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Cascio Motors Is Selling A 1963 Split-Window Corvette At No Reserve |
2023-08-19 |
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Posted by:Besoeker |
#8 There are additives. |
Posted by: 49 Pan 2023-08-19 11:35 |
#7 They had to tighten the clearances on the valve guides to allow for lack of lead buildup on the exhaust valve stems. |
Posted by: ed in texas 2023-08-19 11:10 |
#6 IIUC it's the lack of lead "softening" the valve seats in the head. Is that wrong? |
Posted by: Frank G 2023-08-19 10:26 |
#5 If you want to run on Unleaded, you'd need to change the valves. About 15 years ago at an auto consignment place, had the opportunity to buy a numbers matching unrestored Split for $49K. Thought it was too much given my circumstances at the time. If this car is in decent shape and is numbers matching, I think the $350K number is too low... |
Posted by: Warthog 2023-08-19 09:57 |
#4 ^ You'd have to replace the heads. |
Posted by: Frank G 2023-08-19 09:44 |
#3 Wonder if it's been modified for unleaded fuel? The FI 327 was a beast in it's day and probably still would launch you in a pretty convincing fashion. |
Posted by: Mullah Richard 2023-08-19 09:38 |
#2 MSRP in '63 somewhere in the neighborhood of $4250. Would not be surprised to see this one fetch $350,000. I'm guessing a road trip to Albuquerque in this one would be a non-start. |
Posted by: Besoeker 2023-08-19 09:05 |
#1 A '63 split at no reserve? They don't need a reserve, it'll go large. |
Posted by: ed in texas 2023-08-19 08:40 |