Here’s a garage find C2 Sting Ray with an interesting past.
After being driven sporadically by the owners for a couple of years, this 1964 Corvette coupe has been sitting in a garage on jack stands since sometime in early 1973. The long-time owner died earlier this summer, and the car was dug out from the garage and sent all the way across the country to a fellow named Rick F on the West Coast.
Rick found a yellowed newspaper from April 1973 that even included some pretty good prices on clothing at a place called Hudson’s Budget Stores.
Though the car doesn’t run, all the parts seem to be there. After hooking up a battery, the power windows still worked and the lights came on.
The Corvette has a pretty impressive options list, too, with the original 327/375hp fuel-injected engine, one of just 1,325 fuel injected Sting Rays that year. It also has the J40 suspension and the aforementioned power windows.
The new owner says he and his dad are already busy with a 1959 Corvette after having completed a 1967 already.
“So we haven’t made the final decision on what to do with this one,” Rick says. “If we keep the car it will be a full body off restoration keeping it 100% stock. If we decide to sell the car, somebody is going to get a very rare project.”
In the comments section of this post on BarnFindes.com, several readers expressed their viewpoint that the car should just be cleaned up and polished and left as a survivor, as a car is “original” only once. A look at the photos shows a Corvette that isn’t perfect by any means, but still it would be a sharp car with just a little elbow grease.
Of course, that’s the beauty of the Corvette hobby. There is no right or wrong way to treat a Corvette if the owner is at least doing something to save another classic Sting Ray from death.
We certainly wish Rick luck in his quest to save his garage find and eagerly await the ultimate fate of this Sting Ray!
Check out all the pics of Rick’s 1964 Fuel Injected Corvette garage find at barnfinds.com
Source:
barnfinds.com
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