Pristine 1967 Chevrolet Corvette found in garage

[Bay_Kat]

...to be auctioned

This 47 year-old car didn’t just run when it was parked a quarter century ago, it practically still had that new car smell.

A 1967 Chevrolet Corvette with just 2,996 miles on the odometer and one of the most interesting tales to tell is going on sale at the Mecum Auctions Houston event in April.

The 427/390 hp V8-powered coupe was purchased in 1966 by 30-year-old Don McNamara of Colorado Springs, with $5,000 he won on a trip he made to Las Vegas to celebrate his retirement from the U.S. Marines.

http://www.foxnews.com/leisure/2014...let-corvette-found-in-garage-to-be-auctioned/

What an interesting story.

 

[kom526]

Half a mil. Easy.

Only 10 1967 corvettes were produced with non standard or primer paint jobs. This was also the last year that the name Sting Ray appeared on the corvette.

Closer to 1 mil.

 

[itsbob]

Half a mil. Easy.

Only 10 1967 corvettes were produced with non standard or primer paint jobs. This was also the last year that the name Sting Ray appeared on the corvette.

Closer to 1 mil.

2014 was the last year Sting Ray was used..

 

[glhs837]

I'll see your old Corvette with a 1969 Shelby GT500 with under 9,000 miles, started as recently as three years ago.

http://www.motorauthority.com/news/...cobra-jet-found-in-pristine-condition-auction

 

[FireBrand]

2014 was the last year Sting Ray was used..

Kom is correct! The last yerar that the name 'Sting Ray' was used was 1967.
From 1968 to 1975 the name was changed to 'Stingray' (one word), and then dropped
from covettes altogether until 2014 when 'Stingray' (one word) was reintroduced for the C7's.

 

[GURPS]

How Serendipitous ..... I was just reading Jerry Heasley's Rare Finds


and I just saw this over the weekend;

 

[Bay_Kat]

Wow, wish I could find something like this.

From dust to dust, people and cars come and go, but sometimes the old is reborn … and out of the dust emerges something immaculate.

A 1969 Ford Mustang Shelby GT500 428 Cobra Jet is a mouthful to say but it will drop any car enthusiasts jaw. This particular garage-find was owned and perfectly preserved by a now-deceased automotive connoisseur.

Larry never washed the car for fear of scratching the paintjob or cause even the slightest bit of rust. Yahoo News estimates that the only time the car was ever washed was before delivery. Accordingly, the car is in absolute show room condition, except for a layer of dust.

This snake features a larger, 428-cubic-inch Cobra Jet engine mated to a four-speed manual transmission, which has only run 8,500 miles in total. The spark plugs, belts, fan, and hoses are all original. The only items that are not from 1968 are the tires.

http://www.foxnews.com/leisure/2014...im-16-shelby-gt500-found-under-40-years-dust/