C5 Taking a Bath
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C5 Taking a Bath
Hope this is not a dupe but anyone know the story behind this one?
Last edited by DeeGee; Jul 15, 2007 at 01:55 AM.
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From: I'm not quite middle aged and I only own one gold chain! San Jose CA
The picture shows a yellow rope attached to the car which stretches over to the dock. My theory is that this person became so wowed with the capabilities of the Corvette that he assumed it must be able to float and attempted to launch it, thus the nose first drive down the ramp.............or..........
Maybe he had just had one too many!
Maybe he had just had one too many!
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Maybe it was a knee jerk reaction to a proposed repo. When I was growing in in central PA, there was a 3000 foot-deep strip coal mine (reportedly) with a whole bunch of cars at the bottom. Interesting thing was that the water had an extremely high sulphur content from the mines. No oxygen in that water. As a result, the cars down there would not rust.
Many rumors around town that if someone's car was about to be repo-ed, he would drive the car into this body of water.
Way back then, my cousin owned a towing service and bought a beautiful red 65 GTO that was in the water for $500 plus another $500 for scuba divers.
He rebuilt that car several times and never could get it to run right.
True story.
Many rumors around town that if someone's car was about to be repo-ed, he would drive the car into this body of water.
Way back then, my cousin owned a towing service and bought a beautiful red 65 GTO that was in the water for $500 plus another $500 for scuba divers.
He rebuilt that car several times and never could get it to run right.
True story.