Mike Vietro

January 28, 2017 No Responses

The Best 1967 L71 427 435hp Benchmark

Marlboro Maroon w/Black interior, L71 427/435hp, 4-spd. With less than 17,900 original miles (mileage not indicated on the title), this 427/435hp L71 Convertible is comprehensively matching-numbers. It wears 100% of its original, factory-applied Marlboro Maroon lacquer finish over a black...

January 27, 2017 No Responses

Classics are Up & Auctions Are Bustling

2016 is over and collector car values have increased by 4.3 percent, according to the Cars On Line 2016 Market Trends Report. The report statistics are taken from auction company results and private sales recorded for 2015 vs 2016. The...

January 24, 2017 No Responses

Attendance up in 2016 at National Corvette Museum

BOWLING GREEN, Ky. (AP) — A Kentucky museum devoted to Corvettes had its second-highest attendance numbers in 2016. The National Corvette Museum in Bowling Green says it welcomed 228,363 visitors last year, up 3.5 percent from 2015. Museum officials say...

January 23, 2017 No Responses

Barrett-Jackson Scottsdale 2017 Wrap Up

This year’s Barrett Jackson auction saw a mixed variety of ultra high level celebrity auctioned vehicles. Steven Tyler, Floyd Mayweather, Burt Reynolds and Dale Earnhardt just to name a few; all raising money for various charities. Corvette saw some impr...

January 22, 2017 No Responses

Mickey Thompson’s 1963 ZO6 Corvette Sells at Barrett-Jackson Scottsdale 2017

One lucky bidder acquired Mickey Thompson’s Personal 1963 Tanker Corvette ZO6 this weekend at the Barrett-Jackson auction in Scottsdale, Arizona. This Corvette is one of the most famous 1963 ZO6 Corvette Tankers to ever leave the St. Louis plant. Otherwise.....

January 22, 2017 No Responses

Rusty Wallace Corvette sells for $110,000 at Barrett-Jackson

In recent years, NASCAR Hall of Fame driver Rusty Wallace has been a regular at the Barrett-Jackson Scottsdale Collector-Car Auction and Saturday night he was there to sell a special 1978 Corvette he customized. The gleaming black Corvette featured a...