I thought you might enjoy this story...

I thought you might enjoy this story...

Thanks. My tastes in Corvettes runs from 1958 to 1962,but I am planning on buying a 89 or 90 convertible from a friend of mine once he gets the title straight. IF he ever gets the title straight. A nothing special 250 hp 350,but it is a red convertible,and I can get it for 4500. I can maybe drive it around for a year and get most of my money back when I sell it.

For modern fast stuff,my taste runs to 911's. Worked at a foreign car garage for a few months until the owner pissed me off enough we got nose to nose,but while I was there I did a valve adjustment service on a 911,and made the mistake of taking it out on a test drive on a road with a lot of 25-35 mph curves,and fell into serious lust. I don't see any danger of me ever having enough money to buy a new or really nice one,though.

As for barn finds,my dreams run to finding a really nice and complete 38 Cord cabriolet,any kind of Deusenberg,a 33 Plymouth cabriolet,or a 36 Ford 3-window coupe. None of which costs me more than 50 dollars.

BTW,here is a tip for all of you gear heads. If you are EVER within 500 miles of Auburn,Indiana,you owe it to yourself to visit the Auburn-Cord-Duesenberg museum. Hard as it is to believe,the 3 most most beautiful cars ever produced anywhere were produced in this tiny little factory in Indiana. People come from all over the world to visit this museum,and there were several Japanese tourist that came in while I was there. When I first walked in the door there was a 38 Cord cabriolet with the "most maroon" paintjob in the entire damn world parked on the left as you walked in,and a Model A Dusenberg parked in front of it that was painted a cream color with orange detailing.

Stunning isn't a strong enough word for that Cord. When you enter the museum you are entering the actual (restored) showroom where the new cars were put up for sale,so you are stepping into a time warp that goes back to the late 1930's. I enjoyed the hell out of sitting on a couch near the door and just looking at the expressions on people's faces as they looked up and spotted the Cord and the Duesey near the door. As I said,"stunned" is as close as I can come to describing the looks on their faces. I would live there if they would let me.

Plan on getting there early and spending the whole day if you want to see it all. Seriously.

www.automobilemuseum.org/#home.html

I'm not a fan of Corvettes in particular. I'm not even a member of that forum. I just like old(ish) cars in general. I guess that's why I found the story about this old Corvette find interesting. But, there's also the human interest aspect to the story about how this old race car was owned and driven by the new owner's good friend and how he bought it and wants to keep it intact as a sort of memorial in honor of his now deceased friend. The very fact that the original owner stowed it away still on the trailer he used to transport it on along with the other vette he towed it with and both cars and the trailer were still together as a unit so to speak after 40 plus years is pretty amazing.

Thanks for the heads up about the Auburn-Cord-Duesenberg museum. It sounds fascinating.

Thanks for the heads up about the Auburn-Cord-Duesenberg museum. It sounds fascinating.

One of my favorite places in the world.