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1972 T-ROOF AUTO CORVETTE
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We believe this C3 was once owned by the lead signer of Mott The Hoople.
The car has been in the UK since 1990 and during the last 34 years it appears to have had 4 owners, one I believe owning the car for over 20 years.
THE GOOD - A small fortune has been spent on this car. The underside is superb. The frame is beautiful and has been prepared and painted well. A-arms plus other parts have been powder coated. It drips with new parts. Check out the photographs, new rear spindles, new Bilstein shocks all round. Then, courtesy of Vette Brakes & Products, the car has new Grand Touring front coil springs, adjustable strut rods & poly bushed throughout suspension, all new power steering control valve and hoses, even a new VBP mono leaf rear spring complete with hangers etc. Then we have a new petrol tank complete with sender unit. New outside door handles and the car's emblems replaced.
Now add to that four new BFGoodrich whitewall tyres plus new rally wheel trims.
Now add to that the mechanical work that has been done. It looks like a complete engine rebuild some 5, 000 ago which included brand new Edelbrock RPM aluminium heads, a complete new Mallory ignition system including dizzy, an Xtreme Energy Cam/ lifters, Cloyes timing chain set with chrome cover, a new Holley 670 Street Avenger carb on a matching aluminium inlet, Headman Headers into a full Flowtech stainless exhaust.
Now add to that a TH400 box rebuild complete with a B&M Holeshot Converter and you can soon see where the money's been spent.
Now add all recent brakes, that's just not new calipers all round, that's all four rotors/ hoses as well, again, check out the pictures.
Now check out the interior which has also been fully refurbished at some stage. Good carpets, good black leather seats, consoles, rear compartment lids, door cards etc, everything just in a generally very nice condition, even the dash top and fronts are in fine order. The tilt-tele column, power windows etc all work well. The car's chromework is very good, very decent bumpers and even decent front grills and bumper guards, plus the weatherseals are all in good shape - all things that usualy cost a fortune.
NOW THE BAD - the car has been stood in dry storage for the last 2 years and generally requires recommissioning throughout. We've replaced the fuel with fresh and charged the battery and the car struck up after a trickle was poured into the carb. So it runs, drives, stops, changes through the gears all ok, but it's still a car to give a thorough once over before use. Now for something really bad - look at those door mirrors, but after saying that, it would be easy enough to remove them and fit the correct ones. Currently the tacho is disconnected as a past owner has fitted an aftermarket unit which you can see in the pictures. Overall the paint presents very well. But after saying that you can find the odd bubble here and there and the odd chip that's been touched up. I think the worst thing we've spotted is an apparent vacuum leak somewhere on the headlamp/ wiper deck lid system. The car appears to have had new headlamp actuators but the system still want checking out. A new radio mast is required as the old one is snapped off.
So that's about it, quite rare to find a chrome bumper C3 that's had such an absolute fortune spent on it, let alone a last of the line 1972, but still needs jobs doing. With fully restored '72s listing at £35K+ in today's market, this car must be the ultimate opportunity as it's in a 7-day auction for less than half that price with no reserve.
DELIVERY/ COLLECTION. We can deliver to any UK post-code so please contact us for a price. However, unless you are in the trade, we do NOT deliver until you have first travelled to view and left suitable payment. You are more than welcome to view the car throughout the auction and we'll even provide the trolley jacks and coffee whilst you are here.
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