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1982 Chevrolet Corvette

Collector Edition
Mecum Houston 2020
Thursday, 3 December - Saturday, 5 December 2020
$26,400
Sale Price
No
Reserve
5 December 2020
Sold Date
21
Lot Number
#2
Unrestored original
Mecum Auctions
Auction House
Chassis no. 1G1AY0784C5108825. Silver Beige over Silver Beige leather. 350-cid, 200hp, automatic, Eagle GT tires, glass T-tops, Gymkhana suspension, limited slip, alloy wheels, power steering and brakes, tilt/telescope steering column, glass roof panels, power antenna, power windows, 8-track stereo.

Evaluation: From the E.J. Cole Museum collection and probably the cleanest car of the bunch. Showing just 11,141 miles, represented as from new, and clearly treated as a collectible its whole life. A lot of owners babied these Vettes, however, so the condition isn’t as special as one might think.

Bottom Line: Notwithstanding the name, Collector Edition Corvettes are neither particularly rare nor valuable. Chevrolet sold 6769 of them as a send-off for the C3, and they usually get only a small bump over the base model. You wouldn’t know it from this sale, however. While not outrageous, it is toward the very top end for Collector Edition prices.

by Andrew Newton
17 December 2020
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