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SORRY, SOLD TO MARIN COUNTY / CALIFORNIA

1967 CORVETTE STINGRAY 427 CONVERTIBLE1967 CORVETTE STING RAY CONVERTIBLE

THE ULTIMATE COLLECTOR CAR- A BIG BLOCK 427/435 H.P. CORVETTE CONVERTIBLE IN A UNUSUAL COLOR COMBINATION- RALLY RED W/ WHITE BUCKET SEATS, STINGER AND SOFT TOP. OPTIONAL SIDEMOUNT EXHAUST, HEATER DELETE (1 of 35), 3:73 POSITRACTION, 4-SPEED, BOLT-ON WHEELS AND AM/FM RADIO. SUPERIOR RESTORATION OF A BIG HORSE VETTE. CORRECT MOTOR CODES (CASTING/ PAD/ INTAKE), NO DOC'S...PRICED TO SELL QUICKLY AT $74,860

THE STORY:

By 1967, Jimi Hendrix wanted to know "Are You Experienced?", the Doors questioned your Boy Scout capabilities by asking you to "Light Their Fire", TV's Laugh In wanted you to "Look THAT up in your Funk and Wagnall". If you were GROOVY you went to the movies to see Dustin Hoffman in "The Graduate" or Clint Eastwood in "The Good , The Bad, and The Ugly". If you were really lucky you did all of this cruising in a 1967 Corvette...this was considered the high life.

Few people disagree that the 1967 Corvette stands in a class all it's own. Always considered a lucrative investment car, the big Block Corvette's are respected even more when they are elevated PAST the 390/400 h.p. option and launch into the RPO L71, L-88 and L-89 versions. Surprisingly, 42.31% of ALL 1967 Corvette's were 427 cubic inchers but, only 3,754 were 427/435 h.p. cars. Less than half of those were convertibles.

The 1967 model got additional cooling capabilities by adding another cooling vent to the sides and a "Power Bulge Hood" with a forward facing scoop that carried the "427" cubic inch displacement badge proudly on each side. Few people realize there were unique features, only relative to the 1967 model, that set it apart from the others. For starters, this model would be considered the 'cleanest, best designed body ever offered on the mid-year series' ('63-67). Built as a 'hold-over model', while the new ('68) Shark body-style was in production, stylists determined that instead of covering the car with "a lot of junk", they would simply eliminate all the glitz and build it 'shorn' of any new emblems, scripts, fake air intakes,hardtop vents,wild scoops or extra lights.

Sadly, somebody in Washington legislated NO SPINNERS on hubcaps or knock-off wheels as they must have either saw too many Gladiator movies or thought James Bond would get a hold of one and cut somebodies legs off with the twirling spinners. So, a last minute design, on an already gorgeous wheel, yielded the new "Bolt-on Aluminum Wheel", a master epic of design and detail. This little addition cost G.M. and arm and leg but, was utilized once again on the Collector Edition Corvette in 1982.

The 1967 Corvette also got other unique features like tasteful, small side louvers, the hand brake moved from under the dash to inbetween the seats ( yowsir; NOW you could pull the brake up between your girlfriends legs), a new hood scoop for big blocks (only), four-way flashers, dual master cylinders, lane change signal lights, six inch rims, larger interior vent ports, a new back-up light over the license plate, interior design improvements and folding-seat-back latches. Of course, we can't forget adding the incredible, new 427/ 435 h.p. option ( w/ 20 L-88 "heavy duty" 427's). Clearly, the 1967 Corvette can not only be viewed as the Star of Stars" in the Mid-Year Vette Lineup but, as a "Can't Lose" Collectible in any winners circle. With the Stock Market fluctuating DAILY the 427/435 Vette will be viewed indefinitely as a better investment than Blue Chip Stocks. The only people who ever regretted buying a Big Block Corvette are those that SOLD THEM ( especially the poor bastards that sold them when the a 'new' 1968 Corvette was introduced. Here's your chance to return to the Sixties again....