This Corvette has been in storage for the past 38 years! The 327 V8 supposedly ran when it was parked and it came from the factory with a 4-speed and 4.11 gears. The seller also has another Nassua blue ’65, but it came equipped with a 396 big block! It’s also all original with the engine rebuilt and ready to go back in. Find both of these awesome finds here on craigslist. Thanks goes to Patrick S for the tip!
That big block car would be exciting to have, but this 327 equipped convertible could be a lot of fun too. According to the seller it has the mid-range 350 horsepower engine so it had some decent grunt. The photos are blurry so it’s hard to tell what all this one is going to need to be a driver. The simple thought of rowing through those gears with the top down should be enough to keep most car guys motivated enough to finish the job though.
The engine is obviously going to need some work before another start attempt is made. The engine bay is covered in dust so again it’s hard to assess the condition visually. This may end up being a diamond in the rough, but as with any vehicle this expensive, I’d recommend a thorough in-person inspection before handing over a check. Options could make or break this deal too so go in prepared or bring along someone who knows their Vettes.
Two cars for sale, and the seller only bothers to includes pictures of one of them, and the few pictures included are lousy.
The small block car looks to be pretty original and complete, but he’s at least $10,000 high on the price. Nassau Blue with the blue and white interior is a really good looking, and popular, combination. Beyond that, without some better pictures, it’s really hard to comment on the car.
I don’t know what to say about the 396 car. Without any pictures, and a description that doesn’t tell you anything, I don’t know why he would even bother mentioning it? $82,500 sounds pretty strong for a 65 396, that needs to be put together. It’s easy to say that it’s a $125,000 car done, but that’s documented, numbers matching, correct body off territory, and who knows what the car needs to get to that point?
Another beautiful blue roadster! I’ve always loved these Vetts in blue. 327/ 350 hp was always plenty in a light weight car. Chevy got it right. Give it a good inspection, fix only what needs to be done for a safe driver and enjoy the music!
If you only show one then how about the big block?
If real the other is interesting but the small block is over priced .
The inability of people being able to take clear pictures is something that will aggravate me until my dying day. I take a lot of photos on a daily basis (with a cel phone no less). All of them come out clear and focused.
How hard is that??
Given that CL is a free service, what do you expect? They’re all submitted by people who can’t take good pictures (or enough of them), obvious to foreground/background clutter, can’t spell, and have an inflated sense of value.
It may be a 2 megapixel cam? SD card full up perhaps. A nervous tapper on a GUI.??
Parkinsons onset?
I agree! Come on, with today’s technology the seller can’t figure out how to take decent shots of a vehicle? Especially considering the asking prices? Fishy.
I think it’s intentional in many cases. What don’t they want people to see? Poor paint, body damage or other concerns. Maybe they’re hoping prospective buyers will be so excited by the potential they’ll get them to overlook the problems or simply lower the price slightly to close the deal.
The fresh hand prints in the dust on the trunk lid from where it was recently pushed into the conex box a touch suspicious, no?
I think I’ll go buy a 3 year old Corvette and actually drive it . I’ve spent my life rebuilding other peoples crap, time to go drive
I’m sure you’ll enjoy every minute of it. Won’t want to get out of it. And can’t wait to drive it again. Everyone needs this kind of pleasure that makes them look forward to the next day.
Ad has a Tampa phone #. Call,ask questions,go look at them and maybe make an offer. Easy.
Selfiestick?
Thursday must be Chevy day here at BF :D
Kind of strange ad, but two interesting cars.
$120K for two non running C2’s, and can’t even take a decent picture of them. Someone doesn’t want to sell them very hard, do they?
If it was running, wonder how the SB one would handle the current gas? That was from back in the days of Supershell and Sunoco 260. IIRC that should be something like 11-1CR and a solid lifter cam, would it do a death rattle on the current crap?
hydraulic cam, but 11:1.
Absolutely absurd. Neither is worth that kind of money; just eyeballing what little evidence there is (Sellers never learn) you are North of $75,000. I know the upside in these cars but I still wouldn’t do it.
We are in at 26.5 on the one we bought off barn finds.
https://barnfinds.com/2-owners-21000-miles-1964-chevrolet-corvette/
I think we have room to work and still not lose money if we needed to sell. Car has been better than expected so far.
Our build site.
https://www.corvetteforum.com/forums/c1-and-c2-corvettes/4124182-1964-convertible-plain-jane-the-journey-begins.html
I wish barn finds had a section to show builds etc after the sale to see what new owners had to say about the purchase and updates.
Outstanding photos – and all for 6 figure cars
maybe he will take an offer on both> if you got the coin,good Luck. these aren’t getting any easier to find.
The whole deal, photos, ad, story, shipping container, Florida……..
Sounds like a drug deal went bad.
Way overpriced! Look what $35K will buy in a ’63 Vette:
https://boston.craigslist.org/nos/cto/d/classic-corvette/6558612861.html
Wow…maybe my services as a professional sales training consultant might pay off by working with people who are selling expensive cars that (all due respect) don’t know anything about marketing and selling. They would get rejected regardless of the car if they tried to submit this to BaT. Only a guess….
Maybe I’m odd (ok no maybe’s about it) but here’s what I do when I want to sell a vehicle on CL:
1) they allow you to post 24 pics for free. Know how many I post? Yep, 24. Guess what, i also include pics of the engine bay, underside, trunk, truck bed, etc. I know, weird. I also photograph imperfections (like, oh I don’t know, rust perhaps). That way, when people show up to look at it, they don’t storm off because I delicately shot around the huge holes in the floors. That just wastes their time AND MINE, and I’d rather be drinking than hanging out with weirdos from CL.
2) I take the pics OUTSIDE in BROAD DAYLIGHT. Not in a container, not in my garage, not at twilight just before the vampires are about to hit, none of that. Again, I know, really strange.
3) I write a description. Not a novel, because people have the attention span of a horsefly, but enough to let you know which engine my vehicle has, which transmission, major available options, any issues that I know of, and that it has a clear title. Bizarre isn’t it?
4) Before taking the pics of the vehicle, I VACUUM AND WASH the car. Know why? That way, the prospective buyer actually knows what he/she is looking at and getting.
After all that effort do you know what happens? I actually SELL the vehicle for around 85% of my asking price which, if you know anything about CL and the people who buy stuff on there, is quite ahead of the curve. I don’t sell very many “special” vehicles (ok I have had a 300G, an AMX, and a couple other bad a** rides), for the most part I am selling garden variety 70’s F100’s & F250s. If I had a 63 Split Window or something like that, maybe I could get away with a couple blurry pics and no description and still sell it easily, but like most things in life, any bit of success requires effort!
Well didn’t know these cars would be such a treat for people to dish on these have been stored on my lot for 8 years by a very professional and honest guy who has built and paid for some of the finest cars to be built by a collision shop in Tampa these cars were actually going to be completely restored but resto cars have killed matching number cars thanks jim