1967 CHEVROLET CORVETTE L88 SELLS FOR $3.85 MILLION @ BARRETT-JACKSON SCOTTSDALE 2014 AUCTION

OK, I all ready picked a dream car in a previous blog, problem was, It wasn't street legal. So if I want a dream car that I could cruise down the street and make all the ladies heads turn, I just found it.

I'm going to have to have deep pockets for this one, $3.85 million ! Best I can tell, this is a new record for a Corvette at auction, with a '67 L88 convertible selling in late 2013 for $3.2 million holding that title before.

The car is a 1967 Chevrolet Corvette with the L88 engine package. You are probably asking, why so much ? Well truth be told, Chevrolet only produced and sold 20 1967 Corvettes with theL88 engine, making it a very rare car. Add together The Red on Red color combination, and you have an extremely rare car.

Anybody that knows me and knows me well, knows I love Corvettes and I am very partial to red automobiles. Put together a Red Corvette with an L88 engine and a red interior, and make it a 1967, there's only one word to describe it, DREAM CAR !

Here you will find a Press Release on the vehicle. :

Details The 1967 L88 is extremely rare, 20 were produced. 20 of the most desirable Corvettes ever built. The true intent of the L88 was all-out performance on the racetrack. L88s were delivered without fan shrouds, they did not have chokes and were a bear to keep running until they came up to operating temperature, there was no radio and no heater. The L88 with 12.5:1 compression, hi-lift cam, 850cfm 4 barrel carburetor and aluminum heads was intentionally under-rated by GM at 430hp. Stock, as delivered L88s actually have been dyno-tested at 560hp. This vehicle is the only known 1967 red/red L88 produced, it has GM documentation in the form of a legible Tank Sheet (Order Copy) that has been validated by the GM/NCRS Document Validation Service. A L88 427 HD, M22 4-speed, J56 heavy duty brakes, J50 power brakes, F41 suspension, K66 transistor ignition, G81 4.56 posi-traction and shoulder harness. This is the only 1967 L88 to have attained an NCRS 98.2 Regional Top Flight 2001, 98.4 National Top Flight 2001, a Regional Performance Verification Award and the Ultimate award for Corvette restoration or preservation the NCRS Duntov Mark of Excellence Award 2001. Equipped just as the documentation indicates, this L88 is the best of the best.

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