0Bruce at Billet

I have never been so close to a barn find car before.....
This is an unreal story......., my electrician, a close friend of mine for 15 years, told me of his girlfriends niece lost her dad recently, he was there helping the family clear the area out in order to get into the garage,....She is the executor of his property.

Before he passed, as he had told her many times before, "when I pass on you will have the Corvette". Well, he is gone, and the family has spent many days just clearing the area in order to open the garage to get to the two cars he has in there. He was one of those people who could have been called a hoarder, looks like he never got rid of anything.... he has 5-6 cars there, but only 2-3 were inside as the others were just covered, and not really protected very well.....tons of parts and stuff as I have been told.

It has been in there, barricaded in the garage, untouched for 33 years! As I was told the daughter plans to get it running again.
(I had first posted it was garaged for 39 years, I was incorrect, only 33 years, Sorry!)

Well, when my electrician told me this story and then showed me this pics, my Jaw Dropped!
This pic was taken on his cell phone as he was there to see the '63 as the door garage door opened for the first time since 1973. The car is 100% stock I believe, and it is a one owner car, as he bought it new back in the day, in 1963 at the dealership.

I have asked for more details on the car as my friend only knows that it is a original survivor and that it has an automatic transmission, that's all he took note of. Engine size, or any options on the car he did not know about.

Unbelievable really, what a prize.... I wish I could have been there when they opened the garage on Saturday...... I am still waiting to speak with her as I asked my friend to have her call me regarding this and any other cars and or parts she may want to sell. I want to see if I can get up there before she moves the car.


This is what it looked like when the door was opened for the fist time Saturday! 33 Years of dust.........
I blocked out the license plate number just because the car is not mine...


'63 Split Window Vette sees daylight for the first time in 33 years!



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Dan Hampton

California car, too. Probably no rust issues. Try and get some more pics. That is really a great story.

0Bruce at Billet

I agree, it is an incredible story.... I will get more pics as soon as I have them.... and your probably right on the rust, Cal cars most always have very little.

66jack

Lets hope She contacts someone that reputable to help her get it on the road....

NCRS material???

oldsarge

Interesting story, will be watching to see how its future turns out.

70mph@2200rpm

That box of tools also looks like a set from 40 years ago.

0Bruce at Billet

your exactly right, i made a point to as my friend if someone was working on it, he said that is what it looked like as they opened the door for the fist time.

No b.s.

Rich Yanulis

...........an undisturbed 39 year old box of tools.
This looks like the real deal barn find that you hear about

0Bruce at Billet

I know, It gives me goose bumps!

Duntov 54

Bruce,

From looking at the photo, the floor looks like it is dirt. I hope it hasn't destroyed the underside after all those years. Also looks like it has some white pinstriping. Very cool!!

0Bruce at Billet

I know what your saying, I am waiting to contact the owner, I can't tell if it is dirt or just a 39 year old dirty floor.

I will find out...........

0Bruce at Billet

Just talked to the owner, it is on a concrete floor...!
He plans to remove it from the garage tomorrow AM.

Railroadman

Fantastic! Yet in a way it's sad that the guy apparently lost interest. Either he could have enjoyed the car, or someone else could have. But it sounds like the daughter is going to have a great ride!

Qblue92

Pix! Pix!

Jeff Garner

Awesome, please take pictures for all of us in the am. I was worried it was on a dirt floor too. I'm curious also if it's been repainted a non-63 color.
Suprised the word was not out more that there was a 63 SWC behind those doors for so long.

0Bruce at Billet

I Talked to the owner of the car, His father-in-law died, RIP, and his wife gave him the Vette! Yes, I repeat his wife gave him the Vette!.


He is having it towed to a repair shop tomorrow AM at 9. It is still there in the garage now.


Oh, and I was mistaken, the car has been in the garage for 33 years, not 39. Sorry!

62Jeff

Hope he picks a good one.

ifitgoesfast

The most interesting thing for me is the antennae in the extended position. As if the original owner had been cruising and listening to some song in the 1970's (maybe Peaches and Herb), pulled into the barn to park it, got the tools out to work on it, radio still going, then just forgot, the battery drained, and then 33 years passed.

ifitgoesfast

can anyone ID the car next to the 63

jkuzzy

Looks like a 40's sedan of some sort to me.