72 numbers matching 454 4 speed just purchased
 

Found out in the middle of nowhere about 7 miles from home. Garage kept all its life. 2nd. owner had it 26 years. Dark blue with a black interior. Power windows and no AC. 75,000 miles with perfect chrome, body and interior. Owner said he paid $11,500.00 for it back in 82 and wanted to get $11,000.00. Then said he wouldsell for $10,000.00. Guess I did ok!New gas tank 5 years ago. All new calipers and a fresh set of wires, plugs, cap, rotor etc. and an oil change. I loaned my Corvette black book to someone. Can someone look up to see how many 454s were made in 72?Thanks!

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Found a site that says there were 3,913 (14%) 454s.

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EVERYBODY loves a blue"72. What is the paint code on yours?

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Whatever the "blue book price" is for your new/old 'Vette, $10,000.00 is a really good price to pay for that car. You'll get your money back no problem if need be, which is "my question" to myself when I buy a used vehicle of any kind, "Can I get my money back on this deal if I want/need to, in a reasonable amount of time?" I've never (not bragging, but honestly) lost money on a used vehicle in my life. Ofcourse not considering new vehicles, as they're a loss when you take them off the lot. They're something that you have to get your "money's-worth" by driving, and enjoying a hopefullytrouble-free vehicle experience over a given amount of time, and then beable to get a reasonable resale amount in the end. So (IMO), the new/used vehicle situations are apples and oranges. Sure, you can "depreciate over time" etc. etc., but was the vehicle worth it "to you" in the end? Was it "hastle-free" or a "serious big hastle?" Vehicles can be a "nightmare" f/ the entire time you own them and still be financially justifiable. Anyway...
Only guessing, but I think that in time to come, even the later C3 'Vettes w/ "number matching big blocks" will be worth more and more as time goes on, due to the fact that GM isn't makingbig blocksanymore and they're in general getting harder and harder to find. Matching numbers, in the later C3's, aren't worth a "whole lot more", as performance engines were gone by then. But big blocks were just discontinued all together and I think for that reason they'll be worth more in the future.

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In spades if it's a roadster. :)

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"In spades..." Explain that, is it sarcasm? Or what?

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It's just an expression of totality like if I said the KC Chiefs will be a bad football team this year and someone said "Yeah, in spades". It just means that they agree and my statement was probably an understatement.

So what I was saying was that big block sharks will appreciate and roadsters w/b at the top of the heap. Just look at what's happening to mid-years.

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IDID read in the Corvette history book that in '69, the T-top started outselling the convertible. That is interesting to me. It stated that it was do to "cultural / social changes" in the USA. I personally think that the T-top version can't compare w/ a convertible. I wish mine was a convertible.

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Me too.

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10 Grand.... Thats what I paid for my 73 big block 25 years ago. My suggestion... hide it for a few years. That way the cops will have stopped looking for it!!! Hope you got a receipt... at that price it had to be stolen!
Great find, post some pics...
Wedge
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LOL Yes, I guess that the C3s are on the way up in price as they're getting older and alittle more scarce. Like you said, Wedge, 10 grand then and up to 10 grand now. And that's a good thing. I imagine they'll take a slower path up in price due to having the de-tuned motors of their era. I'd say that for resale value reasons, a C3 that LOOKS all stock and original, but has a healthy motor orcomplete drive tranew/ performance aftermarket components in it, a sleeper/with ONLY a performance motor and the rest of the car in original condition, I think the C3 would be a more desireable vehicle. I've said before, I hate getting blown-off by new pick-ups, or the likes. I'm supposed to be driving a 'Vette!!! At the same time, every time I drive my 'Vette, someone has something good to say about it. On Saturday, a young guy at the parts store gave it a compliment, a guy yelled, "That's a great lookin' car,"as I was driving down a side street in a residental neighborhood, and at a stop light, a guy in a newer (maybe 2 or 3 years old)red SS Camaro w/ a whistlingturbinein it rolled his window down and told me what a beautiful car my 'Vette is. I HAD to compliment him on his car as it was super clean, like a show-room car, w/ wheels and set up just right. Sounded like he had a stall-converter and rear end in it too when he took off. I just wish my C3 came from the factory w/ an engine that's performance was on the same level as it's appearance.

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Two words - crate motor. ;)

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Either way, you totally scored! Have any pics to post?

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[align=left]De-tuned- de-schmooned... come on... its like your rating it with a 4 cylinder Vega or something. No doubt the 71 LS5, LS6 and earlier L88s all put up some massive numbers... but a LS4 is still a big block. Shave the heads to get 9.5... get a cam and go kick some butt. Thats what I did, but there is always that re-issue L88 or a 502 just waiting for a big enough check book to take 'er home...

Oh and BTW... look on the ProTeam Corvette lsite. They list a 72 454 alot higher than 10 grand. They appraised mine at 30g plus last year. Dude... you got THE deal of the century... the one that no one ever finds!
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