This 1972 Chevrolet Corvette Is an Incredible All-Original Survivor With Just 17K Miles

But what we have here is nothing like that. It’s an all-original 1972 Corvette that comes in incredible condition and deserves nothing else than to be parked in a heated garage and babied day and night.

Everything on this Corvette is exactly in the same condition it was when the vehicle rolled off the assembly lines. Even the red finish is fully original, and eBay seller amistadi explains it looks so beautiful that it helped bring home several prestigious awards.

Unsurprisingly given its overall condition, this Vette still runs and drives just perfectly, and if you don’t believe this, the mileage is nothing but the living proof the engine under the hood is almost like new. The odometer indicates only a little over 17,000 miles (27,350 km), and of course, they’re all original.

As if all of these aren’t already enough, this all-original survivor is also a rare Corvette too.

Chevrolet built only approximately 27,000 Corvettes for the model year 1972, out of which 20,496 came with a coupe body style. Only 6,508 units were dressed as convertibles.

But when it comes to the LT1 version, only approximately 1,740 units ended up seeing the daylight that year, all of them using a 350 (5.7-liter) engine developing 255 horsepower.

And of course, the same unit is under the hood of this Vette as well, with everything like on day one.

You really can’t expect this rare survivor to be cheap. And judging from the current top bid on eBay, it really isn’t, though the $82,200 offer still didn’t help meet the reserve. With less than a day remaining until the auction comes to an end, there’s a chance this Corvette might fail to find an owner this time.