With one other Indy 500 now within the historical past books, we’re going to look again at a pacer from the previous. Today’s Nice Price or No Dice Corvette has an attention-grabbing historical past and seems to be in nice form. Could that guarantee its worth takes the checkered flag?
I can keep in mind again from once I was a child, seeing indicators in mom-and-pop shops that will warn “You Break It, You Bought It.” For a little bit child with sometimes simply sufficient cash scraped collectively in his pocket to purchase a bottle of Coke, these indicators just about terrified me.
The 1991 Dodge Daytona Shelby Turbo we checked out final Friday was damaged. You couldn’t inform that by it because the automobile, as general it seemed to be in fairly respectable form. According to the advert, nonetheless, it suffered from the notorious crank/no-start/no-clue syndrome. You all have been of the opinion that if it’s already broke, don’t purchase it, and at $7,500, the Shelby went down in an awesome 83 p.c No Dice loss.
This weekend noticed the 107th operating of the Indianapolis 500 race, anointed a very long time in the past as “the greatest spectacle in motor racing.” The tempo automobile at this 12 months’s race was a spankin’-new 2023 Chevy Corvette ZO6, and that was pushed by the Indiana Pacers’ Tyrese Haliburton. This 12 months marks the twentieth time {that a} Corvette has paced the Brickyard traditional.
Amazingly, it took over 20 years from the Vette’s introduction for the mannequin to make its debut because the tempo automobile on the race. That befell in 1975 and it could be a full decade and a 12 months earlier than the Vette would make a return go to. That identical span of time noticed the Corvette solely supplied in coupe type, with 1986 marking the return of the total folding-top convertible in addition to the Pace Car honor.
It was Chuck Yeager that 12 months who piloted a fly yellow Corvette convertible across the two and half mile observe, setting the tempo for the racers. Rains delayed the race for almost per week with the checkered flag ultimately being taken by Bobby Rahal for the Truesports staff on the next Saturday after the Memorial Day weekend.
While General Yeager’s tempo automobile was yellow—and that’s the anticipated colour for all of the replicas bought for ’86—the very fact is the Pace Car honor was denoted on ALL Corvette convertibles bought that 12 months by way of a splash plaque and (non-compulsory) gold facet decals offered no matter physique colour.
That makes this black-on-black 1986 Chevy Corvette convertible Indy Pace Car completely acceptable regardless of not being the actual pacer’s iconic fly yellow colour.
According to the advert, this ’86 drop-top additionally has a number of methods up its sleeve. The vendor notes within the advert that it has “all kinds of new stuff. New tires, paint, seats, motor parts and more.” They additionally state that they “consider the car in very Good condition, but not quite excellent. Most Craigslist people would say like new or excellent.” I don’t know who these Craigslist persons are however they sound form of straightforward to please.
This mannequin 12 months didn’t simply mark the return of the convertible to the Corvette fold, it additionally introduced again efficiency with the introduction of the 230 horsepower “Tuned Port Injection” L98 350 V8. That engine appears very tidy within the advert’s images and is backed up by an 700R4 four-speed automated (sorry shifty people) for worry-free cruising.
This mannequin 12 months additionally nonetheless had the retro-futuristic digital sprint though on this automobile the goofy bread field on the passenger facet has been changed with a extra sensible material sleeve. A garish steering wheel cowl and chrome-plated roll bar are the one different non-factory components right here, and every thing else appears to be in completely serviceable form.
The bodywork, later-model wheels, and beefy tires all do as properly, with the general bundle providing loads of at-the-curb enchantment. The automobile has 168,000 miles on the clock and comes with a clear title. All wrapped up, may that completely be value $16,000?
What do you say, is that this traditional (sure, C4s at the moment are traditional) Corvette value that form of asking? Or, is that worth completely off the tempo?
You resolve!
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