With nearly all its 71,692 miles accumulated by one owner, this 1965 Chevrolet Corvette in New Bern, North Carolina no doubt received plenty of love and affection. After 22 years of storage, the seller offers it to the public for the second time ever with a listing here on eBay. Bidding on this dual-quad 327-powered beauty has eclipsed $37,000 without meeting the reserve. If Santa Claus left you flat, just click Buy It Now and $48,500 will make everything better. Sadly the original motor is gone. We can especially lament its disappearance as it may have been the hot L79 350 HP 327. The current 327 cid (5.4L) V8 sports twin four-barrels and enough power to make your season bright. The custom pearl paint and graphics still shine; the new owner should consider leaving the car largely as it sits today. Folks will walk past a row of perfectly restored factory-original Corvettes to gather around this eye-popping shot of ’70s glam.
Thankfully the ’70s makeover spared this iconic two-seater from the embarrassment of fake fur, animal prints, and velour. What might be an all-original interior shows the wear you might expect for a car with an odometer on its first go ’round. The all-blue goes well with the pearl exterior and graphics, and will look tasteful even after another 50 years.
It’s easy to picture slender dudes sporting pork chop sideburns and bell-bottomed jeans snorting coke off the roof of this beauty before strutting into the disco. The asymmetrical graphics show true artistry. This may have been a celebrated high-dollar show-car at one time. The chromed side-pipes and vintage five-slot wheels are perfect, and the flared fenders cover the extra meat. Of course all ’65 Corvettes have four-wheel disc brakes and independent rear suspension.
Few cars need a dual-quad setup, but it sure looks wicked when you pop the hood. A host of go-fast parts could help make up for the loss of the original motor. Chrome tubular headers match the theme of the side-pipes. Check out the video here on YouTube.com to hear this Chevy go up through the gears. Nothing in the video suggests more than 200 HP, but the seller says he never got into the secondaries, and even then it sounds great. Would you preserve the Nixon-era updates or put this Chevy back to stock?
A 5 or 6 speed manual so you can do 70 at 2k rpms. That’s it, love 70’s custom paint !
I prefer it over looking at just another ‘63,4,5,6,7. It is the poster car for the period , but still needs another set of taillights .
Please, no adding extra tail lights! Body is beautiful as it stands, now if the buyer wants to paint it that’s their choice. I have to admit this is one custom paint job I think I could live with.
Still too much for my budget.
Too few of these left. Every one should be preserved!
I may be showing my age here, but I remember when just about all the Corvettes at car shows had flares, mags and similar custom paint.
By the way, not “all ’65 Corvettes have four-wheel disc brakes”. Four wheel discs were first offered on the Corvette in 65, and they were standard equipment, but drums were available too. 316 65’s were ordered with drum brakes, which resulted in a $63 credit on the invoice. Not that there was anything wrong with the Corvettes drum brakes, I don’t know why you would want them in place of discs, but some buyers did.
It’s true drum brake cars will stop just as well as disc brakes cars, just not as often…
& not at all after going thru deep water & down a steep enough mountain lol.
I sympathize with Corvette lovers, and purists, but it’s a mass produced American sorta’ sports/muscle car, equipment depending. Modify away!
I normally only appreciate period paint schemes but prefer stock looks but this one is really great! Garage is full so need to negotiate my options with my better half…😀
I’m pretty sure that you can get 200 hp, from a 2 barrel 327, with a nice exhaust system like that. Let alone a pair of AFBs. Still a nice Vette. Art
Pretty spendy but a beautiful car. Leave it just as it is, but, as Jay said above…add a 5 or 6 speed. And a set of ear plugs!
Really nice Vette. Leave the 4-speed alone. Change the rear gear to a 3:36, sight unseen, and you can cruise ok. Looks very nice, and probably stored inside. This is done, no need to modify any current Vettes. I wish I had the room and $$.
I recently started a project very similar to this Corvette. A 53 F-100 pick up, that was a show truck and cover car in the early 70’s, the last owner up dated all the mechanicals, spent lots of time and money and it was executed very well. However, he chose to leave the cosmetics the same as they were in 1970, I bought the truck for way less than 1/2 what he spent on the mechanical up grades. No one wanted to pay market value for a truck, that was stuck in the 1970’s. I will be finished with it, in a coupe of months, my choice was to build it as nice I could ,using the style in the way many would build it now. I am sure I will hear, I made a mistake, I should have perserved it, as it was. I am old enough to appreciate this truck when it was built, I had just returned from Viet-Nam, and I honestly I don’t want that truck. I have pictures of it to prove it. Metallic gold Lacquer, rainbow graphics, black diamond tuck and roll interior and bed cover and with a beautiful back puffy padded vinyl faux top. I build all my cars to drive and I just couldn’t picture myself driving around in that truck. I think I would do the same with the Corvette !
If you haven’t watched the video, you must. Are those glass packs I hear?? What a sweet sound. From the smooth ride, it’s as tight as a drum. leave it alone.
In my opinion,regardless of the price, It’s worth every penny. Like to see more videos of cars, here. It says a lot.
Can you imagine the value, if it had the ’63 split rear window?? Too bad it was the only year made. Love the split bumpers.
If only I hit the lotto…..
That’s the side-mount headers. Trust me, it’s a sweet sound for about 30 minutes.
After a second look one thing I would do to the car is fill the exhaust holes in the rear valance.
I figured…… Although I could go more than 30 minutes. That, or sound-proof the interior. LOL!!! Or maybe wear my Bose earphones. Yeah, right……
Cops & fire engines would love that.
Pull the interior door panels and carpet, Wrap the inside with sound deadening sheets, replace the interior, keep the exhaust note and your hearing…
This car has been butchered. Fun toy for a few min. but worth very little……………………………Later JIMMY
By the time that Disco Days came, these cars were either burnt or buried, Disco guys drove Cadis and Lincoln and Grand Prix and Monte Carlos, with a/c and spoke wheels, later on they missed these cars that caught fire, but what’s done is done
The 70’s certainly did throw up on this car!!! To each his own if you like it!! Not my cup of tea!!!
Wiper knob looks peculiar or partially missing/broken off.
Looking for the knob to reset the trip odometer.
Quite a nice attached garage. Without a ’70s evap system, i wonder if fuel vapors could get upstairs into the living area.
Someone hit the BIN button.