Lot 5148

Auburn Fall 2017

2001 Chevrolet Corvette Z06

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$27,500 USD | Sold

United States | Auburn, Indiana

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  • Well-travelled and chronicled
  • Reported as first Milenium Yellow Z06 off the assembly line
  • Also reported to carry the first prototype Corsa exhaust
  • Said to be the first Z06 to go to Europe
  • Displayed in the Museum de Le Mans in 2001
  • Signed under the hood by both Earnhardt's at closed 24 Hours of Daytona practice on Nov. 22, 2000
  • On the cover of Corvette Fever magazine Sept. 2001
  • 445 hp, 5.7-liter LS1 V-8 engine and manual transmission
  • Air conditioning and power conveniences
  • Red and Black leather interior
  • Online, the owners have photographed and written of their adventures with this car
  • Additional signatures by Ron Fellows, Andy Pilgrim, Johnny O'Connell
  • Also Franck Freon, Kelly Collins, and Chris Kneifel
  • "One-of-a-kind"
  • NASCAR historian Buz McKim has remarked; "Wow! What an amazing artifact"

This is a very rare 2001 Corvette Z06. The car has been signed under the hood by Dale Earnhardt, Dale Earnhardt Jr., and eight other eight other top ten drivers to ever get behind the wheel of a Corvette. It's rare to see a both Earnhardt signatures on a car.

This 2001 Z06 Corvette is reported, by the owner, to be the first Yellow Z06 off the assembly line; the first Z06 in Europe - displayed in the Museum of Le Mans in 2001; and the first to feature a Corsa prototype exhaust. The Corvette has been upgraded to 400 hp by Vinci Performance and was featured on the September 2001 cover of Corvette Fever.