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Old 08-23-2024, 12:20 PM
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Garfield Wood was a successful businessman born in 1880 and had a passion for wooden racing boats. He built and raced many world record boats in the 20’s including numerous Miss America named boats.
He bought this 1970 Corvette new as a gift for his grandson, Garfield Wood III, when he graduated from High School.

Garfield Wood III drove the car on occasion for three years and for unknown reasons, put it away in 1973 with the original battery and air filter still in place. It had registered only 10,500 miles.

In 2019, the estate sold the car at auction as a non-running vehicle. The car was prepared for driving service by Dan Martin and run through the NCRS system. It achieved Regional and National Top Flight awards, Performance Verification award, and the Duntov Mark of Excellence award.

The second owner ordered a new ZO6 and put the car up for sale recently. I really had little interest in the car even though I had seen it at all its judging events, I just never inspected it the way I should have. I finally drove 40 miles to New Braunfels, TX to look at the car and fell in love with it.

The car now has 11,219 miles.

Part of my motivation for purchasing this car came from seeing Napa68 (Tim) and his beautiful 8,900 mile 1970 LS5. I fell in love with that car, also. This car reminded me of his green Corvette.
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Old 08-23-2024, 12:50 PM
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I'm hoping Tim G posts some of the other pics he has shared with me. This car is stunning!!!!
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Old 08-23-2024, 01:34 PM
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I had it on jack stands for cleaning, it's sitting high after lowering it.

Original battery has been fitted with a sealed battery and can be used for judging.
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I've been to Gar Wood's mansion on Grayhaven island on the Detroit river, If you're interested do a Google search as there are a lot of crazy stories associated with that place.
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Great car, love the color. Which dealer sold it?
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The car was ordered and delivered to Wilkerson Chevrolet in Tulsa, OK.
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----Tim,,,My Grandfather lived in Bal Harbour FL. and his next door neighbor was Phil Wood, Gar's brother. Gar used to stay with Phil when in Florida and my GF knew them both well. I road in a boat with my Dad, Gar and Phil when I was around 5 years old. My Dad had to tell me that as I didn't remember.
----This 70 looks absolutely beautiful. How is it optioned? I can see the deluxe interior....Bill S
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The car has AC, that is noted in the wheel well.
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Bill, I just saw your post. I absolutely knew you would have a Gar Wood connection.
I posted the tank sticker, nice options, but not too loaded.
I generally shy away from AC, but Dan converted it to 130, so it works fine. It was driven 280 miles to the Texas Regional for Flight Judging. That takes some guts, but the second owner was an Air Force pilot, so it was an easy ride relatively speaking.
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