Equipment
427/390hp, 4-speed, side exhausts, centerlock alloy wheels, gold line tires, AM-FM, power antenna, power steering, no power brakes.
Condition
Good older paint, chrome interior, top and gauges. Engine compartment is orderly but dusty, as is the underbody. Represented as matching number engine but the numbers themselves were painted over and illegible. A very good driver.
Market commentary
The bidders can be understood for paying this much for a pretty Sunflower Yellow big block Corvette convertible, but they should have taken a little more of a discount on account of its condition. It was a four year old restoration in 2004 when it crossed the block at Mecum's Corvette auction with a high bid of $56,000. Since then it's added 5,363 miles to the odometer and the mileage shows on the car.