1967 CHEVROLET CORVETTE L88 CONVERTIBLE
Lot #F156
Featured At: Mecum Indianapolis 2020, July 17, 2020
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- The Ultimate L88 Corvette
- Bloomington Gold Great Hall Inductee
- The last 1967 Corvette to leave the factory
- The only 1967 L88 Corvette to retain its complete original L88 engine
- Documented with the original tank sticker, window sticker, order form, shipper copy, dealer invoice, factory inspection form and factory ID card
- Purchased new by Cliff Gottlob of Arkansas City, Kansas
- Driven by Cliff Gottlob and Dave Dooley to 2nd in GT Class and 11th overall at the 24 Hours of Daytona in 1970
- Driven to nearly 400 podium finished and more than 150 outright wins during its 8-year racing career with the original owner Cliff Gottlob, during that time the car took home 52 consecutive victories
- Gottlob kept the car until 1978 when he sold it to David Burroughs and Jim Krughoff
- Burroughs and Krughoff sold to car to Bill McDonagh in 1997
- McDonagh sold the car to Dana Mecum in 2013
- A freshly rebuilt, period correct L88 engine is included if the new owner chooses to preserve the original engine
- According to David Burroughs, 'not one minute of ownership, one piece of paper, or one alteration is unaccounted for.'