Kind of. More like “field find”. A fellow Classic Nation member Bob tipped us off to this rough-but-intact 1963 Corvette Stingray Split Window that is sitting and apparently abandoned (just from the looks of it). There is no indication if this diamond in the rough is for sale or if the owner has plans for it (just like these barn finds).
Don’t you wish you could stumble onto something like this and trailer it home? Thanks for pointing this one out Bob. Feel free to let us know more details about it over at our classic car blog.
UPDATE:
We were able to dig up some more details about this really cool Vette. It’s a 63′ fuelie with 360 HP, 11:25:1 compression, matching numbers car! Its also high tach, rock crusher, 4:56 differential. It’s all intact!
Wow. This is exactly the kind of treasure that every car guy dreams about finding.
Oh yeah; did I mention that this car has been sitting in this exact same spot untouched? since 1975?
UPDATE #2
Last week, Nick and I confirmed the Vette was no longer sitting in the spot that it always had been. Someone posted on the old blog that they thought they had seen it on a trailer heading out of town. I thought we would never hear about this beauty any longer.
Then I got an email in my inbox.
“Someone had to save it. It’s safely indoors and will be restored. I’ll try to keep you up to date as it progresses”
Jim, wherever you are, we salute you. And we are all dying to know – how were you able to make this happen? And, what are your plans for it? I would love to see some more pictures of this project with so much potential!
61 Comments
Geo
Originally found with google earth by a random user.
Evan
Not exactly. It sat in a dude’s yard in plain sight in Spokane, so many people had always known it was there. Then – we posted some pics of it on CN, which prompted others to scope it out on Google Maps and post those pictures.
Anonymous
Wrong.. This car is in my town, and I and several friends saw the car for year. The owner must of been old because we never saw anyone around that house even though it was lived in.
Evan
What are you talking about? This car was definitely in Spokane because I took the photos of it that you see in this post. I am not sure which town it is in now.
Scott Savage
Yes his car was definitely in Spokane I live right over the hill from it and seventh and Lacey it was closer to Ray I stopped and talk to the man sometime in the 80s about if it was for sale he said no it was his sons car but before he went to Vietnam and he was waiting for him to come home to get it to over the years I stop many times with a different approach at one time I said dad finally I’m home I see you took care of my car she left me and said nope still not for sale then one day Bill guy was gone so the car I was wondering what happened to it I’m not a Corvette guy or a Chevy guy but the Car me a liberty history because I walk past it once a week for years
Scott Savage
No this is definatly the Spokane Vietnam sons car
E Hansen
I have a 33 ford in my shop that I’d like to sell. It’s in rough shape but I have all the parts. Anyone interested?
Jack Ferguson
My thought is that this Vette could’ve been one that a soldier had but he never returned alive from Vietnam. So, the car just sat there.
Ernie Speit
I know it sucks to leave a corvette out like this. I’m also guilty, mine is not a 63, but I still fell bad. I always wanted a corvette. After restoreing I lost my house, and garage. My vette has been sitting out in the snow, rain,sun , now for about Seven years. Every time I think about selling it I remember how all my life I wanted it. Some day I will have to get it out of my moms yard, by then it will need restored again. I totally understand why some people let cars sit out . maybe I should sell mine and let someone else’s dream come true.
Rod Dahlgren
I have seen these pictures in a few publications over past years. Most ot the comments were that many had tried to buy the car, no one was successful. Now I see that somone got lucky. Good for them. I suppose that I must ad, all you that drove past for years, why did none of you try to buy the car?
Now my story, last year I DID buy a 1959 Corvette F.I. car that was parked in a field with horses and a mule. It took me two years, but i did not give up. The car is in restoration now. NO it is NOT for sale. I is going to a large collection that includes each series of Corvette and many other cars and unique vehicles.
Lee Young
I live about 1 mile from where this car sat for years. My dad and I stopped in there one afternoon after dad spotted the car. There it sat in weeds taller then the car. At one time someone cut a square patch out of the top of the fiberglass passenger side front fender. Other then the hole in the fender it was all there. We knocked on the door and an older gentlemen answered the door. I asked him about the Corvette and if it was for sale. The man that lived there said it was not for sale that the car belonged to his son. He said that he parked the car there before going to Vietnam. After that for the next ten years or so I watched as the car sat there as parts on the car disappeared. I was told the gypsy’s had the car not sure where it is now.