Anyone familiar with the 67 L-88 for sale in NE?

[Jeff]

It is white with red interior and red stinger. I am told, by a quasi-reliable source, that it is not thought to be real. (Is that PC enough?)

I would like to tap into this Board's collective knowledge, as that car, if real, may be approaching my financial threshold but if so priced because it is a 'fakey-doo' that is an entirely different matter, of which I would like to be made aware.

Any and all help would be appreciated. If anyone feels private E-mail is more appropriate, absolute and total discretion is assured.

Regards,

JP

[Tony DiGiorgio]

Re: Anyone familiar with the 67 L-88 for sale in N

JP, I heard that this may be the car that was at bloomintgon last year. Mike yager looked at the car and I'm Told So did Bill Mock. If this is the same car, ti was determined not to be original and suddenly the owner and car soon disappeared from the for sale field. Call me directly onthis if you wish. 800.837.0305 Tony DiGiorgio

[Tom C.]

Re: Anyone familiar with the 67 L-88 for sale in N

Sounds like the same car I looked at in Bloomington last year. I can give you full information on it. Bottom line if same car, not a real L88. 402-328-8848 (home).

[Loren L.]

Re: Anyone familiar with the 67 L-88 for sale in N

Go to the Corvette Restorer, Volume 20, #1, Summer and on page 13 you will find a listing of the 1967 Shriner cars. The NE "L88" is one of those cars ... now if you believe that they built an L88 that early in the year AND that a middle-aged Shriner used it in parades ......

[Jeff]

Thanks to all who responded...

online and privately but I've decided to pass on this one.

JP

[Duke W.]

Speaking of L-88s

The rally red '67 L-88 with 12 (or whatever) miles that I helped the original owner disassemble when new was on the block at the RM auction in Scottsdale this past January and was a no sale a $320K. I understand this car sold on the field after failing to meet the reserve at Bloomington last year. I think David Burroughs and his partners were the sellers. Looks like this car is destined to just bounce from one speculator to another until someone wealthy enough acquires it and donates it to a museum for the tax deduction. I talked to the original owner back in 1988 when I sold the TI ignition back to Burroughs after running it on my '63 for several years. He was out of the car scene after having a number of tragedies in his life including the L-88 espisode. I don't plan on calling him again to let him know what his former car might be worth. Reflecting on our conversation 12 years ago I figure he'd just as soon not know.

Duke

[Jeff]

Re: Speaking of L-88s

Back when Dave was restoring that 396 he wrote the book about, I was in the final assembly of my 67 bbr. We used to speak by phone a time or two a month about the cars. I remember his catch phrase was something like "the way it was, not the way we wish it was". Meaning that if your paint had runs, etc. from the factory you were supposed to duplicate them in your resto.

My car had been factory prepped by some guy who was so heavy handed with a grinder that, in the process of grinding off the resin which squeezed (squoze?) out from between body panels, he had also ground through all the gelcoat for an inch or so on either side of the bonding strip exposeing the 'hairs' in the panels. Once it was final prepped, primed and painted it must have looked fine but after only 8 years the exposed fibers apparently sucked all the moisture out of the paint and it cracked and crazed on either side of the bonding strip for an inch all around every seam. Other than that, the car had perfect original paint everywhere including the 1/2" wide strip between the fender panels becuase it was pure resin and had no fibers to expose no matter how much was ground. The car looked like a one of those exposed 'skeleton' things where you can see every bone.

I had told Dave about that and the fact that I had re-gelled each of those areas. He was of the opinion that I had over-restored the car and I shouldn't have re-gelled those areas but rather let it deteriorate again in 8 years because that wasn't "the way it was" but rather the way I "wished it was". Well that's easy to say if you're not the guy looking at restoring your car again in 8 years whether you use it or not.

So when the book came out and I read the Foreward about the Hawaiin guy or pineapple dealer who had originally owned the car and had it overheat on its maiden voyage because GM had reversed the heater hoses from the factory, I asked Dave whether he had put them back "the way they were" or the "way he wished they were". He said he had put them back on correctly.

I had been away from things myself for years and hadn't heard about Dave's misfortune. I hope he is well.

JP

[gary w. cox]

Re: Speaking of L-88s

The car you speak of is listed in Hemmings this month by Mr. Bourroughs as for sale. I was not aware he ever sold the car. It was a no sale at bloomington in 1998.