Peter Max Corvettes
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Melting Slicks
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From: East Windsor NJ
Peter Max Corvettes
Fellow vette owner at work shared this with me....
http://blog.hemmings.com/index.php/2...ce/?refer=news
http://blog.hemmings.com/index.php/2...ce/?refer=news
Melting Slicks
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St. Jude Donor '13, '15
Fellow vette owner at work shared this with me....
http://blog.hemmings.com/index.php/2...ce/?refer=news
http://blog.hemmings.com/index.php/2...ce/?refer=news
Thankfully none of these cars were significant, but nonetheless could have been someone's pride and joy. But to let them go to ruin and to even consider painting them in psychodelic colors...oh man. If you aren't a car person (which the article said he isn't), then stick to other mediums for art, or at least use a different/less sought after model. What a shame they had this kind of life.
Drifting
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From: Redding California
Interesting, and strange, story.
Always grates the nerves when someone who "isn't a car person" tries to do something with cars, bound to be the opposite of what should be done.
Looking at the link to the pictures, some of these cars were definitely "only drivers, at best!", but others seem to be reasonable examples.
For the small cost of some cheap car covers a lot of pain could have been avoided.
And that's an unusually large accumulation of dust/dirt......................even for 20 years!
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Always grates the nerves when someone who "isn't a car person" tries to do something with cars, bound to be the opposite of what should be done.
Looking at the link to the pictures, some of these cars were definitely "only drivers, at best!", but others seem to be reasonable examples.
For the small cost of some cheap car covers a lot of pain could have been avoided.
And that's an unusually large accumulation of dust/dirt......................even for 20 years!
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Sucks that all those cars were neglected for so long. Would have been better if they were just sold off and put in the hands of owners that would have cared for them.
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I remember the story about those three or four years ago and wondered if the hurricane in NYC had filled the dungeon storage facility with saltwater- evidently they were at least that smart.
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vintage automotive restorations
I stopped by vintage automotive restorations yesterday to check on my car that they have been screwing around with for two years and saw 5 of the cars from the collection, the 53, 54 and 55 were stripped down, and the other two were sitting (66 and a c3), they didn't look too bad after cleaning them up. Hopefully these guys can get their act together and finish these cars.
