1969 CORVETTE L71 427 / 435 HP
Condition: | Used |
Make: | Chevrolet |
Model: | Corvette |
SubModel: | L71 427 / 435 HP |
Type: | Coupe |
Doors: | 2 |
Year: | 1969 |
Mileage: | 45,300 |
VIN: | 194379S718765 |
Color: | Burgundy |
Fuel: | Gas |
Transmission: | Automatic |
Drivetrain: | Rear Wheel Drive |
Interior color: | Black |
Vehicle Title: | Clear |
Item location: | Calgary Alberta, Canada |
Extras |
Listed by | Private seller |
Description of 1969 Chevrolet Corvette L71 427 / 435 HP |
The original owner Robert of this '69 L-71 427 / 435 HP automaticlived in Spokane, ashington. He had a '65 396 4 speed, ut lost his right arm in an industrial accident @ work, o he ordered thecar with an automatic transmission thru a local dealer, o he didn't have to shift gears!! Hewas so anxious to get the car that he flew to the factory in St. Louis, icked up the car & drove it home. Shortly after getting it home he removed thestock wheels & put a set of custom rims on the car. He kept the car for 4 years & then sold it in '73 toFred, lsofrom Spokane &Freddrovethe caron his honeymoon. Fredthen sold it two years later to a ladyin Spokane in the spring of '75,but shefound the carhad too much power for her, o inlate '75 she put the car up for sale. Fortunately the original owner's younger brother Bill saw the car for sale & bought the car from her inSeptember ‘75, ith him becoming the 4th owner. Heput a Baldwin Motion paint job on the car that fall & in mid '76 while driving the car helost control &went off the road, itting a sign post &doing some minor right front body & frame damage. Hehad a friend who owned a '69 350 HP convertible, o he put the engine, ransmission & rear end from the L-71 into the convertible. His plan was to eventually fix the front end of the coupe & then replace the drive train that had been moved to the convertible. Before he could fix the coupe, he convertible caught on fire & thenthere wasno car to drive, o both cars were parked!! Time went by & in 1990Bill decided it was time to get the L-71 back on the road, o he disassembled the car & started sending parts to be re-chromed & anodized, ut quickly ran out of money & stopped! In '92 he decided to sell the cars! A car collector, ans, n Tulsa, klahomahad a '69 L-71 4 speed Corvette coupe & wanted a '69 L-71 automatic coupe to add to his collection. A good friend of his in Tulsa, oy, asthe National Judging Chairman for NCRS&Hans askedRoyto findaL-71 automatic for him! Roy found the numbers matchingL-71, ravelled to Spokane & acquired & shipped both cars (L-71 drivetrain was still in the convertible) back to Tulsa. From '92 until 2000 Hans acquired many new NOS parts for the L-71, uch that when I acquired & shipped the two cars, here was also six crates of parts! So why did Hanssell the cars; he didn't!! Unfortunately in 2000 hepassed away, o his wife sold off his car collection & askedRoywho had originally found & acquired the cars for Hanstosell his Corvette collection. In fact, f you watched the January 2014Barrett Jackson Scottsdale Auction,Roy,who had bought a few Han's cars, old two of the highest dollar Corvettes@ the auction& both of these were from Han's Corvette collection!! I travelled to Tulsa & had the two cars & six crates of parts shipped toarenowned, eticulous car restorerin Vancouver, .C. The restoration process took four years, s every last nut, olt, crew, ose, lamp, tc. has been re-built, e-painted, e-plated& or replaced with NOS or GM authorized re-production parts, o there literally are hundreds & hundreds of pictures available covering all phases of the restoration process! Since the original frame was in such great shape, o "properly" fix the minor frame damage on the right front corner, donor frame was purchased from a Corvette thathad beendamaged on the driver's side &the short 2' long horn was removed from the donor frame &attached tothe L-71 frame on the front right & then the frame was checked & insured to be laser straight. After the repair, he frame was acid dipped to strip the minor rust & paint, eutralized, hosphate coated& then epoxy powder coated, lus the inside of the frame rails were sprayed with bees wax, othe framewill never need to be done again!! All brake lines & fuel lines were replaced with stainless steel, o these will never need to be replaced again as well. The body was blasted with crushed walnut shellsto eliminate heat & damage to the fiberglass& then there was over 800 hoursof body panel fit & alignment, iberglass body work & paint to make it perfect!! All repairs to the fiberglass were done properly & professionally with fiberglass, ot bondo! The interior is also totally restored & perfect. It was 30 years from whenBill damaged & parked the car until the 4 year restoration process was completed & the car ready & shown. The car has had it's own Frontline Display @ World of Wheels, inning several awards.It has also been Concours judged several times scoring a perfect 200 & has won awards for Concours De-Elegance. This was a no expense spared restoration, nd I have receipts for well over $200k. The car has only had a few miles put on it since the restoration process was completed & most of these are driving from it's heated garage perch on a hoist to local car shows & the Corvette shop for oil changes. It has been started & moved on a monthly basis to keep all seals lubricated & functional. There are two sets of rims, ires and chrome trim rings, ne is with a set of Radial TA's & the other is the set for Show, hich are a Reproduction set of Bias Ply. The spare comes with an original Bias Ply tire. ThisL-71 with automatic transmissionis ultra rare. Only 2,722 1969 Corvettes were built with the 427 / 435 HP option &less than 120 of these were originally produced withthe Turbo Hydra-Maticautomatic transmission & only a handful of these Number Matching cars are known to still exist!This caralso has the rare F41 Special Purpose Suspension. You will not find one better! Also see for sale on eBay: 1996 Porsche 911 with Turbo appearance! http://www.ebay.com/itm/221916241005?ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1555.l2649 |