CORVETTE ENTHUSIASTS YOU ARE LOOKING AT AN ORIGINAL, NUMBERS MATCHING AND TRULY BEAUTIFUL 1968 CORVETTE COUPE EQUIPPED WITH A (L68) 427-400 H.P. 3- 2 BBL. ENGINE AND A TURBO HYDRA-MATIC TRANSMISSION. FINISHED IN CORDOVAN MAROON (THE SECOND RAREST COLOR IN 1968, 1155 PRODUCED) WITH A BLACK LEATHER INTERIOR, THIS CORVETTE IS FLAWLESS IN EVERY WAY. ITS HISTORY IS FULLY DOCUMENTED INCLUDING, THE TANK STICKER, PHOTOS OF THE ENGINE STAMPINGS, A LIST OF ALL THE OWNERS, AND ALL THE REGISTRATIONS TRACING ITS HISTORY FROM ITS DELIVERY IN VIRGINIA (LIVED THERE UNTIL 1970), ITS TWO YEAR STAY IN MARYLAND, AND THEN ITS LIFE BACK IN VIRGINIA WHERE IT LIVED UNTIL COMING TO PENNSYLVANIA IN 1989, WHERE IT HAS BEEN LOVINGLY OWNED AND METICULOUSLY MAINTAINED BY A TRUE CORVETTE ENTHUSIAST. 1968 WAS THE BIRTH OF THE 3RD GENERATION CORVETTE. THE T-TOPS AND THE 3 SPEED TURBO-HYDRAMATIC TRANSMISSION WERE BOTH INTRODUCED ON THIS MODEL. A TOTAL OF 28,566 WERE PRODUCED. OF THESE 9,936 WERE COUPES, 17,635 HAD TINTED GLASS, 7,065 HAD POWER WINDOWS, 27,008 HAD A POSITRACTION REAR AXLE (3:08 GEARS), 9,559 HAD POWER BRAKES, 1,932 HAD THE L68 427-400 H.P. ENGINE, 5,063 HAD THE TURBO-HYDRAMATIC TRANSMISSION, 6,447 HAD THE TELESCOPIC STEERING COLUMN, 12,364 HAD POWER STEERING, 3,453 HAD THE SPEED WARNING INDICATOR, 1,155 WERE FINISHED IN CORDOVAN MAROON, AND EVEN LESS WERE SOLD WITH THE BLACK LEATHER INTERIOR. NOT ONLY IS THIS CORVETTE BEAUTIFUL BUT SHE IS EXTREMELY RARE AND COLLECTIBLE AS WELL. IT IS NO SURPRISE THAT THIS CORVETTE IS A MULTIPLE SHOW WINNER. HER UNDERCARRIAGE IS AS PERFECT AS HER TOP AND EVERYTHING ON HER WORKS AS IT SHOULD,(INCLUDING THE FIBRE OPTICS) SHE COMES WITH 2 SETS OF WHEELS INCLUDING THE ORIGINAL WHITE STRIPE POLYGLAS TIRES, THE LEATHER T TOP COVER, HER ORIGINAL OWNERS MANUAL, A SHOP MANUAL, AND A BINDER SHOWING ALL HER WINS HER HISTORY, HER VITAL DOCUMENTS, PHOTOS OF HER STAMPINGS AND MORE. 96,806 miles. Colors from tank sticker. October 27, 2008. |