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Vern B, Where did you see these no mile 1967 Vettes at. I'd love to learn more about them. Also if anyone could tell me which Corvette Fever magazine from the late 80s or early 90s has an article on the 12 mile '67 L88 as mentioned by firstgenaddict on the previous page, I would greatly appreciate this info. Best Regards, Tim E. Penton, Jr.

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Was it usual for cars to be delivered with out fluids from the factory...it sounds odd?...were they special ordered that way?

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Sounds unusual to me also. It's the only time I ever heard of it. The cars are consecutive VIN #'s, so obviously they were special ordered.

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Tim that 12 mile Vette was also in Vette Vues Magazine in like 1975-76. I think that is where those photos that are shown were from.

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It's also featured in 1972 issue of Corvette News magazine. It being lifted by a forklift to show the bottom of the car. I have a July 1982 Hemmings add with this car for sale at $100,000. It is an amazing add with lots of cars, the full page add was placed by the Janesville, WI owner of the car.

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As far as I know, standard procedure at the end of the production line is fluids, start-up and run-in on rollers before they drive off. I can't imagine "no fluids" unless this gentleman had enough special pull to have the cars pushed off the line to a special transport. Even the common transport trucks of the time drove the cars on and off the ramps.

Not to mention, Tonawanda test ran every engine (with fluid to check for leaks). Imagine what that remaining dampness in the blocks has done by now..... https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...lins/frown.gif

Verne

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I agree, as you point out the engines were run several times through the assembly process and loading and unloading. Not a big point, but still valid.

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I remember when this "ENTOMBED" Corvette story came out about 8 years ago.

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WOW https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...emlins/eek.gif I Missed that one..any web site for the car???

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It's been 5-6 years since I saw the cars and don't remember all the details, but do remember the part about no fluids, as I had never heard of such a thing either. Whether they were in the car and drained, or somehow he ordered them without, I don't remember the details. The battery was delivered dry also. Given they are consecutive VIN #s, they would have had to have been special ordered. I remember them being referred to as, his and hers, as one is a coupe and the other a convertible. If they were Berger cars, who knows what could, or couldn't have gotten ordered. Maybe they went the COPO route!! I checked today and he is in Arizona for the winter. Won't be back til spring. Don't know the gentleman personally, but got info today thru a friend of a friend. He told me he also purchased a stepside Chevy pickup with a 454 and 0 miles in the recent past.

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I don't know but it seems to me of all the odd things you could do to a car to make it a collectable having never had fluids in it would not be at the top of my list. That can't be good for the car, if anything i would think it would make it less collectable, or an engine that has never been started would scare me off. What good is having an original engine when it dosent run.

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I find it rather hard to believe that the car would have been delivered w/o fluids. From a legal point of view there is no way GM would have sold the cars w/o things like...brake fluid, rear diff oil, trans oil, engine oil: anything that could have led to this car rolling off the delivery truck and not stopping until it crashed into a bus full of nuns, orphans and lawyers. https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...ns/shocked.gif

Unless they sold it "as is" with no MSO/title and only a bill of sale. Even back in the 60's there were still lawyers out there lurking in the darkness https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...ns/naughty.gif

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That car or one very much like it was for sale in Tulsa area back in 1976 for $8,900 and I like a fool passed on it. Thought it was too expensive at that time. Never would have thought they would bring that kind of money today.

sure kicking myself now... Sigh....

Pantera

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I find it rather hard to believe that the car would have been delivered w/o fluids.

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If I'm not mistaken, they drove the cars on & off the delivery trucks, so they HAD to have fluids in 'em...and the engine, tranny, & rear internals are gonna be JUNK without fluids if they sit for very long, unless it was opened up and coated with a grease or protectant of some kind...

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Pantera, that was the same car. Bruce Knierim bought it out of Oklahoma shortly after that and held onto it until the early 80's. I believe that it has sold, auction ended early.
Bruce and I had lunch today and discussed the car, he said it was very nice with a poor replacement carpet at that time and some slight yellowing of the interior. The person he sold it to would have done everything it needed correctly. Paint and chassis was very nice, this was a car that needed no massaging at all. I don't know if it has received a Benchmark or Bow Tie award, it was in the Special Collection in 1985.

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I HAVE BEEN INFORMED THAT THE CAR HAS BEEN SOLD... KP

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wow that was fast https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...lins/beers.giffor the new owner https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...ns/worship.giffor the car https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...mlins/flag.gif https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...ins/3gears.gif

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That car or one very much like it was for sale in Tulsa area back in 1976 for $8,900 and I like a fool passed on it. Thought it was too expensive at that time. Never would have thought they would bring that kind of money today.

sure kicking myself now... Sigh....

Pantera

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Pantera, that was the same car. Bruce Knierim bought it out of Oklahoma shortly after that and held onto it until the early 80's. I believe that it has sold, auction ended early.
Bruce and I had lunch today and discussed the car, he said it was very nice with a poor replacement carpet at that time and some slight yellowing of the interior. The person he sold it to would have done everything it needed correctly. Paint and chassis was very nice, this was a car that needed no massaging at all. I don't know if it has received a Benchmark or Bow Tie award, it was in the Special Collection in 1985.

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Larry, your memory of back in the day kills me sometimes. https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...ns/worship.gif You need to write a book. https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...ns/naughty.gif

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