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Regarding the prices of 289s and 427s that year, I have several ads from 1975. You sure this was 9/75 and not 9/76? I'm not doubting you, I'm only going from what I have in my ad library. $23k seems kinda high,
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If I felt like going back through my old bank statements, I could probably nail down the exact date. The buyer was a Mr. Dave Ruocco, the owner of Rockland Medilabs. Dave already owned a (slightly scruffy) 427 Cobra, and after seeing ours at a Cobra Club meet at our home in New Jersey in the summer of 1975, informed me that he had to have it. Not being too motivated to sell, I threw a figure at him that I thought would make him barf. I added insult to injury by telling him that I wanted an additional $2k for my spares, which consisted of a 3.31 rear, an extra 9-1/2" Halibrand, and a new 427 bare block. He showed up with $25k in hundreds in an attache case. My wife was crying as the car rolled out of our driveway for the last time.
Definitely September 1975.
BTW, Dave sold the car in 1989 to a Mr. Petkus of Chicago for $395k.