A Chicago mechanic just paid real money for a car that looked like a campfire. The 2025 Chevrolet Corvette Z06 3LZ sold new for $155,000 a few months ago, and it rolled across a salvage auction block with melted mirrors, a missing roof panel, and soot caked into a tan interior.
The buyer, Alex Palmeri from the LegitStreetCars channel, won the bidding at $65,000 before fees pushed the total past $70,000. He had spotted one detail in the listing photos that convinced him the fire damage was not what it appeared to be.
