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MADLT1 · « **on:** July 16, 2007, 11:46:28 AM »

Rare Callaway Corvette for sale in Aussie auction
Posted Jul 12th 2007 10:53AM by Siddharth Raja
Filed under: GM

One of the last official Callaway-tuned Corvettes to be listed as an official GM product is up for sale, of all places, at an auction in Australia. The twin-turbo Chevrolet Corvette is car number 14 in the RPO B2K series, which saw only 62 GM Callaways roll off the line back in 1991.

Decked in an intense Competition Pearl Yellow paint job, this particular 'Vette has a unique history as it was the 1991 show car at the Los Angeles Auto Show and consequently was packed with every option available on the extensive Callaway order list. Under the hood is a 5.7L Chevy V8 with a pair of Rotomaster turbochargers bolted on that delivers up to 450hp and an earth-moving 575lb-ft of torque – enough to reach the claimed top speed of 190mph.

The car, which is now up for sale by Shannons auctions, has spent its days in the living room of one car nut, who purpose built the house around it. Anyone Downunder interested in purchasing it will need to front up at least $155,000, which is just the starting price the obsessed owner is looking for.

MADLT1 · « **Reply #1 on:** July 16, 2007, 11:47:08 AM »

Thunder Kiss · « **Reply #2 on:** July 16, 2007, 02:48:40 PM »

The Herald Sun in Melbourne also had a small story on it last Friday.

jolinari · « **Reply #3 on:** July 16, 2007, 08:07:20 PM »

I reckon it would be hard to sell :bold having said that it may be sold for that price!

cosmicvette · « **Reply #4 on:** July 16, 2007, 10:36:12 PM »

If anyone pays that price I would be surprised, not to mention that it would be VERY hard to get it registered. Someone is either going to have to wait a long time or just be rich enough to buy it for their car collection and be satisfied having it unregistered, or have dealer plates (which I know the current owner used....).

Anyone who would consider converting it would ruin any hope of selling it back to the states and also limit its value in the future.

jolinari · « **Reply #5 on:** July 16, 2007, 11:11:35 PM »

This car belongs to the USA ;49 ;49 ;49

Vette Obsessed · « **Reply #6 on:** July 16, 2007, 11:26:01 PM »

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Originally posted by cosmicvette
Anyone who would consider converting it would ruin any hope of selling it back to the states and also limit its value in the future.

Not to mention you'd have to ship the car out of the country and ship it back in again to get it converted, assuming you can find a way to legally get a 90-96 Corvette legally converted and registered now (lets not get sidetracked on this point I've just raised either please). ;42

jdunne · « **Reply #7 on:** July 17, 2007, 01:54:20 PM »

I would have thought there would be keen interest in the car from USA...even at .87 to our $......there can't be many/any in as good condition...john

69 DIRTY RAT · « **Reply #8 on:** July 19, 2007, 08:57:51 AM »

The good thing is its still LHD!

MADVET · « **Reply #9 on:** July 24, 2007, 10:34:51 PM »

Did this car end up selling. any updates?
I recall a story on this car in Unique cars a while back(assuming it's the same one) and i think it had N.T. plates on it. It was featured alongside a ZR1.
Although maybe it was the ZR1 that had N.T. plates on it, not sure.

Vette Obsessed · « **Reply #10 on:** July 25, 2007, 11:41:51 AM »

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Originally posted by MADVET
Did this car end up selling. any updates?
I recall a story on this car in Unique cars a while back(assuming it's the same one) and i think it had N.T. plates on it. It was featured alongside a ZR1.
Although maybe it was the ZR1 that had N.T. plates on it, not sure.

The ZR1 had/has N.T. plates on it and the Callaway isn't registered. ;42

RHD.68.l89 · « **Reply #11 on:** July 25, 2007, 07:20:56 PM »

I checked the Shannons website and it is still listed under park and sell.
Not sure if it going to be put up for auction but the next Melbourne auction is in 40 days.
http://www.shannons.com.au/pages/auctions/parkedlot.jsp?id=N74E56FBRAZ35AZ8
will take you to it's listing.