Month: January 2013

We first told you about this highly decorated 1969 L88 convertible back in August 2012 when it was about to cross Mecum’s Anaheim auction block. There it was bid to $550,000 and did not sell. Last week it traversed Gooding and Co’s Scottsdale auction stage and hammered sold for $750,000. Throw in the 10% buyer’s fee and the new owner wrote a check for $825,000 to take this baby home.

L88 Corvettes continue to bring massive amounts of money and this one certainly didn’t disappoint. The LeMans Blue roadster is widely considered to be one of the most highly optioned and best documented L88’s known to exist. It still wears mostly original paint, the original exhaust, interior, and shocks.

Chevrolet built just 116 L88 equipped Corvettes for the 1969 model year. Less than half of those were convertibles. The highly optioned model seen here is equipped with the thumping 430hp 427ci engine, M22 4 speed transmission, tinted windows, shoulder belts, hardtop, rear defroster, engine block heater, heavy duty brakes, transistor ignition, and alarm.

Sold as Lot #128, the car was included in the 1988, 1998, and 2008 Bloomington Gold Special Collections. In addition, it claimed a Bloomington Gold SURVIVOR Award in 2006. The car is one of just 6 L88 Corvettes to be inducted into the Bloomington Gold Hall of Fame.

Documentation includes a complete owner history, the tank sticker, the statement of origin, Protect-O-Plate, and GM Invoice delivery schedule.

We’ll have more significant Corvette sales from the January auctions coming up over the next couple of weeks. Stay tuned!

Source:
Gooding and Company

Related:
The Corvette Enthusiast’s Preview to Gooding and Co’s 2013 Scottsdale Auction
1968 Owens-Corning L88 Corvette Racer Returning to the Auction Block
Corvette Auction Preview: 1968 L88 Corvette at RM’s Arizona Auction

 

So if you were to tell your Corvette friends that you want to put a cargo carrier on the roof of the new 2014 Corvette Stingray, they would probably call you crazy. But then you pull this rendered pic out of your pocket and show it to them and they will say that’s the coolest thing ever.

The photo was rendered by Glacius Creations and posted on Facebook by Stance Nation. The black Corvette Stingray is featured wearing ADV.1 wheels.

Oh, and a note to Kirk Bennion on the Corvette Team: All Corvette Stingray’s should be matte black.

Click here to see a larger version of the photo.

Source:
Stance Nation on Facebook

Related:
[VIDEO] 2014 Corvette Visits Jay Leno’s Garage
[PICS] Black Corvette Z06 Looks Awesome on D2Forged Wheels
Is this the 2014 Corvette Stingray Convertible?

 

The National Corvette Museum recently announced the 2013 inductees into their Corvette Hall of Fame. This year’s honorees include a noted enthusiast/restorer, a former Corvette Plant Manager, and a decorated Corvette racing driver.

The 2013 Corvette Hall of Fame inductees are:

Wil Cooksey – former Bowling Green Plant Manager. Cooksey’s GM career began in 1972. From there he moved between several plants including St. Louis, Missouri, Doraville, Georgia, and Fairfax, Kansas. In February 1993 he became Plant Manager at the Bowling Green Assembly Plant and stayed until there until he retired in 2008. He also served on the NCM Board of Directors and started many of the Delivery Department programs at the Museum including R8C Museum Delivery, Xperience, Buyers’ Tours, and others. In 2008 GM offered a limited number of Wil Cooksey Corvette Z06′s.

Werner Meier – Corvette enthusiast, historian, and restorer. Meier bought his first new Corvette (a 1969) on his 18th birthday. After graduating from General Motors Institute (GMI), he worked at GM in a variety of engineering roles over his 33 year career. After leaving GM he started Masterworks Automotive Services (http://www.mwauto.com/) specializing in Corvette repair and restoration. Some of Meier’s personal Corvettes have included the 1958 “Fancy Free” styling car, the 1963 Corvette Harley Earl styling car, and Bill Mitchell’s 1964 styling car. He has also organized Corvette displays at significant events such as the Meadowbrook Concours d’Elegance, Bay Harbor Concours d’Elegance and Amelia Island Concours d’Elegance. Meier was inducted into the 1998 Bloomington Gold Corvette Hall of Fame and is a Lifetime Member of the National Corvette Museum.

Johnny O’Connell – Corvette Racing driver. Johnny O thought of as the most successful GM factory racecar driver from the U.S. O’Connell joined the factory Corvette Racing team in 2001 and helped them score overall victory at Daytona and class victory at Le Mans. Since that time he has assisted the Corvette Racing team capture eight straight manufacturers’ titles and seven class wins at Sebring. He is the first American to score four class wins in the 24 Hours of Le Mans. He holds ALMS records including: the most career starts (102), most podium finishes (80), most top-five finishes (93), and most top-10 finishes (100). He is a member of the Sebring Hall of Fame in addition to serving as the Bondurant School of High Performance Driving’s VP of Global Operations and ZR1 expert instructor. You can also see him on TV as a commentator for ABC, ESPN, and SPEED.

Hall of Fame membership is the highest honor bestowed by the museum. The class of 2013 will formally be inducted during a banquet on Thursday, August 29th, 2013. The induction ceremony takes place annually as part of the museum’s Labor Day Weekend Anniversary Corvette Celebration. This year’s event runs August 29th – 31st.

Congratulations to all of the 2013 Corvette Hall of Fame honorees.

Source:
National Corvette Museum

Related:
[VIDEO] A Tribute to John Fitch
Andy Pilgrim’s Hall of Fame Tribute 2013 427 Convertible Corvette
O’Connell, Corvette to be Inducted into Sebring Hall of Fame