Setting the Standard for Muscle | 1969 Chevrolet Corvette

What makes everything better in the automotive world? A big block, a 4-speed, 4-wheel disc brakes, and a 1969 Corvette. This one's painted in House of Color Brandywine Red, and today we're gonna give you guys a comprehensive walk around and test drive to let you decide if you want to put it in your garage. Let's give this one a rating. Overall condition, I would say that this is a 6 out of 10. The paint shows well but has minor imperfections throughout, so small cracks, small touch-ups, etc. You do have the side pipes which give it a really good wow factor, and it sounds fantastic. The front bumper chrome shows well, and then when you look at the nose section, you have the signature 427 insignias on the side. You have the pop-up headlights. Looking down at the lower section, everything's nice. Tires look like they have about 95% tread left on them, but we'll give you guys the date codes in the listing below. Let's walk down the driver's side real quick. Looking at the driver's side, you have a set of 18-inch Mezzani wheels on BFGoodrich G-Force tires. All of your badging is in very nice condition, but there are minor imperfections. If you look at the top of the hood, you can see a little stress crack right there, and then also on the rear decklid that houses the black convertible top, there's minor imperfections throughout, along with little cracks here on the door handle. Opening up the interior, you're going to see the leather seats and the four-speed transmission. Carpet shows well, but it does show its age. Opening up the hatch, you're going to see the black vinyl top. The convertible top itself looks original, and we'll have pictures of this shown up. All of your carpet back here looks original, so it has minor wear. You have your battery box right here, and then some stowage compartments. So a little backstory on this car. This was purchased on Bring a Trailer, and unfortunately, the owner had to move out of the country. So he contacted us. We are a Bring a Trailer partner. We're one of the top sellers on the platform. And he goes, John, I need to sell this. I can't keep it. So it's over here. And if you guys need help, we can help you too. Looking at the rear quarter, very nice. You do have the luggage rack right here, which I kind of like because if you want to go for a trip, you can put your components up here like a nice little box. The chrome trim on the rear section is very nice. But once again, you have minor imperfections on the paint. This is what I would call like a five-footer. So you have imperfections here. So solvent pop and bubbling. But all the bright work itself looks good. New taillights, et cetera. Underneath here, the suspension looks good. There's minor cracking on some of the sway bar end links. It does have a carbon fiber rear leaf spring. So the leaf spring goes in this direction, not like a truck would go like that, which gives you really good articulation. All of your body panel gaps look good for a Corvette. Opening up the door, you're going to see that new rubbers are throughout. Door panels look good. New sills, and they painted everything. They basically blew it all in. Closing the door closes nicely. Stingray insignia right here. And the quarters look good. Let me pop the hood. Opening up the hood, you are greeted by a very clean engine bay. So this is a 427 Edelbrock intake manifold. Does have updated headers. And then you also have power steering and power brakes. The power steering reservoir is in very nice condition. It still has a vacuum advanced distributor, and it runs down the road nicely. Heater core has been bypassed. All your bolts look good. Looks like a new coil as well. And we'll test out the headlights once we go for a ride. And then your fan belt is working properly. Let's take a look at the interior. So interior is nice. This is leather. But you're going to have some minor imperfections. So you have a small hole here in the driver's seat. It's like a tear. Carpet condition is nice. You are missing your brake pedal rubber. All the gauges are rebuilt, but the actual tachometer is not operating. You do have updated speakers and then updated radio as well. E-brake operates. And the nice part is when you get in here, put your foot on the clutch. Starts up like that every time. You can see your fuel gauge is working. Temperature is obviously low. Clock is working. Oil pressure is at 40 pounds. And your voltage is charging. E-brake light does not turn off. So there's a sensor that's bad for sure. Let's go for a test drive. It's another beautiful day here in Florida. We got a little glimpse of sunshine. So we're going to take these cars out for a test drive. We're going to go over all the features. So all my gauges are operating here. The only thing that's not working is the tachometer and then my emergency brake light. It's still illuminating, but the emergency brake is not on. My headlights not opening. Let's see if the wipers work. Wiper tray goes back, but the wiper motor is not operating. Radio does operate. Steering wheel is nice. Power steering is easy. No funny sounds. So this is a 390 horsepower variant. We're going to go through all the gears for you. Windows bumping down easily. We have photos of that in the gallery. Fourth gear. The rear gearing is definitely, I would say, under a three based on the RPM. Plenty of pickup. Turn this radio off. Downshifting is very easy. Fiber shaft in the rear definitely helps out. Makes it more firm and then I can give a gas. Yeah, buddy. Big love. Braking is even. Remember, it has four wheel disc brakes. The wheels on here are utilizing adapters to fit and it actually gives it a nice stance. Turn signal is on. I'm just going to roll through the gears. If you enjoy this content, please be sure to click like and subscribe below. Really nice driver. Our temperature is sitting. We've had to sit at a light for about five minutes waiting for traffic because it's later in the day and the highest temperature I've seen so far is 210 and it's dropping down as I'm moving. We're rolling into this turn in second gear. It's smooth over the bumps. Here comes the big dip. It's nice. Hope you guys enjoyed the video. On to the next car.