Rare 1967 Corvette L88 with just 20 built // Mecum Kissimmee 2024

[@ANGEL-sp4yz]

❤Red Corvette 1967 Beautiful!❤

[@stevefowler2112]

Interesting that it isn't a "numbers matching" car but still valued/sold for over a million dollars (two million I believe) ...I had a buddy in H.S. in '73/'74 who owned a '70 Nova with an L88 that him and his Dad had blueprinted and installed in the Nova...it had an M22 transmission and 4.88:1 rear gear in a 12 bolt rear end. I drove it a few times, it was the fastest car in Titusville Florida at the time. If he wanted to the car would do such epic burnouts it would leave rubber on the car's windshield behind him at stop lights and would burn the biggest series 60's available at the time in all 4 gears. With slicks it would run 11.0's.

[@georgemattar1705]

Barrett Jackson sold this car a few years ago for about $3 million I believe.

[@stevehanrahan2710]

January 2014 Lot #5035 SOLD for $3.5M!

[@timothywashburn4669]

3.5 mil.

[@thud9797]

1994 after the Bloomington show it sold for $400K.

[@nickmatoic9096]

BEAUTIFUL CORVETTE ! Resembles the 63 split window body style .

[@sidefx996]

Resembles? Minus a few small changes since it was introduced in '63 it's the same body lol

[@johnmartinelli5511]

​@@sidefx996it is the same except for the split window these are the most sought-after Corvettes the c2s second generation 63 through 67 we got to get you up to speed hope I helped you out

[@sidefx996]

@@johnmartinelli5511 Get me up to speed lol? Thanks I grew up with these cars I don't need the KZbin comment section to "get me up to speed."

[@johnmartinelli5511]

Well, I'm 75 and I grew up with them too!!! ... such a sensitive guy you are!😂😂 how could you be so put off???! Have at it wizz.... 😂😂😂😂 just trying to be helpful, duh

[@rondpert5167]

Maybe he could use my unstamped, stock bore #351 4 bolt main block.

[@johnmartinelli5511]

Can anyone confirm the L88 made a compression ratio change very early on due to trannys or clutches being blown ?? I believe gm also changed the warranty to 90 days on the drive train........ can anyone shed some light on these questions I have.... I recall a first phase and second phase terminology being used when they made this change

[@thud9797]

Never heard of that clutch or tranny story. The original L88 had a different cam and closed chamber heads. During 1969 production they went to a second design head and also changed the camshaft. The new heads lowered compression from 12.5 to 12 but this was done to increase power not lower it.

[@johnmartinelli5511]

​@@thud9797ok.. . Thx........

[@creatorwatch532]

nice IF it actually crosses the block and is not pulled like cars in other auctions

[@kerrykelaher2607]

L88 convertable only ever 2 built ! 😮😊

[@Vini-Pizza]

Is this Corvette from the Roger Judski collection out of Orlando Florida?

[@thud9797]

Don't think so.

[@rbrauto1]

HOW ABOUT $1,000 DOWN WHAT'S THE BUY HERE /PAY HERE PAYMENT.

[@johnmartinelli5511]

These L88 VETTES WERE THE FASTEST PRODUCTION CARS ANY MFG CO. MADE "available" to the public.

[@Pantera-wu9ty]

Not true, the 427 AC Cobra was faster on every metric....simple power to weight ratio!

[@johnmartinelli5511]

No car had more horsepower no car had higher compression you need to read more you don't know what you're talking about.....the end!

[@Pantera-wu9ty]

@@johnmartinelli5511 Ok Mr. Rocket Scientist, when you come back to reality, physics remains constant. If the L-88 did have more hp than the 427 in the AC cobra, if wouldn't make up for the curb weight difference........you probably don't even own a corvette......just a keyboard warrior in your mom's basement1

[@johnmartinelli5511]

Gonna be 75 soon, a few vettes, Z28'S, REMEMBER LOOKING at one new 427 sc cobra side oiler in 1967 before entering the military. Chevy made the grandsports to conquer the vettes during the vette-cobra war years.......then shelbys 427 came on board for a total o 348 plus or minus one. Then chevy did the L88 to maintain street domination (never heard much from hemis because 425h.p. was where they stopped). THIS IS AN OLD ARGUMENT.....i love cobras from the 260 ci to the 289 ci to the 427 cu in engines. PHYSICS (?), YES, I WENT TO SCHOOL AND KNOW THE 3 LAWS OF PHYSICS. THE L88 came and gone just like the cobras. They were not street cars! Read about MOTION PERFORMANCE AND YENKO CHEVROLET...MOTION OUT OF LONG ISLAND AND YENKO OUT OF PENNSYLVANIA from back in my day. YEAH, IM IN THE BASEMENT ALRIGHT. This is a no- win argument. Good night.

[@noahdunaway]

@@Pantera-wu9ty the AC cobras were not production vehicles.

[@Denise-tt1hq]

❤

[@jimmiematho8082]

this is the most expensive corvette in existence in case you are wondering.

[@sidefx996]

I believe it's the most expensive sold so far, but not necessarily in existence. If a '63 Grand Sport were to ever go up for sale it would fetch considerably more.

[@jimmiematho8082]

@@sidefx996 that's the one where they only made 5 or 6 right?

[@sidefx996]

@@jimmiematho8082 Correct. I think in this rarified air of '67 L88s and '69 ZL1s and '63 Grand Sports, in the very rare instance one of them actually goes up for sale, it's pretty much going to come down to how much someone (who money is probably no object to) is willing to pay, especially in these times where car prices are insane to begin with.

[@jimmiematho8082]

looking for 5 million .....min. it sold for 3.5 million 10 years ago.

[@kerrykelaher2607]

560 hp l 88

[@HarrisAutoGroupNY]

GNX IS NOT AN L88 LOL

[@bigmountain7561]

It’s a nice car but No Matching Vin on the Block then it’s just another Vette!! Sorry but I am Vin Number Crazy!!!

[@cyberman4276]

I'd like to know how it can be an 'IT' block if service blocks were 'CE' stamped blocks and consequently not stamped with the date code and suffix (in this case apparently an 'IT' block ), Can anyone possibly shed some more light on that?

[@thud9797]

It's proven to be a real L88 so if you think that's just another Vette well we can't help you. And obviously the person that paid over $3 million foe it disagrees as well.

[@thud9797]

​@@cyberman4276 This car has a corporate history (President of Pontiac ordered this car) so could have gotten different treatment. Or the 5/50 didn't apply to the 67 L88. The CE stamps were only for engines replaced under the 5/50 so if it wasn't covered under the 5/50, it wouldn't have a CE stamp and they would just grab an over the counter block which were all stamped IT.

[@johnmartinelli5511]

I agree .. no matching number you got nothing...

[@noahdunaway]

@@thud9797 I have a L88 short block that was purchased “over the counter” with CE366815 stamped on the front pad. It is the open chamber engine, 1969 design, with a casting date of C1273, March 12, 1973, which makes it a legal 5/50 warranty engine for a L88 69 Corvette. I’m getting old and it’s been sitting in my build room for 30 years now and I’m going to put it up for sale. It was only drag raced for a few years in my 68 Camaro drag car and is in very good condition, you can still see the cross hatch marks in the cylinders.

[@dianecortis2047]

Geez I have a 1987 GNX, #069 out of 547 with 1000 miles on her

[@bobbydouglass1813]

and your point is...

[@dianecortis2047]

@@bobbydouglass1813 my point was I have one

[@bobbydouglass1813]

i get it, i've got a w-30 '72 hurst olds conv't indy pace car w/25k?? but we're talking about a '67 corvette l 88@@dianecortis2047

[@HarrisAutoGroupNY]

I HAVE 2 L88S NO BIG DEAL..

[@f.m.0815]

I don't, no big deal either

[@johnmartinelli5511]

Yeah, crate motors🤣🖐

[@noahdunaway]

@@johnmartinelli5511 I have a L88 crate short block for sale. Stamped CE 366815 with casting date C1273, March 12, 1973

[@thud9797]

Knew a guy that built an L88 out of a 69 390hp car. Factory shortblock then built from there, back in the 80's when you could still get the parts. 3.36 gear. I asked why? He said cause he liked the way the speedo and tachometer both buried at the same time. 😀