YesA59

I came across a couple of photos taken in 1969 for insurance purposes. The C2 in the pic below looks like it was in an ugly accident. I'm not a C2 guy, so I don't see much other than a totaled C2 with sidepipes and bald snow tires on the rear. What was this before the dreadful accident???

I have a couple of different angles that I will scan in later tonight or tomorrow.

Russ

Z51JEFF

Ya think.Its a 64.

67sunfireyellow

Wow, looks bad, I hope the occupants survived. I see that the car had seat belts, hope they were being used. When did seat belts become standard equipment on Corvettes or did they always have them?

mechron

yep, it's a 64. looks almost as bad as mine (joke...) well not quite. i got dubbs on the bumpers!!! any doucherocket that is racing around in the snow in a 5 year old, old vette with skinny, bald snow tires will get his come-uppance. just goes to show that these were just "another old sports car" back in the day...

66BlkBB

I can't tell if those are supposed to be cheater slicks or worn out snow tires on the rear.

ctjackster

I am willing to bet the recovery guy slapped that tire on the r rear for transport purposes

paulywannafly

early seatbelts were used only to keep the bodies close to the wreckage

MikeM

I hope it didn't skin the numbers off the pad. Somebody'll really be PO'd.

62Jeff

That's a good point Mike. In fact, let's go ahead and get the tired, standard replies taken care of right now:

* That'll buff right out!
* I little Zaino will cover it
* That's a matching numbers car at ProTeam by now!
* That's a matching numbers 67 L88 at ProTeam by now!

66BBCoupe

I'd say the occupant(s) were very lucky to be in a coupe!

Reminded me of seeing the well publicized picture of Jan Berry's (Jan & Dean fame) Corvette which impacted the rear of what I recall to be a garbage truck. On April 12, 1966, Berry crashed his Corvette into a parked truck on Whittier Drive in Beverly Hills. The car impacted the rear of the truck at such speed to the point where Jan was nearly decapitated. It's amazing what some of these Corvettes and there occupants were subjected to.

1snake

Here's that pic for those that have never seen it. This is from his obituary in 2004: Early in 1966 Jan Berry received his draft notice. To relax as he always did, he went driving in Hollywood, where he crashed his Corvette Stingray at 90mph into a parked truck. Although he survived, his three passengers were killed. Berry suffered from brain damage, was in a coma for weeks and was totally paralysed for several months.


Jim

66BBCoupe

"His 3 passengers were killed"

Not sure if you were kidding re 3 passenger comment - never heard that before.

1snake

I updated my post with a clip out of what was in his obit. I had never heard that either. Here's a link to the whole thing. http://findarticles.com/p/articles/m...9/ai_n12776234

65hihp

Do you think that black plate is DMV clear? Get it and the back one and you are YOM on 7-1 !

As for three passengers, no problem. Recall people used to stuff 18 into a VW bug,,,,,,,,,,,,and drive it!

62Jeff

That's a pretty darned morbid thought.

YesA59

I thought the pic of the 64 Corvette was bad until I saw the Jan Barry car. Good grief.

Here are the other angles of the 64 car.

Russ

Tempus_Fugit

so that's where the bondline are!

65hihp

I'm still looking for a car stuffing shot of an old Sting Ray, but here is a much smaller Smart, with 13 (very limber) babes inside,,,,,,

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oabzcI9qeyc

Nowhere Man

the car has Pa plates do you know where this happend

bb62

For the person who asked - seat belts were first installed as a factory option in 1958. Seat belt anchor provisions were provided by the factory in 1956-7 - presumably for dealer installed seat belts.

As for the accident, those tires are definately old snow tires. And the accident was probably a roll over where the car got loose going off the highway and had the front end dig into very soft ground going down an embankment. Notice the mud infront of one of the pictures. This would be typical of late winter ground in the cold climate areas.