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

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10 ай бұрын

Bill Stephens and John Kraman sit down with Corvette historian Tom Hill. Only 20 L88 Corvettes were built, and only one in this color combination. The ultimate in American collector car.
Mecum Kissimmee 2024
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@ANGEL-sp4yz 10 ай бұрын

❤Red Corvette 1967 Beautiful!❤

@georgemattar1705 10 ай бұрын

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

@stevehanrahan2710 9 ай бұрын

January 2014 Lot #5035 SOLD for $3.5M!

@timothywashburn4669 6 ай бұрын

3.5 mil.

@creatorwatch532 10 ай бұрын

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

@johnmartinelli5511 2 ай бұрын

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

@Vini-Pizza 10 ай бұрын

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

@nickmatoic9096 7 ай бұрын

BEAUTIFUL CORVETTE ! Resembles the 63 split window body style .

@sidefx996 4 ай бұрын

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

@johnmartinelli5511 2 ай бұрын

@@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 2 ай бұрын

@@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 2 ай бұрын

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

@Denise-tt1hq 10 ай бұрын

❤

@rondpert5167 9 ай бұрын

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

@johnmartinelli5511 2 ай бұрын

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

@Pantera-wu9ty Ай бұрын

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

@johnmartinelli5511 Ай бұрын

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 Ай бұрын

@@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 Ай бұрын

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 Ай бұрын

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

@rbrauto1 6 ай бұрын

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

@jimmiematho8082 4 ай бұрын

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

@sidefx996 4 ай бұрын

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 4 ай бұрын

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

@sidefx996 4 ай бұрын

@@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 4 ай бұрын

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

@bigmountain7561 10 ай бұрын

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 5 ай бұрын

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 3 ай бұрын

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 3 ай бұрын

@@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 2 ай бұрын

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

@noahdunaway Ай бұрын

@@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.