69 Corvette L-88 sells for $610,000

Adger Smith · 01-29-2012, 02:26 PM

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.

01-29-2012, 02:26 PM	#12
Adger Smith VIP Member Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Texarkana Ark/TX Posts: 2,446 Likes: 575 Liked 880 Times in 311 Posts	Re: 69 Corvette L-88 sells for $610,000 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. __________________ Adger Smith (Former SS) Last edited by Adger Smith; 01-29-2012 at 02:59 PM. Reason: sp