A case of mistaken identity...
Discussion
One of the previous C3 posts about a dealer who may have a ZL1 (as if..) prompted me to tell you this little story (it's about people getting their information wrong, sound familiar..?)
Recently on the Callaway Forum someone posted that 1987 Callaway Corvette #001 was for sale for about $35,000. They posted it as "the first Callaway" which it would be with that number (each Callaway was individually numbered).
Would this not be cheap for a piece of history?
Turns out the car is not #001 but actually "1 of 184 cars made in 1987.
So actually what sounded like a deal as good as the "hemi 'cuda found in an old lady's barn that she didn't know she had" actually turns out to be in actual fact probably quite a dear car.
And it was all down to someone's interpretation of the number 1...
That's how we get people advertising L82s as L88s, and someone might make a litle typo just to get the buyers adrenaline going...
I've seen plenty of other "typos" (the sceptic in me says: a little embellishment to help the car sell) such as 1989 C4 35th Anniversary (should be 88), 1979 pace car (should be 1978).
The dealer who had my 93 for sale actually had it for sale as a 94 (it was registered 94) until I pointed out the 40th anniversary seats (i.e. it's a 93 then..)Same dealer also had a 95 Grand Sport for sale. Later the ad said "Grand Sport design". Ho, ho, someone must have pointed out that they were 96 only. Sickener: that also means it doesn't have an LT4...
Still if all else fails and you want to attract the novices just put these in your ad:
"No test pilots", "not for the faint hearted", "real musclecar", "no tyre kickers", "serious people only", "are you man enough", "500 horsepower", "runs 10 second quarters", etc...
Recently on the Callaway Forum someone posted that 1987 Callaway Corvette #001 was for sale for about $35,000. They posted it as "the first Callaway" which it would be with that number (each Callaway was individually numbered).
Would this not be cheap for a piece of history?
Turns out the car is not #001 but actually "1 of 184 cars made in 1987.
So actually what sounded like a deal as good as the "hemi 'cuda found in an old lady's barn that she didn't know she had" actually turns out to be in actual fact probably quite a dear car.
And it was all down to someone's interpretation of the number 1...
That's how we get people advertising L82s as L88s, and someone might make a litle typo just to get the buyers adrenaline going...
I've seen plenty of other "typos" (the sceptic in me says: a little embellishment to help the car sell) such as 1989 C4 35th Anniversary (should be 88), 1979 pace car (should be 1978).
The dealer who had my 93 for sale actually had it for sale as a 94 (it was registered 94) until I pointed out the 40th anniversary seats (i.e. it's a 93 then..)Same dealer also had a 95 Grand Sport for sale. Later the ad said "Grand Sport design". Ho, ho, someone must have pointed out that they were 96 only. Sickener: that also means it doesn't have an LT4...
Still if all else fails and you want to attract the novices just put these in your ad:
"No test pilots", "not for the faint hearted", "real musclecar", "no tyre kickers", "serious people only", "are you man enough", "500 horsepower", "runs 10 second quarters", etc...
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