Equipment
427/430hp L88, 4-speed, open chamber heads, radio delete, J56 brakes, F41 suspension, 4.56 Positraction, Rally wheels with hubcaps and trim rings, Wide Oval tires, tee tops.
Condition
Delaminating windshield with rust around the frame. Good older paint, chrome and interior. Orderly engine compartment with some dust and age. Clean underbody. One of 116 L88s built in 1969, the last year the option was available. Restored by the Nabers brothers in the early 00''s. Bloomington Gold certified, NCRS Top Flight.
Market commentary
This car has a non-history at auction, with reported high bids of $86,000 at Barrett-Jackson in 1992 while still freighted with the non-stock modifications, then $850,000 at Mecum Austin in 2014 and $700,000 at Mecum Monterey last August. Its market non-history ended here in Scottsdale. A few more bites of the apple found it reach the core and a result appropriate to its history. It was bid to $625,000 here and reported sold post block at an undisclosed amount which on the basis of Gooding''s reported sale total works out to the $625,000 all in.