{"id":1724,"date":"2021-10-09T13:19:00","date_gmt":"2021-10-09T05:19:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.icaridea.com\/?p=1724"},"modified":"2021-10-09T13:19:00","modified_gmt":"2021-10-09T05:19:00","slug":"rare-1963-chevrolet-corvette-fuelie-driven-70000-miles-sold-for-285000","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.icaridea.com\/?p=1724","title":{"rendered":"Rare 1963 Chevrolet Corvette &#8216;fuelie&#8217; driven 70,000 miles sold for $285,000"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> close <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/931\/524\/vette-1.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1\" alt=\"Fox News Autos Test Drive: 2020 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray\" data-v-13907676> Video <\/p>\n<h4 class=\"title\" data-v-13907676>Fox News Autos Test Drive: 2020 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray<\/h4>\n<p data-v-13907676>The 2020 Corvette Stingray is the first mid-engine version of the all-American sports car. Fox News Autos Editor Gary Gastelu found out if it it has what it takes to compete with the world&#8217;s best.<\/p>\n<p class=\"speakable\">It was a high price for a high-mileage car.<\/p>\n<p> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/640\/320\/vette-1.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1\" alt=\"\"> <\/p>\n<p>      (VanDerBrink Auctions)<\/p>\n<p class=\"speakable\">A 1963 Chevrolet Corvette with 70,000 miles on the odometer that was owned by late Menards board member Larry Menard was sold this this past weekend by VanDerBrink Auctions for $285,000, marking one of the top prices paid for the model.<\/p>\n<p> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/640\/320\/vette-2.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1\" alt=\"\"> <\/p>\n<p>      (VanDerBrink Auctions)<\/p>\n<p>The split-window coupe is one of just 2,610 of the 1963 Corvettes equipped with a fuel-injected 327 V8 and retains its numbers-matching original engine.<\/p>\n<p> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/640\/320\/vette-3.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1\" alt=\"\"> <\/p>\n<p>      (VanDerBrink Auctions)<\/p>\n<p>The Tuxedo Black car received a full frame-off restoration and is in top shape. According to the valuation experts at Hagerty, it sold for 10.7% more than than the Hagerty Price Guide estimate, thanks in part to its knock-off wheels and red leather interior.<\/p>\n<p>Prices for the model appear to be on the rise as a similar restored example with unlisted mileage sold at a Barrett-Jackson auction in June for $324,500.<\/p>\n<p>CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP<\/p>\n<p>The Mendard collection auction had several dozen vintage models, including a 1959 Chevrolet Impala Convertible that sold for $136,000 and a fuel-injected 1957 Chevrolet Bel Air Convertible that went for $103,000.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>close Video Fox News Autos Test Drive: 2020 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray The 2020 Corvette Stingray is the first mid-engine version of the all-American sports car. Fox News Autos Editor Gary<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1725,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.icaridea.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1724"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.icaridea.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.icaridea.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.icaridea.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.icaridea.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1724"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.icaridea.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1724\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.icaridea.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1725"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.icaridea.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1724"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.icaridea.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1724"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.icaridea.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1724"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}