While surfing eBay recently, I came across a listing for the first fuel injected Corvette race car. The lack of photos made me question the authenticity of the listing, as the very car has graced the pages of this site in our In the Barn series. What really grabbed my attention though was the price. If you’re standing, you might want to take a seat. They are asking an astronomical $6.5 million for this historic race car. Now don’t get me wrong, I understand the historical significance of this particular car, but is it really worth that much? It’s a well-documented car that raced at Daytona and Sebring and it does have an interesting story as a barn find, but it is hard to fathom it being worth so much. The seller has since updated their listing with more photos and if you’d like to take a look for yourself, find it here on eBay.

Rather than rewrite everything that has already been written about this car, feel free to read the original story A Nose For Rare Vettes here. For those that would rather not read the entire story, the short version is that this car was built by Chevrolet to debut their new Rochester Fuel Injection system. It was used for only about a year and during that year it was raced at Nassau, Daytona, and Sebring. It than was sold to a new owner who put it in storage in 1958. That’s where it stayed until the owner had a severe stroke in 2004 and had to let it go. The next owner Joe Trybulec, which I assume is the seller, has for the most part left it in the condition he found it in. It seems hard to believe Joe would be letting go of his prized Corvette, but perhaps it is just time for it to go to a new home.

Given this Corvette’s history, I have no doubt there are countless collectors that would love to have it. There have already been several offers made, so perhaps the seller is close to market value. I doubt they really intend to sell the car on eBay though and are instead trying to build hype. I will not be surprised if we see this show up at the auctions this summer. At the venue and with the right crowd, they might just get their asking price and then some. We will keep an eye on it and give everyone an update if it pops up elsewhere!