A 1965 Corvette convertible barn find crossed the block a few days ago at Vicari Auctions’ annual fall auction at the Mississippi Coast Coliseum and Convention Center in Biloxi.
But it proved to be a no-sale.
Here’s the background on the car. After a decade of normal use, during which about 75,000 miles were put on the odometer, the 327/300 Sting Ray suddenly was put to rest, resting on jack stands in a heated and cooled warehouse since early 1975 – nearly 40 years! Even the license plate on the back was from that year.
Cool story, but bidding at the auction reached $40,500, which the seller turned down.
Now the vintage Corvette has turned up again, this time on eBay, where through Saturday morning, the bid had climbed to just $30,200.
In the eBay description, seller Cody says the car is a real Rally Red 900UU with black interior code.
“Both tags are still in place and look to have never been tampered with in any way,” he says.
The seller calls the body “amazing,” saying that it “doesn’t appear to have any cracks in the fiberglass that I can see. None of the original wheel wells appear to have ever been cut on or touched, all bonding strips are perfect, just a overall amazing body.”
He says the car still has its original 327/300 hp engine and four-speed transmission, though the original breather is gone. “The gentleman that had the car changed the breather out very early in its lifetime to the little open element you see on it now,” Cody says.
The Corvette is a two-top car, with the black convertible top not seeing the light of day since 1975, the seller says.
Meanwhile, the interior is all original and untouched, with the major problems being worn carpet on the driver’s side where your heels rest and splits in the seams on the bottom of the seats on both sides.
Everything else, he says, “appears to be in super shape and with some cleaning would probably look just like new.”
By the way, the car still has the original coating of dust that collected on it during the past 40 years, and the new owner will have the option of cleaning the car or leaving it as is.
We wonder what we would do in such a situation. The uniqueness of the car really is the fact that it sat in a warehouse for 40 years – does removing the dust turn it into just a normal C2 Corvette?
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