zeus337

What's a car like this worth. Has 3 top flights including national top flight.

1966 coupe
NASSAU BLUE WITH BLUE INTERIOR. ALL MATCHING NUMBERS 327 - 350 HP / 4 - SPEED WITH POWER BRAKES. COMPLETE BODY-OFF RESTORATION TO SUPER SHOW CONDITION ON A NO HIT BODY AND SUPER NICE FRAME. 3 TIME NCRS TOP-FLIGHT (98.9) AND ALL GLOVE BOX PAPERWORK! RESTORATION PHOTOS, TOP-FLIGHT JUDGING SHEETS AND CERTIFICATES WITH CAR.

Geralds57

I would say about 50-55k in today's market

stingrayl76

My best guess would be in the neighborhood of $50K to $60K depending on when the awards were given and the current condition.

67's

Were the TopFlights Chapter, National, regionals?

Nowhere Man

also when

zeus337

3 Top flights are national n regional n last one is 2007 I think

anyChevy

I think around $60K to $65K on a good day.

http://www.vintagecorvettes.com/66nbcoupe.html

I wonder how much the white one sold for ?

zeus337

The blue one is 89k...
Not sure on the white one but I was gonna buy the white one but it sold before I got it!

anyChevy

WOW That is alot of money for a low optioned 66 coupe IMO, it must be beautiful ?

LPE385

You do not buy a 66 350hp Coupe with good colors, paperwork, matching numbers, BODY OFF CAR WITH 3 TOP FLIGHTS for $50,000-$60,000. If you bought a decent 66 350hp Coupe and it needed some light restoration you would blow past $50,000 so fast its not even funny. Again were talking about a car that has PAPER WORK, 3 Top Flight Regional and National Certificates, this is not cheap nor easy to do. Until you have done a Top Flight car for National you can't really see the value sitting there. If the paint is as nice as it appears and its in LACQUER ON A NO HIT BODY, thats $15,000 just in paint for that level of car. This is a 350hp car, the next best thing would be a 450hp/425hp car and those are well north of $100,000 for a Top Flight documented, good color cars.

Again the point is you can't buy a real 66 350hp Coupe with Paperwork and body off it or paint it and not have more then what this car can be purchased for. Being more then $70,000 and less then $89,000. Again very general statement but for those that have done Top Flight cars its not cheap and time consuming.

I would go see the car in person, verify how money parts are NOS, original or repro. The car "LOOKS" to be closer to the the asking price "TYPE" of car then to a $50,000 to $60,000 car. Its difficult to find real trim tag (good colors), paper work, 350hp cars then not.

Good luck

Revfan

Well...
I'll play along.
I would think, in this market, its a $65-$69K car.
I KNOW it probably cost more to get it where it is... that is just the nature of the beast.
Welcome to the new economy.

RatDog

After following Greg Wyatt's cars for 3 years and eventually buying one from him, I can tell you that I'd be very surprised (shocked actually) if he would ever sell that car for the low numbers I'm seeing in this thread. His cars are very nice but he doesn't give them away. And they don't sit around. They do sell.

That doesn't mean you should buy the car if you don't like the price or, especially, if it's not the car you really, really want. Coming across the car you dream about can add a premium value for you that others may not pay extra for if it's not the car *they* dream about. I thought my car was worth it (to me) so I bought it.

-- Steve

Midyrman

As with any classic Corvette purchase, what are you going to do with the car? Show it? Drive it? OccassionallY? Every weekend? Take a couple of trips with friends? Or just admire it in your garage? If you are paying for a National TF car.....and in the $80k range you are indeed paying for that certificate. ......I personally would not be comfortable putting regular miles on the car. Having gone this route before it is very exciting to buy the car and bring it home.....and stare at it....and then take a short drive.....then stare at it......the decide it is too nice to drive often.....then feel you are missing out on driving a classic Corvette....then think about selling it.....then selling it and buying something you can drive. Went this route with "65 FI Tonawanda block coupe many years ago.

Just something to think about.

Fawndeuce

I agree that you couldn't build this car today for $60K, but I would say that that's probably about what you could get for it in this market.
The first Topflight is from 2001, so the car was done over 10 years ago.
A ten year old Topflight car does not necessarily equate to a good driving running car today, may not even have turned a wheel since it was finished way back then.



Paul

65 vette dude

If I'm buying that car, it's worth 60K.........if I'm selling it, it's worth 85K. Sounds like a great C2.

LPE385

I here ya, but wasn't the last Top Flight 2007? From the pictures it stil looks strong. We would all love to steal it but I don't think you buy that kind of car for $60,000. It does more then that through a large auction house.

Like someone else said, "I'll play along" has anyone bought an optional horse power car 350hp, with papwork (POP), great colors, no hit body car, Lacquer paint, with 3 Top Flights 1 being a National's or just 1 Top Flight from Nationals that the Top Flight is 5 years old give or take. lately. A car that needs nothing which is what it "appears" we have here.

Just seeing whats been purchased. I only ask because I see junk selling for $45,000 to $50,000 so I know this car is worth a good deal more give its current condition, paperwork and awards.

ChattanoogaJSB

EXACTLY!

Also, to the post below that one, the Junk asking $50K is a lot different from the Junk selling for a realistic price. On any given day all over craigslist there are cars priced right, and as many or more that are $25K cars asking $38K and $38K cars asking $49K.

I actually believe $49K is the number one magic fishing number for an NOM midyear with Cragars, Flares, and a half-tuck-and-roll-interior. Painted Viper red it's almost a given...

isac

Well said , that's just the way it is

Dan Hampton

That is an excellent perpective. The "idea" of, perhaps, owning a TF might out weigh the reality of owning such a car with this type of pedigree. Undoubtedly, you have a car that is probably devoid of all mechanical, electrical, and body/paint gremlins. That is a big plus. And, personally, I am probably one of the few people who would buy it for those reasons and drive it, anyway, while never taking it to a NCRS meet.

But midyrman has a good point. I guess if you have a lot of money, it really doesn't make any difference. There are a lot of nice cars without the TF that you could purchase that would be considerably less expensive.

As far as the price goes, I agree with some of the others. A car like this does not come cheap, as well it shouldn't. Minimum of $70K in my book.

LPE385

I like and agree with what you said about the car being "devoid of all mechanical, electrical, paint and body gremlins". We all know that gets expensive quick and kills the spirt of owning these cars sometimes, due to time, cost of parts or dealing with painters .

Curve ball take this same type of car but say its a documented Red/Red 427/450hp 66 Coupe, body off, Top Flight, etc? Whats the money on this with a solid lifter BB?