Equipment
427/'430' hp L88, 4-speed, Rally wheels, red line tires, J56 power brakes, transistor ignition, heater deletehardtop, side exhaust, two tops, tank sticker documented.
Condition
Represented as a genuine matching numbers L88, NCRS Top Flight, Bloomington Gold and more. Restored twice. Tidy engine bay. Good older paint and chrome. Very good, lightly worn interior. In solid but unexceptional condition overall. What's exceptional is what's under the hood.
Market commentary
Not sold by Auctions America at Santa Monica in June 2016 at a $450,000 high bid. and at Bonhams Scottsdale in January 2017 on a reported bid of $490,000. The bidders are ganging up at half-a-million. The seller isn't listening and keeps trying to squeeze out a little more while the low estimate has dropped from $650K at Sta. Monica and $550K at Scottsdale to $525K today. Why would the consignor not take $500K or Mecum make a deal on commission sharing to put the deal together? The most obvious answer is that the real money was somewhere in this L88's rear view mirror.