The beautiful example presented here is equipped with the Grizzly L72 (N.O.M.) and has been treated to an extensive, frame off, show quality restoration that included a color change from Yellow to Red.
The car features side exhaust, leather seats, power steering, radio delete (the sound of that big block is entertaining enough! Who needs a radio?) and knock off wheels with radial tires.
The car is an absolute blast to drive and is as dependable as a small block! Don’t wait to take advantage of an opportunity to own this mighty big block, with all of the fun and performance that comes with . . . for a small block price!! More information
Stock #: 5895 – Price $79,900! * Price good until 9/18/17
INDIANAPOLIS — A marina blue 1967 Chevrolet Corvette Coupe bought by a Vietnam War hero and maintained by his son sold for $675,000 at an Indianapolis auction Saturday.
The unrestored sports car, with 8,553 miles on it, was bought by Carmel, Ind., resident Gary Runyon at Dana Mecum’s 30th Spring Classic at the State Fairgrounds.
“It was very exciting but also very, very difficult,” to part with the car, said its owner, Matt Litavsky. “It was all kind of a haze.”
Litavsky’s father, Keith Richard Litavsky, bought the car after returning from the Vietnam War with two Purple Hearts in the 1960s. He cared for it meticulously and seldom drove it before dying of cancer in 1993 from exposure to Agent Orange. Matt Litavsky kept up the same level of care, driving it a total of 15 miles over the past 15 years.
Litavsky said it was a difficult decision to sell the car, but [...]