hemi's, or some of the other cars produced by Yenko or Baldwin Motion, etc...and yes the L88 was a race motor in a production car, and so were all the others...and yeah the 427 Cobra was a soccer moms car.

http://www.musclecarclub.com/musclec...s-50fast.shtml

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They should have tested a 4 speed one. And if gm had put 2x4s on it, there would be a l88 shoot out

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. And if gm had put 2x4s on it, there would be a l88 shoot out[/QUOTE]
yes and if gm had put two fours on it ,it would have to be at lest 200 lbs heavier than the hemi darts and cudas just to make it fair you know.

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yes and if gm had put two fours on it ,it would have to be at lest 200 lbs heavier than the hemi darts and cudas just to make it fair you know.[/QUOTE]

I don't care who you are, now that's funny ...

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Thats alot of coin in todays market.But it was a bad motor scooter.