1972 Chevrolet Corvette

$39,600

Sold

Seller details

  • Auction

    Barrett-Jackson

  • Location

    Las Vegas, NV; US

  • Event date

    Oct 13 - Oct 15, 2016

  • Lot

    412

Vehicle specs

Vehicle details

Notes and observations recorded by Hagerty staff.

Equipment

350/255hp LT1, 4-speed, hub caps and trim rings, Eagle GTII tires, factory air conditioning, pushbutton radio, tilt steering column, power steering, power brakes.

Condition

An unrestored four-owner car showing 11,139 miles. Very good original chrome. Light detail scratches. Tidy, maintained but not detailed originally engine bay. Very good, relatively recent single repaint. Two pretty big scrapes on the driver's side rocker trim. Very good seats, but the dash and switchgear are lightly worn and faded. Very well kept with a single repaint.

Market commentary

The solid lifter LT1 was down to just 255 hp in 1970 compared to 370 just two years before, but it beat the heck out of the 200-horse L48 and was nearly as powerful as the heftier big-block '72 LS5 while being seriously under-rated by Chevrolet: It's arguably the Corvette to have from '72. It's also naturally quite a bit cheaper than the visually identical earlier C3s, and this was an appropriate number for a preserved original car with a repaint.

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