Dennis Collins Hunts Down One-Owner C2 and C3 in Seriously Productive Day
This one-owner C2 and C3 both come with incredibly cool stories to tell that will hopefully live on forever.
Most everyone who’s an automotive enthusiast knows Dennis Collins from his appearances on the show Fast ‘N Loud. But in reality, Collins has been buying and selling cars for decades. These days, he regularly hunts down rare and unique classics, delves over their history, and oftentimes buys them on his YouTube channel, and that’s precisely the case with this one-owner C2 and C3 Corvette he secured recently.
These two “finds” don’t exactly take a ton of work to conjure up, however, as they belong to Collins’ friend, Frank Marino. But what does make them special is the fact that Marino has owned both since they were new, and Collins was actually the guy that sold him the 1969 Corvette convertible all those years ago. Now, he’s got a chance to buy them back, as Marino is mulling retirement.
Both cars have a fascinating story behind them, of course. That includes the one-owner C2, which isn’t really a one-owner car, as it originally belonged to Marino’s friend. When his friend got sick, his wife called Marino and asked him to help fix it up and get it running again, which is exactly what he did. “We took him for a ride,” Marino said. “And we’d go back around every two weeks, pick him up, put him in the car, back away.” Sadly, his friend eventually passed away, at which time his wife gifted him the car, though Marino never transferred the title.
As for the C3, it’s a pretty easy sell for Collins, given its solid condition. “It’s held up well, Marino says. “Runs and drives. Hasn’t had a sticker on it for a while, like nine years. It still looks good for all the moving around.” Collins certainly agrees, to the point where he doesn’t spend too much time mulling over it before he moves on to the fascinating ’67 that looks like it was pulled straight from a barn, albeit in spectacular condition underneath all that dust.
While many barn finds come attached with a story, these two Corvettes tell a better tale than most, at least in our opinion. Now, we’ll just have to see if Collins can separate his own personal connection with both and sell them, though, for a guy that’s been doing it for 30 plus years, we imagine he will.
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