WildBillsBlueC6 Posted November 26, 2011 Share Posted November 26, 2011 Went to Corvette Mike's today and saw the '78 Corvette Barn car. It has 13 miles on it, and the plastic wrapping is still on the seats, and the window sticker is still on. The car has been sold and they said that it was going to be washed later in the day. I hope Norm was able to get his hands on it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Team Adam's Posted November 26, 2011 Share Posted November 26, 2011 Wow, what a find! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueGenCoupe Posted November 26, 2011 Share Posted November 26, 2011 very cool....I wonder how much it sold for Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bryAWD Posted November 27, 2011 Share Posted November 27, 2011 I love the barn find / survivor car pics like these... especially when they are huge collections. I have seen a few on various forum from time to time but never bookmark 'em or anything. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WildBillsBlueC6 Posted November 27, 2011 Author Share Posted November 27, 2011 very cool....I wonder how much it sold for They would not say how much it sold for. They did say that the buyer has a collection of '78s and had bought from them in the past. There was some talk that they had found another barn car that they are trying to buy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich Posted November 27, 2011 Share Posted November 27, 2011 Holy cow! 13 miles! That one belongs in a museum. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris@Adams Posted November 27, 2011 Share Posted November 27, 2011 That is way too cool! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frid Posted November 27, 2011 Share Posted November 27, 2011 Great find. Rare indeed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FINISHING TOUCH Posted November 27, 2011 Share Posted November 27, 2011 ONE OF MY FAVORITE CORVETTES :2thumbs: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
694doorbird Posted November 27, 2011 Share Posted November 27, 2011 Great find!!! I remember seeing a '79? Pace Car 'Vette in the Volo Auto Museum in Illinois. It was in a bubble and had 9 miles on it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b_pappy Posted November 27, 2011 Share Posted November 27, 2011 Interesting, I agree it should probably just go in a museum, would be a shame to start driving it now. There's plenty of them around to drive. Bruce Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GXPaycheck Posted November 27, 2011 Share Posted November 27, 2011 Check out Carsinbarns.com Lots of interesting finds there, although not in as good of shape as that one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Team Adam's Posted November 27, 2011 Share Posted November 27, 2011 its like a time capsule! kind of makes you wonder what the story there is... who buys a car like that, puts 13 miles on it and never touches it again? Did the original owner die unexpectedly? Did they always intend to store it and never drive? Interesting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WildBillsBlueC6 Posted November 27, 2011 Author Share Posted November 27, 2011 its like a time capsule! kind of makes you wonder what the story there is... who buys a car like that, puts 13 miles on it and never touches it again? Did the original owner die unexpectedly? Did they always intend to store it and never drive? Interesting. The original owner bought it for in investment. The story goes that he needed some money now so that is why he sold it. I'm sure he got more than the $14,681.21 that he paid for it. It is a collector that bought the car so I don't think its going to see many miles put on it. 1978 BARN FIND CORVETTE | Corvette Mike New England Some if the story is here on Corvette Mike's web site. I left early and need to talk to Norm to see if he got his hands on it. When I left they were waiting for a TV crew to come and film the washing of the car. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fierce5 Posted November 28, 2011 Share Posted November 28, 2011 Thats just awesome....id love to see some after pics Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeebalow Posted November 30, 2011 Share Posted November 30, 2011 That is such an awesome find! Can't wait to see the results after cleaning! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MAYBEN Posted November 30, 2011 Share Posted November 30, 2011 I wonder if there are any open recalls on it.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
6spdg37s Posted November 30, 2011 Share Posted November 30, 2011 drool. i think that barn find are very very interesting... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
randyfox Posted November 30, 2011 Share Posted November 30, 2011 Incredible! Complete with 25th Anniversary package and all too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
70'sChevyGirl Posted November 30, 2011 Share Posted November 30, 2011 Holy cow! 13 miles! That one belongs in a museum. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WildBillsBlueC6 Posted December 2, 2011 Author Share Posted December 2, 2011 Hope we are allowed to put facebook likes here. Corvette Mike has pictures of the barn car after washing on his facebook page. https://www.facebook.com/CorvetteMikeNE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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