Jimi Hendrix 1969 Corvette

[Ralph S.]

Has anyone ever heard about this car.

[Rich G.]

Re: Jimi Hendrix 1969 Corvette

Somewhere I have a picture of him in it and a picture of a painting done by a woman in CT that does portraits of stars with classic cars. Can't remember her name.

If if you Google "Jimi Hendrix 1969 Corvette" the two pics come up, which is probably where I got them


Rich

[Roy V.]

Re: Jimi Hendrix 1969 Corvette

Link to an article with more information

http://phscollectorcarworld.blogspot.com/2012/05/lost-star-cars-jimi-hendrix-corvettes.html

[Ralph S.]

Re: Jimi Hendrix 1969 Corvette

Here is a photo I found

[Mark D.]

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A tip of the hat, to Jimi, in my man cave.

[Joe R.]

Re: Jimi Hendrix 1969 Corvette

Nicely done, Mark!!!

[Jeff P.]

Re: Jimi Hendrix 1969 Corvette

Very coool,Mark. Very coool.

[Russ T.]

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I have always been interested in this topic since I knewthat Hendrix had owned several Corvettes.


Hendrix was a reckless driver who had bad eyesight butrefused to wear glasses.
that he wrecked a lot of cars, and owned several Corvettes, includingsolid axles. The topic is
interesting, but the paper trail is sparse.

with Barry Meguiar interviewing
Jeff Beck, another legendary rock guitarist who is also ahot rod collector and builder. At the 14minute


in the Manhattan traffic:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L3v5XH91Q_8

Jeff Beck can be seen driving his own 1963 Daytona Bluecoupe at the 7:35 mark of the link below:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gZxUH33e_Xc

Russ Trotter
NCRS #15044

[Edward B.]

Re: Jimi Hendrix 1969 Corvette

Well, I'm no longer going to worry when my 69 L36 starts to get hot in the summer traffic!! If it's good enough for Jimi, it's good enough for me!

Ed

[Ralph S.]

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Look at the link in Roy's response

[James G.]

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I saw Jimi's 57 in Georgia in 1999. The car sold to a California collector years ago. It was a restored badly damaged car with a neat purple paint job. I lost photos. SAM RASMEY owned it with 100's of other cars. That is another fun story.

[Russ T.]

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Jimi Hendrix, "Stingray Demolition Specialist"

To add to the rumors, I just accidentally stumbled on a 12-minute interview on You Tube titled "Chas Chandler Interview about His Life with Jimi Hendrix." It is an old BBC Radio program, but quite informative. At the 8:44 mark, Chandler is describing some of the ludicrous, extravagant and self-destructive behavior that was going on at about the time "Electric Ladyland" was being recorded. Eventually, the subject turned to Corvettes,
and Chandler recalled,

"He sent his road manager, Gerry Stickells, to bring his car from New York to Los Angeles. He only had it in LA an hour when he 'wrapped it up.' Walked straight away from the crash into a shop, bought a new one ... which he 'wrapped up' the following day,
and bought yet another one! Three Stingrays in one weekend."

The car that Gerry Stickells retrieved in New York could well have been the "metallic green" or "Goodwood green" car that Jeff Beck recalled riding around Manhattan in with Hendrix on the "Car Crazy" TV episode. Pure speculation of course ...