I was asked last night to look at and evaluate a 62--hasn't seen the light of day since 1976.
The car--road hard and put away wet. Started life as Honduras Maroon, then fawn beige, then black, then dark green, then white (all in 14 years)(then overspray from another garage prject on top of the white) . Headers installed for drag racing, fenderwells hogged out big time. 6 taillights. two tops. Dash cluster and clock/heater console area painted white. Chrome lower a-arms. Prior to that at one time had a straight front axle. Not a single original drive train component remains. Original fuelie according to firewall--tach is gone. Left inner fender messed up and repaired--no holes for FI air cleaner. Washer tank bracket on wrong side for FI--but it is a replacement inner fender. Mid-November 1961 build date. Hardtop dated 11-61 in all windows.
Not for sale (more on that later) . Oodles of extra parts: 4900 FI unit. 6 rebuild kits in GM boxes. Enough components to build a non-matching second FI unit. A bag with about 35 FI nozzels in it. NOS Hardtop back window in GM box.
The story--owned by the daughter of the recently-deceased owner. He died at 57--alcohol. In '76 kids were playing in a car (probably this one, although we're not sure)--car rolled back and ran over and killed three year old. Dad parked the car to never see light again. House became such that there were only narrow paths through rooms that were absolutely filled with junk. Probably bi-polar as well as alcoholic--40+ electric hand drills were found in/around the house--many still in original packaging. ATV with 2.2 miles--mid 90's vintage. Took three days to get the car unburied. Corvette parts found here, there, everywhere.
Daughter now wants car restored in memory of her father. Cost of restoration alone will exceed value of car done, even though it won't be an NCRS-type restoration. She knows that. Doesn't care. Wants it restored with 6 taillights because that's the way dad had it. We talked with her about buyind a done car and saving a bunch of money--no way--this was dad's.
They're still out there!
The car--road hard and put away wet. Started life as Honduras Maroon, then fawn beige, then black, then dark green, then white (all in 14 years)(then overspray from another garage prject on top of the white) . Headers installed for drag racing, fenderwells hogged out big time. 6 taillights. two tops. Dash cluster and clock/heater console area painted white. Chrome lower a-arms. Prior to that at one time had a straight front axle. Not a single original drive train component remains. Original fuelie according to firewall--tach is gone. Left inner fender messed up and repaired--no holes for FI air cleaner. Washer tank bracket on wrong side for FI--but it is a replacement inner fender. Mid-November 1961 build date. Hardtop dated 11-61 in all windows.
Not for sale (more on that later) . Oodles of extra parts: 4900 FI unit. 6 rebuild kits in GM boxes. Enough components to build a non-matching second FI unit. A bag with about 35 FI nozzels in it. NOS Hardtop back window in GM box.
The story--owned by the daughter of the recently-deceased owner. He died at 57--alcohol. In '76 kids were playing in a car (probably this one, although we're not sure)--car rolled back and ran over and killed three year old. Dad parked the car to never see light again. House became such that there were only narrow paths through rooms that were absolutely filled with junk. Probably bi-polar as well as alcoholic--40+ electric hand drills were found in/around the house--many still in original packaging. ATV with 2.2 miles--mid 90's vintage. Took three days to get the car unburied. Corvette parts found here, there, everywhere.
Daughter now wants car restored in memory of her father. Cost of restoration alone will exceed value of car done, even though it won't be an NCRS-type restoration. She knows that. Doesn't care. Wants it restored with 6 taillights because that's the way dad had it. We talked with her about buyind a done car and saving a bunch of money--no way--this was dad's.
They're still out there!
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