29 miles from new!

[Dog427435]

I always find this kind of stuff interesting - why couldn't he have done this 20 years earlier with a GM product?? This is going up for auction on Saturday @ 506 Wilson Drive, Hockessin, De


1979 Dodge Diplomat Super Six auto.w/29 orig. miles & orig. sales sticker on window
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[Bill Pritchard]

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why couldn't he have done this 20 years earlier with a GM product??

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There is a guy in *I believe* NC (could be Virginia or a neighboring state ) who did exactly that with a 59 Impala 2 dr hardtop. 348, can't recall for sure if it's a 3x2 or single 4bbl, manual trans, white w/ red interior. Brought it home from the dealer and put it up on blocks. Sometime in the 70's he bought a new home and drove the 59 to his new home. That's all it's ever been driven. When I saw the article in a car magazine many years ago, it had about 35 miles on it.

[Dog427435]

I remember that story also - I think it was a tri-power car he had bought to race but liked it so much he never did. It was up on cinder blocks against a basement wall.

[PeteLeathersac]

I recall the W powered '59 Chevy too and any low miler is cool although the Diplomat far from an exciting one..

Anyone remember the story of the 53-55 'Vette driven home from the dealer and the owner built a wall around it in the corner of his garage?.
Real story and car, I remember an article on it in Cars & Parts about '79 also seem to recall reading it was 'sprung' in recent years although the condition was far from mint..


~ Pete

[olredalert]

-----In 1980 I unearthed a 67 435 horse red Corvette coupe in Wintergarden Fla. with 6000 and a few original miles. It also had a floor to ceiling wall built around it in the owners garage to keep his kids away from it. Much to my dismay I couldnt pry it out of the owners grasp. He later moved due to a nasty divorce and I lost track of him. Wonder what he thinks of the current values???........Bill S

[markinnaples]

My cousin has a 77 Grand Prix with 900 miles. He bought it new and it sits on stands in the garage.

Too bad he didn't buy a Special Edition Black and Gold T/A instead, would be worth way more.

Those Diplomats bite, lol, I had one in college 'til it spit out the tranny on the street in front of my house.

[x Baldwin Motion]

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Those Diplomats bite, lol, I had one in college 'til it spit out the tranny on the street in front of my house.

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However, they must be fun to sit in and make motor noises, isn't the rug rather dirty by the go pedal for 20 miles?

[Dog427435]

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Anyone remember the story of the 53-55 'Vette driven home from the dealer and the owner built a wall around it in the corner of his garage?.
Real story and car, I remember an article on it in Cars & Parts about '79 also seem to recall reading it was 'sprung' in recent years although the condition was far from mint..


~ Pete

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The way I remember it was a white Vette that was used for a couple of years before it was walled in, in a commercial building in Brooklyn. The building was sold when the owner died and the car was removed. When it was pulled out the daughter found a toy on the passenger floor she remember from her childhood. She brought the car home and had it in her living room for a few years, then pulled it out and sold it. I have a copy of an article that was in Newsday, with a picture of the car being taken from the back of her house.................somewhere.

[Mr70]

Ahhh the "entomed corvette".
I remember that..

http://www.proteam-corvette.com/entombed.html