UPDATE ON '65 BB RED W/ RED AND WHITE INTERIOR #'S

[Jack W.]

Re: Oops, I dropped my Rollin Rock

yes, 'tis quite accurate to describe a C2 with no radio as a no radio car

by the way, on that ebay car I linked, did anyone notice that it appeared to be a factory air car, with no radio? An odd mix of creature comforts if true, combined with the red+white interior 1 of 1 to be sure, I think I hear Terry M coming . . . . .

[Ken Edmunds]

Re: Oops, I dropped my Rollin Rock

It is pretty odd. I have a friend who recently sold a blue/blue 65 coupe, factory a/c, NO RADIO, automatic, 250 hp with 6000 miles on it. Probably a 1 of 1 also.

[Michael H.]

Re: Oops, I dropped my Rollin Rock

In the mid 70's, there was a silver 65 or 66 coupe running around Downers Grove, IL that was equipped similarly. It was A/C and no radio. If I remember correctly, the car only had two options. Was a base engine 3 speed with A/C and W/W tires.

[Jack W.]

Re: Oops, I dropped my Rollin Rock

Two options plus the Coupe over the vert - that choice alone costs our penny-wise man around $220 in 1965

that ebay red+white interior car is also a base (250 hp) engine, it seems the original purchaser splurged on (1) AC and (2) a 4 sp. I cannot be sure, but it looks like Mr. penny pincher red+white fancy pants also went for the soft-top only, not wanting to pay $207 for the hardtop - since he had blown his budget with that AC ($420), in his convertible no less. My God, he could have upgraded to an L78 ($292) instead of the AC and still had money left over to cover the extra gas for a few years. Must have been a wife's car, but no auto . . . .

[Tim G.]

Re: Oops, I dropped my Rollin Rock

A local '67 300 horse roadster with air conditioning was a three speed car and a mystery to many folks. It had some other comfort items, but why the three speed? The owner was tracked down and her father bought the car for her when she graduated from UT dental school. She said they were both shocked when the car showed up as a three speed, the dealer didn't know that you had to order a four speed. The car stayed that way until the late 80's when the owner and I replaced the three speed with a four speed. The car went Bloomington Gold with that four speed.

[Mark Milner]

The problem with Free Advice is that most

think it is worthless. They think the only advice worth anything is that you pay for. That is why places other than here, I get paid to speak my mind.

This place, MARC, is an exception. You have people here who know more than you can imagine. You have people who built them. You have people who have restored them longer than you have probably been alive. You have people who have more knowledge in their heads about Corvettes than exist in any one book.

You were told once before there are no production numbers on how many white interiors were produced. You were told that many use the percentages to figure the possible number, AND THEN CITE THESE NUMBERS AS FACT!

And you will get people elsewhere who will stroke your ego to make you feel good, as evidenced by your gloating that you have one of 12 cars and it is much better condition than the one at B-J that sold for $135,000.

Convertibles were roughly 65% of production.
Red were roughly 15%.
396s were roughly 9%.

If you multiply those percentages by each other, you get .935% of production, or 220 cars.

Since red could only have Black, Red, White w/ Black, and White w/ Red, you have four choices. Black is by far the most common. Every sees black. But without production numbers, you can only guess. White is very uncommon. Most can count the number of white interiors they have seen on one hand. So let's weight it accordingly. Instead of each being 25%, we will let Black be 40%, Red be 40%, and the Whites be 20%. Will the White w/Black be more common than White w/ Red? Hard to say. But if you take it as half and half, then you have 10% and 10% times the 220 cars gives you 22 cars that are red 396 convertibles with white and red interiors. And then you have to divide how many are vinyl and how many are leather. 50/50? So maybe you are 1 of 11?

And that last paragraph is sheer guesswork.

Anyway you go, it is a pretty rare combination.

Now to make you feel good, I figured up what two of my cars were. With some of the options and colors, one came up to 4 cars and the other to 3.65 cars. And I don't think of them as all that rare at all. After all, how many red '63 coupes have you seen in your life? Lots, right? So maybe it is one of 4 but it looks like one of 4612.

Doesn't mean a lot, does it?

[Mark Milner]

Re: The problem with Free Advice is that most

I hate that I forget to preview. My first paragraph should have include this:

"think it is worthless. They think the only advice worth anything is that you pay for. That is why places other than here, I get paid to speak my mind. And so do a lot of others here, and much more than me. You may well have paid some of them without knowing it, by buying their book or magazine or attending one of their seminars.