Last first gen GT350 up for auction

[DC-DD]

The car was inside when my friends went there to buy Corvette parts as the owner was a big Corvette guy.
These pictures are from April 10  2021

[TOBKOB]

Looks like a Model A beside it...

TOB

[6s1640]

So did Gino Burelli sell the car to the person in shown in image reply No. 18?  Makes you wonder what else is going on that the car has not even been made to run, let alone a restoration in the last ten years.

Cory

[Bigfoot]

I really don't think that being the last 66 produced means it is any more valuable or has any more water cooler talk value than any production 66.

[CharlesTurner]

I really don't think that being the last 66 produced means it is any more valuable or has any more water cooler talk value than any production 66.

+1, it's splitting hairs with the 4 convertibles built last. 

It's much more interesting/desirable that it's a 4sp sapphire blue car

[Mikelj5S230]

Yes, firsts and lasts can sometimes be valuable, but it depends a lot on the car.  One collector I know likes to buy the first and last of each Corvette series, and has paid a premium for them.  The car I sold at BJ was the last of a kind, and did pretty well.

[shelbymann1970]

I'd be curious if 166K met the reserve. Going from 101K to 166K is "interesting". One guy said it was a time capsule. This car doesn't even come close to being a time capsule.
How can one prove that this 66 is the last one built. Were the latter part of 66 production were they built in strict order? Paperwork on the "last car"?

[CharlesTurner]

I'd be curious if 166K met the reserve. Going from 101K to 166K is "interesting". One guy said it was a time capsule. This car doesn't even come close to being a time capsule.
How can one prove that this 66 is the last one built. Were the latter part of 66 production were they built in strict order? Paperwork on the "last car"?

I was trying to be nice in my response about the car being a time capsule, about spit up my morning tea when I read it, lol!  When I read their next comment about they hadn't seen another Shelby with original traction bars intact, I knew it was a lost cause to reply again.

Howard may know the completed dates for '66 cars, it's not in the registry.  That detail is in the '65 registry and there were 2 more days of production and 7 cars completed after the last '65 s/n, 5S562.  I doubt there was any effort to complete cars in order during the '66 run.

[shelbymann1970]

Charles I wanted to post the following comment but didn't.  " has anyone watched Graveyard carz? Have you seen before and after pics of cars after they were dipped?"

with that said It's amazing how much metal is gone after getting rid of all the rust. I've seen cars that looked a lot better come out as Swiss cheese after dipping. I suspect this car will be also. The frame under the front floor on one side it appears the hole where the car was mounted to the jig appears to be rusted out on one side so it is no longer a round hole. I remember reading where  a well known restorer judge did a car and it was considered probably the best restored one of it's kind. The key was he started with an excellent car. The worse the car is the bigger challenge getting it to a top dollar SAAC div1 or II car when rust is involved.

[Mikelj5S230]

The current price of that car is amazing to me, as mentioned it is above 29 of the 40 '66 GT350s sold on BaT and is heading north.  Considering the condition and originality of the car, that boggles my mind.

[OldFordGuy]

I haven't looked closely at the pictures so this car might not be a perfect example but if you had a car like this and the original frame was unrestorable what do you do? Is it still the same car on a different frame? Does it make it worth a lot less?

[6s1640]

I haven't looked closely at the pictures so this car might not be a perfect example but if you had a car like this and the original frame was unrestorable what do you do? Is it still the same car on a different frame? Does it make it worth a lot less?

If the car is re-bodied, yes "It is worth a lot less."  A re-body is slight better than a clone and a long ways from an original car.  I expect this car is very restorable.  But I wonder why it has not been touched in the last ten years.  Is there something else going on?

Cory

[shelbymann1970]

The current price of that car is amazing to me, as mentioned it is above 29 of the 40 '66 GT350s sold on BaT and is heading north.  Considering the condition and originality of the car, that boggles my mind.

When an auction is a reserve auction I don't think much of the bid price unless a car sells. It would surprise me if BaT let a car like this have a reserve above 166K but if they pushed it as a "survivor" and "last one made" who knows unless the auction ends at 166K sold. 101K to 166K isn't normal unless we are talking about a nice 65 Shelby, Boss 429, etc. Look, I've been asked to bid on reserve cars before....

[shelbymann1970]

interesting that a non carryover project with 3 days left is at 170K but a 67 Gt500 in legacy colors , stunning and with a 20K+ extra engine on a stand with HM doing all the engine work is only at 175K with a few hours left ?

[Mikelj5S230]

The current price of that car is amazing to me, as mentioned it is above 29 of the 40 '66 GT350s sold on BaT and is heading north.  Considering the condition and originality of the car, that boggles my mind.

When an auction is a reserve auction I don't think much of the bid price unless a car sells. It would surprise me if BaT let a car like this have a reserve above 166K but if they pushed it as a "survivor" and "last one made" who knows unless the auction ends at 166K sold. 101K to 166K isn't normal unless we are talking about a nice 65 Shelby, Boss 429, etc. Look, I've been asked to bid on reserve cars before....

Ah, the old Mecum chandelier bids trick.....