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General Discussion Area => Corvette Related Chat => Topic started by: gtc on April 21, 2014, 12:22:23 AM

Title: 1967 427 Corvette with just 2,996 miles on the odometer
Post by: gtc on April 21, 2014, 12:22:23 AM

"In the fall of 1966, 30-year-old Don McNamara of Colorado Springs, Colorado, celebrated his retirement from the United States Marine Corps with a trip to Las Vegas. It was the one and only time he would visit Sin City, and it proved fortuitous when Lady Luck intervened and a slot machine Don was playing paid out the massive sum of $5,000. By the time he returned to his parents’ home where he lived, he knew what he would do with his winnings. He asked his father, a car salesman, to take the money and buy a new Corvette."

Read on and see it here:

http://www.mecum.com/auctions/lot_detail.cfm?LOT_ID=HA0414-179688 (http://www.mecum.com/auctions/lot_detail.cfm?LOT_ID=HA0414-179688)

Title: Re: 1967 427 Corvette with just 2,996 miles on the odometer
Post by: VETTENUT on April 21, 2014, 09:29:46 AM

Don McNamara's '67 sold at Mecum's auction last week for US$725,000.
Follow the link below.
http://www.corvetteblogger.com/2014/04/14/video-1967-mcnamara-corvette-sells-for-725k-at-mecums-houston-auction/#more-19335 (http://www.corvetteblogger.com/2014/04/14/video-1967-mcnamara-corvette-sells-for-725k-at-mecums-houston-auction/#more-19335)

Title: Re: 1967 427 Corvette with just 2,996 miles on the odometer
Post by: 69VETTE on April 23, 2014, 12:25:40 PM

http://youtu.be/1el1kB9G5hY (http://youtu.be/1el1kB9G5hY)

http://youtu.be/oG-Zpe_1oH0 (http://youtu.be/oG-Zpe_1oH0)