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ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT
NO RESERVE - LOT #1347
AWARD-WINNING 1967 CHEVROLET CORVETTE 427/435 CONVERTIBLE
From 1964 through 1975, Car and Driver magazine the ’60s, it’s in the running for greatest Corvette of
would poll its readers, asking them to decide the all time, the culmination of the handiwork of racer-
year’s best cars. The sports car category was often engineer Zora Arkus-Duntov and the team of engineers
filled with the established performers from Europe: behind him. In the May 1967 issue, Car and Driver
Jaguars, Porsches and even a Rover. But there was went so far as to describe it as “the most sophisticated
one car that made the final cut almost every time; passenger car made in America – in terms of engine,
one that went above and beyond the sports car drive train, suspension and brakes – and among the
classification – America’s sports car, the Chevrolet best-engineered sports cars made anywhere. If that
Corvette. The Corvette won the Best All-Around Car isn't good enough to make it the Best All-Around
or Best Value award 10 times. It was a truly heroic Car of 1967, we'd like to know what is.” The second
automobile, a car not only driven by the Apollo space generation’s improvements resulted in a car enshrined
program’s astronauts, but also an affordable sports in collectibility, a landmark in terms of sophistication,
car from Detroit. The Corvette was more than just style, power and speed. It was the final year of what
another quick nimble two-seater; it was a new style of many consider to be the definitive Corvette.
American automobile, a car that took on the best at Offered with No Reserve at the 2021 Barrett-Jackson
home and abroad. And if there is one Corvette that has Scottsdale Auction is an NCRS award-winning 1967
stood the test of time, it’s the 1967 model year.
Chevrolet Corvette 427/435 convertible. A car sure to
The 1967 Corvette is more than arguably the best of enthrall the winning bidder come auction day or at
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