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Manufactured in 1966 and imported from the States a few years ago, this stunning Chevrolet Corvette Sting Ray is a genuine "matching numbers" car with an ultra-low mileage of just 47,800 miles, almost all of which were incurred by its first and only US owner, who owned the car for almost 50 years.<br />
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The mileage is fully verified and certified to be true in a handwritten letter from its first UK owner, who confirms the fact that he imported it himself with an odometer reading of just 47,000 miles. He was living Stateside at the time and fell in love with the car, so he bought it over there, registered it in his name in the USA, and then shipped it over here.<br />
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Specified from new in Sunfire Yellow with a black interior and soft-top, this is a four-speed manual car that still has its original bill of sale and first title paperwork. The subject of recent mechanical refurbishment, it is being offered for sale with a stack of paperwork to support its provenance and is, according to the vendor "in superb mechanical condition."<br />
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The glassfibre body means that rust simply isn"t an issue. But that does mean you need to ask different questions so... the panel gaps are good, being as tight and even as we?ve ever seen on a car made of this material. The originality continues with the glassfibre"s integrity; there is one odd crack in the paintwork (by a headlight) but nothing else to show concern with the body and its gel coat; it"s just simply a little hint of patination.<br />
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The Sunfire Yellow colour suits the car, and is more muted than some of the more lurid shades of yellow we have been faced with; suffice it to say that while the "Vette has never been the most subtle of cars, this one looks as understated as any we?ve seen. Peter Stringfellow would have hated it, which is probably all the endorsement you?ll ever need.<br />
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The chromework is modest but in good shape, and the whitewall tyres are matching Kumho, which you?ll have come to understand means it has been owned by a careful, considerate person who understands that maintaining a car like this cannot be done on the cheap.<br />
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The underside is as clean as you could ever hope to see on a road-going car, and it appears to be free of rust, rot, and general bodgery. What underseal there is appears to have been applied to keep the chassis rust-free rather than to hide years of neglect. It"s all really rather lovely under there (we have extra photos from under a ramp ? it"s all well worth a look).<br />
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The convertible roof is taut and waterproof, and while it doesn?t offer the user-friendliness of something like the Mazda MX-5, it gets the job done and anyway, if you buy a car like this you"d better not have the roof up unless it is actually bucketing it down.<br />
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(A valuable white hard-top is supplied with the car. If you only ever fit it to drive your ?Vette to the Alps for a fortnight"s skiing then you"ll be forgiven for using it; everyone else should really leave it in the garage.)<br />
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The vehicle can be viewed in Epping.<br />
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Date written: 30-Jan-2019
Price: <td><strong>£49000 Auction Estimate
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