undiscovered cars

[DaveC68]

68 RS Z28 white, deluxe interior, minus engine...all else seems to be there, but needs resto.
68 RS SS 396 4 speed, blue, deluxe interior with power windows(x-race car complete driveline gone, and body not too far behind)
Same owner...willing to sell

And the lose of my life...@ 9 years ago 67 427 roadster, nasau blue, white top, interior, headrest buckets, knock-offs, sidepipes, 30k miles, needing resto for $10K,
it had been at a shop, out of owners possesion for years...he got it home and had a change of heart...wanted $12K, I said OK...he backed out again...and a few months later sold it to someone else

[Kim_Howie]

How a about a 67 yenko and Hemi Dart Drag-on-Lady!!!! Gentlemen check your Drag strips this summer!!!!

[Racefan]

How about this one........

[Belair62]

Damn cool and a lovely young lady !!!

[tom406]

'70 LS6 El Camino, M-22 4sp, blue on black, no vinyl top, no cowl induction, sitting in a garage unmoved since the '80's, engine possibly seized from lack of use. I'm trying to come up with an angle, as I don't think money is a motivator. The toughest scenario: I'm told he's a tough guy to get a read on, and he "probably still has the first penny he made" even though he has had a good job for many years. Hmmmmmmm.....

[TXSS]

The morel to this story is don't take anything for granted. I and the group of guys I run with here in south Texas are always actively looking for undiscovered muscle cars. About a month ago an older lady here in Katy called a friend of mine and told him she had a 68 Corvette that had been setting, un touched in her garage since her husband died 9 years early. She said she wanted it out of her garage wouldn't consider anything less than 20,000.00. He told her he was not that interested but would try to come by and take a look at it. He had just opened a new body shop so that never happened. Two weeks later she called back and ask him if he was going to come by. He told her he was sorry and would try to get by there the next day. That didn't happen ether. Two weeks later she called back and said if he didn't want to look at the car could he give her the name of someone that would come out and look at it. He told her he would come by around lunch that day. Well, when he got there she opened the garage and there sat a 53,000 original mile, totally numbers matching, totally original right down to the plug wires, blue on blue, original paint ,1967 427 Tri-power Corvette Coup with side pipes . She was the original owner, had the original keys and every piece of documentation there was to have for the car. He told her the car was worth more than 20,000.00. Her response was she wanted 20,000.00 and it out of here garage ASAP. If he didn't want to buy to please give her the name of someone that would. Needless to say the Corvette has a new owner. Stories like this make me keep looking.

[budnate]

I think it was 1983 had a weird lead about a old Vette and a Elcamino...sitting in a backyard in Renton...was told the guy was a old recluse that was a gold miner or something like that and was never around...house sat in a weird spot where you could not see the yard or anything..well after driving around all day and pulling into peoples driveways then pulling out...we hit the mother load!!! there was this black Vette and right next to it a black Elcamino...both were very nice and were outside but didnt look like they had been there forever as our weather would have really put the hurt on them...anyway I go straight to the Vette the thing is perfect just dirty..I opened the door and it smelled brand new and was perfectly stock inside only thing it had 3' wide red aftermarket belts..at least I think they were not stock..I hit the hood release and opened it up and about crapped my pants it was a fuelie and you could eat off the motor...word was he wanted 2G cash for some digging equipment....well here I am 20 something about 50 bucks to my name and a '67 Camaro as my only car...what do you do???? sleep on the porch until the crazy guy comes home...call in sick everyday and not get paid...go sell the Camaro....my intial thought was to chain myself to the Vette and sleep next to it..I was going to fight for it!! well I stayed there as much as I could everyday and night after work for a week trying to catch the guy home and try to figure out what he needed to swing a deal... one night I pulled in and the big patch of yellow grass showing brought a tear to my eye....to this day I still think about that car... about another week and the Elcamino was gone...there have been a few other wild deals but thats the cherry that got away....

[MotownMadman]

I am not even going to get into discussing the car or cars I just went to jail over recently attempting to get legally titled in the wrong way because I have no desire to catch the flack it will cause. The ones that have not been giving me hell will be those that will a chance to buy. I will just wait until I manage to get it done the right way. I will mention the Elephant Dart (Hemi)that has had the same owner since he worked for Hurst/Demming building the things. Can be seen at Milan every summer racing unless it is torn down for rebuild. The owner is so shy he barely ever speaks, but put him in the staging lanes in that car and it is like Clark Kent jumping into a phone booth. If you have never heard this, while putting the Hemi in those Darts they were made to fit with a sledge hammer on the inner fenders. One of Detroits finest hours at enginneering. For the Ford guys a Barn not to far from Stanton Dragway holds a 63 1/2 Galaxie 427 side oiler lightweight, and a 64-66? Comet Caliente factory lightweight with the 427 also. Twin to the car Dyno Don raced. Both were just inherited by an 18 year old kid with nose rings and purple hair, can be bought, I am just waiting to win the lotto.
Motown

[Racefan]

That NASCAR 'Bird is one of two left. The other belongs to King RIchard and is in his museum. This one still has the crossram max wedge in it and runs HARD! Was raced originally by Ramo Stott of Burlington Iowa. Now owned by a gentleman in Ohio who brings it out every once in a while. Not exactly a "lost" car I guess.....but most don't know it still exists or will see it. The wing was cropped out....did you notice the other "birds and Daytonas in the background? There were about 10 of them in Burlington that day. Kim----does this event look familiar to you?

[Kim_Howie]

Erine Derrs's daughter was in my office about a month ago. Ramo's brother-in-law is Mick Wolf. I used to work with in Burlinton,Ia