{"id":126099,"date":"2021-05-24T07:37:10","date_gmt":"2021-05-24T07:37:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/?p=126099"},"modified":"2021-05-24T07:37:10","modified_gmt":"2021-05-24T07:37:10","slug":"a-1960-corvette-that-vanished-for-40-years-after-le-mans-is-auctioned-off","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/business\/a-1960-corvette-that-vanished-for-40-years-after-le-mans-is-auctioned-off\/","title":{"rendered":"A 1960 Corvette That Vanished for 40 Years After Le Mans Is Auctioned Off"},"content":{"rendered":"
Since its chance rediscovery in 2011, the heavily altered racecar has been the subject of seemingly endless legal twists and turns and acrimonious confrontations.<\/p>\n
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By <\/span>Jerry Garrett<\/span><\/p>\n The strange, serendipitous, 60-year saga of a historically significant but long-missing 1960 Chevrolet Corvette finally reached a measure of closure on Saturday with its sale for a somewhat disappointing $685,000 \u201chammer price\u201d at a court-ordered auction in Amelia Island, Fla. A sales commission of about 10 percent made the final \u201cdrive-off\u201d price $785,500.<\/p>\n