was raked in by seven collector car auction companies in January 2012; which is a huge increase over last January 2011 that hovered right at $200 million dollars. 2011 was a re-rebirth of growth in collector car/Corvette values and January 2012 saw many “leap frog” sale prices of extreme and moderately desirable collector Corvette. Highlights from the 7 January collector car auctions:
1953 White Convertible – Sold $467,500.00
1953 White Convertible – Sold $455,500.00
1954 Blue Convertible – Sold $176,000.00
1955 White Convertible – Sold $176,000.00
1955 Blue Convertible – Sold $165,000.00
1959 Big Brake Fuelie – Sold $174,900.00
1960 Big Brake Fuelie – Sold $185,500.00
1961 Gulf Oil Race Car – no sale $901,000.00
1961 Big Brake Fuelie -no sale $217,300.00
1962 Resto-Mod – Sold $401,500.00
1962 Resto-Mod – Sold $357,000.00
1963 Coupe Resto-Mod Red – Sold $270,300.00
1963 Convertible 300 hp Air Automatic – Sold $148,400.00
1965 Blue F.I. Convertible – Sold $118,800.00
1966 Resto-Mod – Sold $282,700.00
1966 White 425 hp Convertible – Sold $143,000.00
1966 Convertible 425 hp – Sold $139,920.00
1967 Blue 435 hp Convertible – Sold $249,100.00
1967 Maroon 435 Convertible – Sold $205,000.00
1967 Black (color change) 300 hp – Sold $113,300.00
1968 Silver L88 Convertible – Sold $687,500.00
1969 Orange L88 T-Top – Sold $451,000.00
1969 White L88 Convertible – no sale $424,000.00
1969 Yellow L88 Convertible – Sold $646,600.00
1969 Blue L88 T-Top – Sold $286,200.00
1972 Green LT1/ZR1 T-Top – Sold $137,800.00
2010 ZR1 Serial #1 – Sold $203,500.00
These are huge numbers that show the popularity of Corvette collecting is again on the rise. Questions or comments? Email: terry@proteamcorvette.com
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Nominate Someone for the Great Hall…
Wednesday, January 4th, 2012I have again been asked to serve on the Bloomington Gold Great Hall Selection Committee so if you know of someone (including yourself) that you believe deserves to be inducted into the Bloomington Gold Great Hall, please send your nomination to terry@proteamcorvette.com. However, the standards criteria are quite high.
To qualify, a selection committee* will review all nominations and evaluate the strength of their contribution to the Corvette community, how much they influenced the direction of the Corvette hobby, or how historically important their accomplishment(s) have been. If you can answer these three questions easily, then your nomination may have a good chance of qualifying as one of only 50 people to be inducted during the five year program.
1. Specifically, what did this person do to contribute to the greater good of the Corvette community? What did they give?
2. Specifically, how did this person influence the direction of the Corvette community?
3. Specifically, what accomplishments did this person make that were or are historically important?
Anyone nominated with supporting documentation why they should be inducted will be considerably more likely to increase their odds of being inducted. Remember, it’s not a popularity contest. It’s about who really had an impact on the Corvette hobby, industry, or community.
The Great Hall has already inducted 20 individuals over the past two years. There are 3 years remaining in the program and therefore 30 open induction slots. Send your nominations (and reasons why) today.
Next month you can nominate specific Corvettes for the Great Hall.
*Selection Committee: Bill Lock, Terry Michaelis, Mike Yager, Bill Mock, Jim Prather, Gary Mortimer, Roger Judski
Comments or questions? Email terry@proteamcorvette.com
Information Wanted | 1962 GM Styling Car
Wednesday, December 21st, 20111 ) VIN #20867S102732
2 ) GM Styling Shop Order S.O. 10224
3 ) Shop order tag dated January 16th, 1962
4 ) Firemist Gold paint with Tan leather interior
5 ) Gold Grill
6 ) Shop order number on many components
7 ) Title history back to Lansing, MI area (1979)
8 ) Owner in 1979 was James Hanson from Lansing, MI
9 ) Rumored: produced by GM Styling for Chicago Auto Show
10 ) Rumored: produced to evaluated Gold/Tan color combination used in 1963
11 ) Rumored: styling exercise for Chevrolet’s 50th anniversary
12 ) Displayed June 2011 at Detroit area Eye on Design show
13 ) Invited to the 17th Annual Amelia Island Concours d’Elegance
14 ) Styling records in storage at the National Corvette Museum.
15 ) Wanted: affirmation history
16 ) Does anyone remember this car?
Click here to view photo.
Email: terry@proteamcorvette.com
Information Wanted: 1962 Styling Corvette
See & Hear More of the 1969 BFG #49 ZL1
Wednesday, September 14th, 20111969 BFG #49 ZL-1 Corvette Race Car… one of 3 team cars sponsored by BF Goodrich during ’71-’73 showcasing their new line of T/A Radials. #49 competed in the trifecta of sports car racing; 12 Hrs of Sebring, 24 Hrs of Daytona, and 24 Hrs of LeMans. The 3 team cars #48, #49, & #50 were owned & campaigned by John Greenwood (inducted into the Sebring Raceway Hall of Fame in ’02). Driven by top road course drivers of the period; Greendyke, Greenwood, Johnson, Smothers, Yenko. 1st major win was 1st place in GT in ’72 at Watkins Glen 6 Hr driven by Greenwood and Smothers. In ’73 it was campaigned at 12 hr of Sebring, Daytona 24 hr and at 24 hr of LeMans. At LeMans, it set the GT speed record of 215mph on the Mulsanne Straight. Was delivered as a 69 factory L88 & was used by John Greenwood as a PR car. When the #50 car was heavily damaged in a crash in ’72, he converted the #49 to a race car, installing all of the famous Greenwood innovations, notched rear end, quick replacement radiator, quick camber adjustment, and a new Chevy ZL1 all aluminum 427 cu engine producing over 750 hp @ 6500 rpm. Restored to concourse condition in ’08 by Kevin Mackay of Corvette Repair & debuted at Quail Motorsports ’08 where it received Best in Class over a strong field of Sebring Race Cars.
Much Much More…
#49 on YouTube
The look of #49
The history of #49
Questions, comments, more information, email terry@proteamcorvette.com
Collector Car Prices…
Monday, May 23rd, 2011The difference between retail and wholesale is generally determined by the zip code of where the car was bought versus where it will be sold! 
Comments? Email: terry@proteamcorvette.com
Job one…
Wednesday, April 20th, 2011promoting legitimacy as a benchmark for value and investment must be a focused path out of the mess that has been created. – TLM
1967 Corvette Convertible L88. 1st production L88 • 1 of 20 L88s produced in '67
