oh, sure!

[ocnblu]

Found this over at Hemmings.

"1971 Corvette 454 automatic, matching numbers. $2000".

[A Horse With No Name]

For someone with a lot of time on their hands....

[Camino LS6]

Is the body MIA?

[ocnblu]

Burned to the ground.

[A Horse With No Name]

FWIW a local guy bought a 66 small block 4 speed roadster with fairly minor fire damage for about 5K...

A car that has been through a serious fire is toast IMHO...I wouldn't trust the frame once it's seen that kind of heat.

[ocnblu]

exactly

[Camino LS6]

Well then, that's that,

[cletus8269]

the 2k might be okay for the motor and trans if they work at all... reminds me of the slightly fire toasted 70's vette i saw at the pidgeon forge rod run this year. that loonie tune wanted 5K for his though the body was still mostly there...

[Robert Hall]

I would think the engine would be scrap also if it burned..the wiring gone, gaskets, rubber stuff, etc.

[G. David Felt]

Scrap Metal is all that is now. Only an idiot would buy this.

[balthazar]

A Corvette-coded 454/trans is definitely worth money. It's all rebuildable.

[ocnblu]

Here's a link to the advert:

http://www.hemmings.com/parts/item/3439.html?refer=blog

[A Horse With No Name]

A Corvette-coded 454/trans is definitely worth money. It's all rebuildable.

...and I know of several 71 Corvette parts cars here in the colubus area...if only I had time and money...

[Camino LS6]

Engine should be ok for a rebuild.

The rest is very iffy.

The melted driveshaft makes me think that both the frame and rear will be toast.

Trans would be a maybe for rebuild - it seems to have been shielded from the worst of the heat.

The ad states that the car was in the family for 30 years - heartbreaking.