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11-17-2006, 01:10 AM
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Tennessee Whiskey Official Taster
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Amazing Find!!!! 1954 vette with 27k orig miles...
Hi Folks -
This is going to sound like a tall tale - but it's true and I took pictures for proof. A local lady bought a house in a tax sale for $3200. She inspected the inside of the house and it was full of antique furniture etc. She also found a bunch of human skulls, and thus the story made big news. It was later determined that the skulls were American Indian artifacts and that the previous owner of the house had them legally as a collector. The previous owner had been a affluent dentist. He and his wife passed away and left the property to his only child - a son. The son was apparently not very ambitious and never lived in the house or otherwise maintained it. The son was killed in a mysterious fire at a cabin at land he owned outside of town. With no living heirs, the house was eventually sold for the back taxes. Ok - here is what you have been waiting for - the property had a detached garage and there was reportedly and old car in the garage - make and year unknown. It turns out is was a 1954 Corvette, all original, and all there. Incredible. Only 27k miles on the odometer, and except for period replacement tires, ther car is 100% original. My father is in CORSA, and one of the CORSA guys is a "goto" guy for local restoration efforts. Being good friends with my father, the gentleman invited me over today to view this magnificent find - and of course I took my omnipresent camera so I could share pics with my friends here at the valley first. The car was sold at auction to the current owner for $27,500 in as-is condition and my CORSA friend has been charged with getting it running. Ok - here are a couple of pictures of the car - Now I kinda know how the Parrot felt when he found the basement babies! best regards - mqqn
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11-17-2006, 01:15 AM
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Wow!!!! The stuff of urban legends!
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11-17-2006, 01:34 AM
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Nice score...
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11-17-2006, 02:11 AM
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Valley Wine Connoisseur
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THATS AWESOME
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11-17-2006, 03:38 AM
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Valley Wine Connoisseur
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Incredible. Wish I had that kind of luck.
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11-17-2006, 03:54 AM
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 Man what a find.....
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11-17-2006, 04:28 AM
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11-17-2006, 05:53 AM
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not expensive this vette 54 nice pics
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11-17-2006, 11:32 AM
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Thought it was an urban myth when I started reading it.
Amazing, the kind of find you dream about.!!!! Great pic's
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11-17-2006, 11:50 AM
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Tennessee Whiskey Official Taster
Join Date: Aug 2005
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Hi coupe - I know - It took me a while to get all the details straight, but I was really excited when my father told me about the car. I had seen the news reports about the house when they found all the human skulls in it, but there was no mention of the car. The fellow who is getting it running (just new fluids, a few correct hoses, rebuilt the carbs and repainted the valve cover so far) said that the auction that the lady who found the car held was poorly advertised and there were only 10 bidders or so - and that is why it sold for only 27.7k. The car has plenty of patina - but stuff like the plastic logos etc that always gets cracked and clouded are in great shape. Did you notice the meershaum pipe still on the dash where the dentist left it? The car was used by the son when he was in college in the early to mid 60's - the kid went to Montana State and the car has those antique Montana plates. There are also stickers all over the car - it seems whenever the owner would go to a rally etc, he would place the sticker on the car. At any rate, I hope to be there when he gets it running and I can film the event. I guess it pays to be on top of the many tax sales that show up in the local papers (at least around here there are plenty of them). Glad you all liked seeing and hearing this - I was very excited to share the news with my Corvette friends. best regards - mqqn |
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