Longest Original Ownership?

[Charlie P.]

I'm pretty new to NCRS, and I'm guessing this question has been discussed and answered and probably documented in article form, but here goes: Who out there is the longest-term original owner of a Corvette, and what is it? I see in some posts guys who still have early '60s cars they bought new. Wondering who holds the record, and with what car.

[Gary A.]

Re: Longest Original Ownership?

Charlie,I don't know who owns the record but there is a guy who lives near me in North Andover ,Mass. that has owned his 53 since new.

[Charlie P.]

Re: Longest Original Ownership?

Looks like that would be tough to beat, and it would get down to serial numbers. That's plain amazing to me, but I guess once you had a milestone car like that for say ten or fifteen years, the temptation to part with it would be greatly diminished. I wonder what the record is for all cars? Could be sixty to seventy years possibly.

[Reba Whittington]

Re: Longest Original Ownership?

The difficult part in owning desirable cars was not having a crystal ball when we did own them. I once had a 1963 Corvair Spyder convertible, 1964 GTO, and a 1966 Chevelle SS. Note the past tense on the verb. They were not collectibles at the time.

[Reba Whittington]

Original Ownership addendum

I sold my one-owner 1977 Trans-Am last summer. Based on previous experience, I have no doubt the desirability of these will now skyrocket.

[Rich G.]

Re: Original Ownership addendum

I traded a running 66 Corvair Corsa convertible for a bag of home grown vegetables. I still think I got the best part of the deal.

Rich G

[Chuck S.]

Re: Longest Original Ownership?

Well, Charlie, if you have a candidate for the title, tell them to hang on for a bit...If Gary's neighbor is the original owner of a 53, then it's a very good bet the title is going to change hands sometime within the next ten to twenty years. The trick will be for the contender to hang on long enough.

[Nicholas L.]

Re: Longest Original Ownership?

If you are referring to Dan Murphy, the Corvette is a 1954. Nick.

[Dick W.]

Re: Original Ownership addendum

At least the veggies did not leak oil everywhere! And people wonder why I call the "greasy tails"?