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  • Patrick B.
    Extremely Frequent Poster
    • August 31, 1985
    • 2011

    Sold my 67 L-71 on BaT, see 250 pictures

    My car sold yesterday so this is not sales ad. Last week I tried to alert my friends on the TDB that my Goodwood Green L-71 was in a BaT auction. I wanted them to see 250 pictures of a car I have discussed here many times during my leisurely restoration effort and to join the sometimes spirited discussion of cars on BaT if they wanted to. A few people saw my thread before it was taken down by the moderator. I was told that it was a prohibited sales pitch and that there was no way to reword it that was acceptable.

    Now that it is sold, I hope I can invite you to go to the Bring a Trailer website, look under auction results, and search for 1967 Corvettes. Mine will show up under 36 year owned L-71 green convertible. It is too late to make comments, but there are many of them to read along with 250 pictures and several videos. This is my last opportunity to show it off.

    It was not my intention to look for buyers on the TDB. I think most of us are getting old and thinking more about finding a new caretaker for our cars rather than buying another. So you might be curious about BaT.
    They are miserable to deal with and have no understanding of restored Corvettes, but their auctions focus a lot of attention on your car. I had over 11,000 views and 1,000 people with my car on their watch list for the week-long bid period. I had 10 or more bidders, and the car sold for $176,000, more than the reserve I requested and way more than the crummy reserve they gave me.
    I am not leaving NCRS or the TDB with the sale of my car. I still have my 70 LT-1.
  • Tim G.
    Extremely Frequent Poster
    • March 1, 1990
    • 1414

    #2
    Congratulations on your sale, Patrick. It is a very pretty car. I sold a car on BAT a while back. It was a Scarab Replica and I really thought I'd take a bath since it was such a specialty car. I did well selling it and was happy with the process.

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    • Patrick B.
      Extremely Frequent Poster
      • August 31, 1985
      • 2011

      #3
      I am glad they treated you well.

      On their extensive application for an auction, they ask whether there has been any body work or painting done on the car. I told them the rear quarter panels had been replaced with NOS GM black glass to replace flared wheel wheels. They turned down my reasonable reserve request saying that replaced quarter panels would reduce the value of the car by $50,000. They waited a week or more to answer each of my emails. You cannot talk to a supervisor. You cannot talk to anyone because there are no phone numbers .

      It seems to operate through autonomous remote workers who are mostly ignorant. They seemed to think that none of the restored C2 Corvettes they auction ever had any body work, so mine was deeply flawed. Their write-up which they will not let you edit brought up the quarter panels twice and left the impression of crash damage. To their credit, they do not prevent the seller from trying to correct the record in his own comments to his auction. They actually encourage the seller to interact with the commenters and I think that helped my auction.

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      • Mark F.
        Extremely Frequent Poster
        • July 31, 1998
        • 1592

        #4
        Congrats, Patrick !

        "turbine wheels" "refurbishment" HUH ?
        really, they need a Corvette consultant to dress up these listings with proper language...

        that being said, the folks in the know (NCRS members) just cringe at their descriptions and try to move on...

        don't forget us other '67 guys, Patrick
        always enjoy your posts !
        thx,
        Mark

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