I have one. Two weeks ago on the Saturday Lou Manfradey Show (call in show for home repair problems - Chicago area) Lou got a call from a gentleman with a car in his basement and was inquiring about ways to remove it.
The caller is explaining that he is not a car guy, knew the car was part of the rec-room decor of a custom home, didn't know it's value but after buying the house was not sure how to remove the car without taking it apart. Removal was suggested to excavate to the foundation as the yard sloped away from the house, cut out foundation, remove car and re-pour foundation. Lou was more interested in the car. The house was built in 1963 with the original owner having the car lowered into the basement during construction. Still at this point the caller wasn't offering to much information about the car as he did not want any publicity or phone calls. Lou final got the guy to say what car it was, but the caller was more concerned about the estimated 15K for the construction work. Lou is telling the guy 15K is nothing compared to the value of the car which turned out to be a 1963 Corvette Stingray in perfect condition with 3 miles on the odometer.
Krister
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From: "Denny Shewmake" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Speaking of Corvette's -- (Happy Ending)
A Savannah, GA man was reunited with his car, a new 1968 Corvette convertible, that was stolen from his New York City parking garage in January 1969. A customs agent, doing routine checks on containers in a California port being shipped overseas, got a hit on a VIN number he ran for the Vette, headed for Sweden. When detectives in New York City began working the case, there were bets of steak dinners floating around over whether or not they would be able to find the cars rightful owner. Sure enough, they did. The look on the guys face was priceless as he was reunited with his car, as was the cracking of his voice as he talked about it. There is no indication of where the car has been in the past 30-some years, because no one has apparently tried to insure it or license it. By the way, a mint condition 68 Vette convertible will fetch you around $100,000 these days.
"COLD CASE" FOR CAR
