Vettemaker

I just typed a book about this car on this #$$% computer,loaded the pictures went to preview the post and got a blank screen. Not doing it again, so here is the short version. Heard about this car that was in an abandoned garage,spent 4 years trying to locate it and another 3 to finally get it. Car was about 7-8 miles from my house. Car is a complete '60 two top car that has the wrong engine, but was a 270 HP 4 speed. It still has most all the original parts including jack and tools,wonderbar,hard and soft tops. The car was last registered in 1978. A couple days after we brought it home we lifted it off the chassis and bolted it to a restored chassis and we drove it that same day in the driveway. For now I'm gonna put it back together and drive it as a beater. Here are some photos.

Cobra66

Incredibly cool!

Especially the American Racing wheels.

Great set of pics and, please, keep us updated (with more pics) on the evolution of your great ride.

5thvet

Great job, that cleaned up pretty nice

provette67

very cool thanks for sharing

DZAUTO

DANG! Now they're comin' outta the woodwork!

EXCELLENT!

oldschoolvette

very nice I wish I had a beater like that!!

AZDoug

Why the chassis swap? Rot?, looks like it in front of the rear wheel on the second picture. Interior looks like the car spent a lot of time wet, what on earth happened to the steering wheel?

What is the story, why parked, etc?

Did you originally bring it home it two years ago? Looking at the picture date. Or was that when you first started negotiating?

Nice find, it looks like you are building a sequential collection of C1 cars, now just gotta work on the 59 and down.

Doug

richbopp

All that little red puppy needed was some windex and a jump start

Damn........................ that's a great find. And nice to know you worked the deal to make it happen over a few years. Good on ya mate!

More pics, more pics, more pics..............

Vettemaker

Doug, Yes there is some rot ahead of the rear wheels and rather than repair it now, we put it on this restored '62 frame I had left over when I sold the remainder of the car to a friend for a C4 conversion. The windows were up for at least 25 years in that damp garage with the door open so the interior was a little moldy. The owner moved to Florida and left the house and car to fend for themselves. Fortunately he kept up on the taxes. It was taken out of the garage and sat in a friends garage till just this past March when we started playing with it. I already have a '59 and another rough '60 as well as 3 more '62s. Unfortunately the '61 in the photo is a customers. A '57 and a '61 are what I really want now. But all in due time. Thanks for your time. Mike

Jim Dillon

Great find although I am sure you worked it a bit. Glad to hear they are still coming out of hiding. Pretty nice beater to say the least-Jim

scotty t

was there a thread about this car a while back? the nieghbors were parking in the garage and didn't know/care about the vette?

Vettemaker

Yes there was Scotty,I was refreshing that part of the story earlier today when I put the photos on photobucket and one finger typed the entire story for about 50 minutes and then proceded to preview the post and got a blank page. After some choice words, I just put this info and some new photos of the car after it came out of the garage. And yes,the neighbors parked a honda partially in the garage in bad weather. They also cut the grass so the place didn't look like a total dump.

gord holden

Seems to have 61-62 high lift tack.

Vettemaker

Yep, and the broken original one in a box in the trunk. Guess they didn't know the difference between generator and distributor driven.

snake321

Wow,nicer than the one I just found

32hibo

The ones
I find the owners just let sit outside and ROT....wouldnt sell for any price....ONLY one thing I dont like about the car.......Its not mine!!!

Cruzmeisters

Thanks for takin' the time to post the pics...and tell the story

Cruz

jrepoff

I was getting goose bumps looking through the pictures...how very exciting to find such a treasure. Great find...and great story...

kenmo

Awesome set of pics....Great find....

capevettes

That is a great find It cleaned up well. I like your idea of driving it as is. Solid axles in any condition are real attention grabbers and alot of fun to drive. Now I want to find one like that.