My wife was on trip to Vancouver a few weeks ago. She found this on her way to the mall for some runners after her doctors appointment before she headed home to Trail BC. She was just driving down a side road and found it. It's an original 69 427 4 speed. The fellow who owned it drove it twice twenty years ago and had a medical problem so the car went in storage. He died about 3 years ago after never driving the car again and my wife just saw it on the side of the road after his wife decided to sell it. She bought it. This is like a barn find only better. Everything works. Push the button and twenty year old washer fluid comes out. The whole thing is like going back in time.
You always hear about it but I never thought I would ever see one let alone get one or better yet, my wife found it and bought it without me....
Happy camper?


The marks on the car are just needles off the trees. It's immaculate except for the 45 year old seat foam which is turning to sand. I have been doing all fluids and going through this thing and my wife asked when she can drive it....? She took it out today and I can't get her out of it. She is seventeen years younger than I am and she asked me:
"They really built cars like this? Oh my.... Why didn't you tell me about that? I think there are still three guys and a girl following me up the street and they aren't together."
"Oh, this is, can we take the back window out like you said? So I can hear?"

Seems a 427 can do that....

The black Z06 in the pic is hers but I doubt you could get her out of that 69 if you had a crane and some extra help.


One more:

 

Goodjob to the lady
Now keep it well maintained for her and get periodic permission to test drive it
I have 68 identical to her new find.
You'd think they just saw Rick James ghost by the way they look at me in the vette.
They are truly the ones everybody wished they had.
Something about the 68-69 shark gills that define these cars.
A 427 is just icing on the bun.
And a 4spd is a prerequisite when ordered.
Enjoy it! It is truly one of those 1 in a life time opportunities that will never repeat itself.
You both were very fortunate right time right place
Marshal

 

Awesome story! Congratulations on the find and of course the amazing purchase

 

Hi CG,
That looks like quite a nice 69.
They really ARE very special cars as your wife discovered.
It's an interesting tale too!
I hope YOU get to drive it on occasion!
Good Luck.
Regards,
Alan

 

very nice!!!!
she's a keeper, the car too.......

 

more pictures, of both. i need to see what a wife like that looks like!

 

Thanks guys. As requested, a pic of each...
The right side of the car. My wife tells me it's my side....





That isn't cleaned up. The car boys, the car.... It's in the driveway where she found it. It had the original owners manual in the dash pouch, the original Oregon plates in the back from new, the last service sticker still on the door from Jerry's Milwaukie Mobile Inc. in Milwaukie Oregon dated May 5th 1994.
The original A.I.R. pump is still on it. Everybody threw those things away. It's a pretty nice old car and I don't plan on doing any kind of restoration on it. I would like to keep it real. I dropped the spare tire tub and the original is still in there with stickers and air in it. Don't know if the build sheet is on top of the tank and don't plan on looking or finding out. I imagine it is but just want to enjoy it the way it was made and keep it that way. Not even any clear coat on the paint. Just daytona yellow.
My wife was up at 6:30 this morning asking me if I could show her how to take the back window out.
I haven't seen or heard from either since.... Onstar?
Can anyone run an old blue and yellow Oregon plate for me?
BHA994

 

Very nice, the VIN might provide more information then the plates do.

How much did the new toy set you back?

 

excellent, she has a good eye for cars . now some engine pictures when you can find her and the car sounds like a very complete and original car.

 

Here is the vin. 194379S733479. It's a late build 69 and my local GM computer guy says a vis report doesn't go back that far.
I paid 33 for it... Canadian money though...

 

Just ran down to take a couple. The red plug wires are not stock....



It's a 390/427 late build and the heater hoses had been changed to Prestone "quick flush" (red...) and both that and the plug wires will be changed back to original... Other than that, it runs pretty good. When I got it, it sounded like a can of marbles but found the initial timing was set at 27 degrees advance. Factory says 4 so I used 14 and it seems to run very nice like that.

 

Looks like a pretty nice not messed with corvette.

Found the VIN in the Registry.

Owner: Ken Fisher
City: Redmond
State: Oregon
Country: United States

http://www.c3registry.com/?job=ShowCorvette&car_id=7457

 

Don't you love it when you have a great dream....... and then realize that you're not sleeping!!!

What a wife.....brains to match the beauty!

 

Thank you very much for the info. The AM/FM radio that was a $278. option is still in the car. I will try and contact the guy.
Grant

 

This is my 34th Corvette. My first was a 69 427 that I bought in 1970 and it wasn't near as nice as this. Geeze, all I have to do now is find my wife so I can work on the car. Hope she hasn't run off... you know, with the car...

 

Could it be the same person??

http://www.kenfisherrepair.com/high%20performance.html

 

Notice the plate is the same so 4 years ago it was in in the states.

 

Maybe a relation. The guy in the pic wasn't driving cars in 1969. Kindergarten maybe...
Finding out the history on some of these old things is just as important as the car. Can you imagine if someone called you about a car you or your Dad had 45 years ago and it still looked the same, ran the same, and nobody had played with it? That is why I wouldn't restore it. It's original and should stay that way. It's not an example of what things should look like. It's an example of what it does and did look like and nuts and bolts from Corvette Central are not going to make it any better.
I am going to do the seats because of the rotting foam and probably carpets but other than that, it doesn't really need anything. It's just a nice example of an old car and I would like to keep it (and drive it) like that. Why restore something when it doesn't need it and will cost you a fortune that you will never get back. To me, "nut and bolt" is when it actually needs a nut or a bolt. Finding something like this really special to me. It isn't restored by someone else. It's just an old car that deserves to be driven and taken care of.
My original 1969 427 was my only car in 1970 and as a fledgling airline pilot in Winnipeg Canada, it was my only drive. Summer and winter. I drove that car to work at 40 below and it never failed me.
Snow tires front and back...

 

I still have the plates here so maybe it wasn't transferred in the US because it came to Canada? The Oregon plates were in with the paperwork in the back of the car and it had been registered here in BC.
The old Oregon plates in the box with the rest of the stuff are dark blue with yellow lettering and are labeled BHA994.
By the way, thanks again for providing the info for the original owner. I am trying to track him down right now. My wife finally got home. She had a smile on her face and smelled of "old car". Ah geeze....

Grant
Update: email sent to Ken Fisher and waiting for a reply.
Only on Corvetteforum... Thanks again guys!

 

I just got an email back from him.
"No, sorry, good luck with your search."

The link you posted in the C3 Registry is the car though. Am pretty happy to find it no matter what the story is but am unable to locate him sofar.
My wife thinks there might be something wrong with me. Not sure what it might be. I mean, the old 78 in the corner is hers....