Vintage Vette
Pro
Joined: Feb 2008
Posts: 556
Likes: 13
From: C3 Forum, Colorado
Btw
Does anybody have a link to the video taped interview with the couple that revealed this car that the link talks about?
I'd really like to watch it. Perhaps my search skills on this subject leave something to be desired.
I'd really like to watch it. Perhaps my search skills on this subject leave something to be desired.
Burning Brakes
Joined: Mar 2010
Posts: 987
Likes: 7
From: Surrey British Columbia
I wish I could have saw it! He was close enough to be in the neighborhood. But not close enough for him to be my neighbor.
It would've been so cool to meet him and talk Corvettes with him. Actually, he could do all the talking, I'd be happy just to listen.
But the whole story is covered pretty well in the link except for why the change of the valve covers and decals on the air cleaner.
The funny thing is, I never heard about this story on the forum. I heard about it talking to a guy at work then searched for the story on the internet. The first thing I wanted to do was post the link on the forum. But first I searched to see if it had already been posted.
All I found was one thread in the C2 section that went about 6 posts or so then died. They seemed real hung up on the air cleaner and valve cover issue which I knew would been the focus of the discussion so I though, "Eh, I'll just let it go".
It would've been so cool to meet him and talk Corvettes with him. Actually, he could do all the talking, I'd be happy just to listen.
But the whole story is covered pretty well in the link except for why the change of the valve covers and decals on the air cleaner.
The funny thing is, I never heard about this story on the forum. I heard about it talking to a guy at work then searched for the story on the internet. The first thing I wanted to do was post the link on the forum. But first I searched to see if it had already been posted.
All I found was one thread in the C2 section that went about 6 posts or so then died. They seemed real hung up on the air cleaner and valve cover issue which I knew would been the focus of the discussion so I though, "Eh, I'll just let it go".
Team Owner
Joined: May 2001
Posts: 87,375
Likes: 1,593
From: Western NY
Truly a beautiful car and I think it probably has a story even stranger than the one listed.
For a car that is so unused that no-one has sat in the passenger seat it seems weird the engine had the modification it did. Why change out the valve covers and put on stickers if you were just going to cover it up with blankets? As we say in Maine that is wicked strange.
Thanks for sharing.
For a car that is so unused that no-one has sat in the passenger seat it seems weird the engine had the modification it did. Why change out the valve covers and put on stickers if you were just going to cover it up with blankets? As we say in Maine that is wicked strange.
Thanks for sharing.
Those certainly don't look like any tires that were OE on '67 Corvettes either.....
Burning Brakes
Joined: Sep 2009
Posts: 1,124
Likes: 140
From: Western New York
Very weird story! He must have been a strange guy. And a marine, too. Gee, maybe he was the infamous D.B.Cooper who hijacked a jet and parachuted into oblivion. Hmm.. something to think about.
Duane
Duane
Corvette Stories
The Best of Corvette for Corvette Enthusiasts
Top 10 Most Expensive Corvettes Ever Sold on Bring A Trailer
Brett Foote
10 Things Every Corvette Owner Needs (2026 Edition)
Michael S. Palmer
8 Most "Only Corvette Owners Understand" Quirks and Problems
Pouria Savadkouei
10 Reasons the C6 Z06 is Still A Performance Benchmark After 20 Years
Joe Kucinski
How Much Horsepower Every Corvette Engine "LOST" in 1972
Joe Kucinski
Top 10 DOs and DON'Ts for Protecting Your Convertible Top!
Michael S. Palmer
Top 10 Most Explosive Corvettes Ever Made: Power-to-Weight Ratio Ranked!
Joe Kucinski
150 hp to 1,250 hp: Every Corvette Generation Compared by the Specs That Matter
Joe Kucinski
8 Coolest Corvette Pace Cars (and Replicas) of All Time
Verdad Gallardo
Drifting
Joined: Jan 2004
Posts: 1,468
Likes: 223
From: Sherman CT
2023 C3 of the Year Finalist - Unmodified
2019 C3 of Year Finalist (stock)
St. Jude Donor '24-'25-'26
Team Owner
Joined: May 2001
Posts: 87,375
Likes: 1,593
From: Western NY
I must have missed that.....the picture of the spare tire looks like that one was swapped out too...