PMorganRacing

It pulls at your heart to see a split-window Corvette like this, knowing you can't save it from its poor state of being.

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Kerrmudgeon

Owner needs a swift kick in the ****.

....turning down 65K for that car is downright dumb. Buyer would be upside down very quickly bringing it back to life. :

Mike Terry

This is where two fool met. One for offering that kind on money and the second for not taking that kind of money.

Frankie the Fink

I chased one around here in Florida for a few years - very similar shape to this one.. 85 year old owner wouldn't sell so I dropped it. I'm not gonna grovel to somebody to be allowed to pay a fair price for a car...

2VettesMike

Wait for the estate to list it...

GTOguy

I've seen this same scenario a bunch in the past 30 years. The ending is always the same: the hoarder/owner dies of old age, the car has deteriorated into mush, and the dis-interested family sells off the whole estate as a package deal for peanuts. The cars usually get processed into parts. My personal '61 was sort of the same thing----the guy died, his kids were not interested, but at least it was inside a dry airplane hangar for 20+ years, so it did not degrade. I had the car on the road and was driving it around in about a month, and have been driving it since. The one karmic thing that comes from the hoarder perspective is that even though they think they are sitting on gold, they are too stubborn to sell, and always die without realizing any profit.

ChattanoogaJSB

This car was submitted in photos on a thread here. Also in LA. Daughter or sisters were asking about its value and what it might mean to drive it again. The thread was early this year, I'm just too lazy to go searching. It was a one-family car.

1bdvet

It's shame to see any Corvette looking has bad has that one, and owners refuses to sell it.
I wouldn't know why he wants to keep it, and not see it back to it's original beauty.

4 Speed Dave

Most of these hoarder types LOVE the idea and thought that somebody out there wants their stuff. These type of people don't think like you and I. They are in their own world and money isn't their biggest concern.

1snake

There was a previous thread about how to handle these types of deals. My reply was to let them know you're interested and give them your number asking for first right of refusal.
I've known about this particular car sitting in a heated garage for 20+ years. The owner wasn't interested in selling. I heard he passed away so I contacted his wife to make sure she was aware I was interested and that she had my contact info. Fast forward almost 3 years - she called yesterday and I'm going to pick it up tomorrow.

the kid C6

Wow! What is it? Pictures?

blue63cpe

Good for you, It makes me happy that the car has gone to a true enthusiast, not just a flipper. Welcome to the wonderful world of the SWC. I can hardly wait to hear about the particulars of this wonderfully styled car. I'm a bit biased but the 63 SWC is the only reason I own a antique car. Again, I could not be happier for you.

wonderful

My buddy is a hoarder. He has a 57 Chevy 2-door post that countless people wanted to buy. Each time someone offered him a reasonable amount, he turned it down thinking that since the offered price was this much, it's has to be a higher price. So the car never sells.
What is going to happen-the owner will loose the car due to health problems or old age.
A sad and often a true story.

wonderful

I agree.

Bluestripe67

It looks like an automatic. So that would mean 250 or 300hp. Dennis

Railroadman

The family members asking about the gold Vette they inherited sounds familiar, but I don't think it was this car. I've been wrong before, though!

EDIT: I've been wrong before, and I'm wrong again! I found, it, it IS the same car, and here's the link to the thread: https://www.corvetteforum.com/forums...automatic.html

Holler but don't hit!

jasonsamara

From personal experience I can say it's possible to get these types of cars. It took me 5 years to get my 60. It took 2 years to get my original owner 66 car and all the locals said it couldn't be done. I put 2 years of 1 to 2 days a week just being a friend to him. Now we will have the car in display in Carlisle in a few weeks. I started out trying to get the car and ended up making a friend that I still spend time with every week.

Each case is different. I've been working on a big block car since January. I stop every couple of weeks and it's not for sale. Even worse I have inspired him to start wrenching on it and get it on the road. Last Friday I was in the process of conceding the fact that I'm not gonna get it and he said stop back again I get bored pretty quick with things. Now he has owned it since 1974 and it seems like a lost cause but I will keep playing the game because I enjoy it.

1snake

My post might have been confusing. The car I'm picking up is not the one the OP posted about. It's a Corvette though. They only made approx. 1400 of this particular car. More info. to follow. Sorry for the confusion.

Boyan

Its not "left to rot away". The original owner's family is moving forward in deciding its disposition. Its secure and dry. Its a 300 hp.

Railroadman

Why let facts get in the way of a catchy headline?