From Jason O – I read the site all the time and submitted a 1958 Corvette that I found, but was unable to buy. I don’t think I ever sent in the story on my 1966 Corvette I purchased in October 2014. This story began however back in August of 2012. I was at a local cruise and a guy pulled up in a ’66 Corvette, and we walked over to look at it. A guy I know asks me if I would be interested in a car like that? Of course I said yes and he proceeded to tell me about an old man he had done work for a few years back, and that in fact there was a Corvette in his garage. Thank goodness this guy doesn’t like Corvettes!

So it turns out the guy lived about 10 miles from me, and I couldn’t sleep that night. I went to knock on the door the next morning, but nobody was home. So I stopped by a friends house for a few hours and went back. We pulled in the driveway and my buddy could see it through the opened door! He couldn’t believe his eyes because his car lot is 1 mile from this guys house. Turns out the owner bought it brand new in 1966 after selling his ’57 Vette. Shortly after buying it he started building a house and never used the car as a daily driver.

In 1991 after just 25,808 miles he parked it because he thought it had a miss. He did a compression check and never put the plugs back in! So I started trying to buy it and me and the owner built a good friendship over the next few months and in Jan. 2013 he said to bring him the money I had offered and he would sell it.

Then he wanted to wait till spring and then I couldn’t get him to lock in a date so I realized he just wasn’t ready. In the summer of 2013 I filled the plug holes full of Marvel Mystery Oil because both of us were concerned the motor might be locked up. Then last August he started talking about when I was going to take it, and that he felt it was time. We locked in a day and after the transaction was complete we started cleaning out the garage so we could get it out.

We got it running that night and I was able to limp it home the next day. After everything is said and done it’s an unreal find. Showing 25,808 miles and they are documented through fuel logs that he had kept since day 1. Every piece of paperwork including the POP, copy of the check he wrote, order forms etc. are there. He just never threw it away. It still has the original exhaust, shocks, paint, interior, belts, hoses etc. It truly is a time capsule.

What a great find Jason! Congratulations and thanks for sharing it with us! We hope to see future updates on this fantastic Corvette. If you’d love to see more photos of Jason’s find or learn more about reviving it, he started a thread here at CorvetteForum.com detailing the story. It’s a great read, so be sure to check it out!