undiscovered cars

[hvychev]

I have been after this car since 1997. 1970 Nova L78, M21 4 speed, Forest Green, rubber floor mat, 20,200 miles. The car has been with it's second owner since 1971. Original motor is out of it in the garage while he had a 427 under the hood racing it. Orig paint etc. Car has been sitting out for a few years now so it needs restored. The owner has all the paperwork and orig window sticker and many vintage pics of it while he was at the strip in the early 70's. The original selling dealer was Celozzi-Ettleson Chevrolet in Elmhurst, ILL. Oh and it IS NOT FOR SALE, he is gonna fix her up some day! Yeah right!

[Racefan]

How about a FG Yenko Camaro buried up to the posts in a farmer's field with no VIN or trim tag on it because they are on another FG car? Oops, wasn't supposed to bring that one up!

There is a DY Y Chevelle hidden somewhere within a 40 mile radius of me, my brother and I are trying to find the magic farmer who owns it.

I know these sound pretty sarcastic, but I am serious.

[markjohnson]

About 4 years ago, a friend and I discovered a 1967 Corvette: roadster, 427-400 HP, red with white and black interior still in the possesion of the original owner that worked at the Corvette plant when the car was built. Parked in the garage since 1975 and was sold to help pay for the son's college tuition. 25K bought the 31,000 mile car.

[Belair62]

There was/is a Cortez silver L78 70 Nova with under 20k miles on it close to me.Sold new at Mancuso Chevrolet in Skokie....not sure if he still lives there or if it actually is even in the garage anymore...haven't been in touch for several years and each time I go by no one is around.I knew his younger brother who had the 70 Nova with an LT 1 in it that I can't confirm because I can't find him either....also sold at Mancuso...wish I could remember if it was a factory LT 1 or built to LT 1 specs.

[DarrenX33]

There is a house near where my brother lives. In the drive way sat a 78 Z28, 70 SS 396 Chevelle, 70 RS Z/28 and a 71 SS Chevelle convertible. I watched them all rust away. Once I was chased a way but most other times no one answered the door. Cars a gone now. Probably sunk right thru to the ground. Rick you know about this one.

Found another house that has what looks to be 2 67-68 Firebirds under tarps and a 64 or 65 Comet rolling chassis.

Years ago on a vacation I found a 69 SS 350 pace car in back of a restaurant. Just sitting there among some other older cars. Owner wasn't budging at the time. Follow up phone calls didn't work either.

After taking my son for a walk a few years ago my wife told me she thought there was a Camaro in a garage 2 blocks away. Sure enough I found that this person bought his brothers 69 RS Z/28 Olympic Gold. Currently he is restoring the car. Should be done soon.

[Chevy454]

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There is a DY Y Chevelle hidden somewhere within a 40 mile radius of me, my brother and I are trying to find the magic farmer who owns it.

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That sounds like the car we looked at in *very* southern Wisconsin...big story on car, tags gone, wrong hidden VIN...wasted trip...

[mike s]

not a chevy but is a car that rotted to piece's a 68 gto was a decent car when my dad first moved a street over from the guy but the guy would never sell and 8 yrs later when my dad moved again it was gone body wise

[jfkheat]

There are several rotting away within a couple miles of my house. One guy has two 40 Ford Coupes, a 70 Chevy truck and three Corvettes. The Corvettes are a 58, a 63 split window and a 71. I talked to the owner a little over a year ago. The 58 and 63 have been sitting for over 20 years and are in pretty rough shape but the 71 looks drivable. The 58 and 63 have been covered with blue tarps for the last 3 years. Another guy has a 69 Chevelle SS sitting in a field across from his house. I looked at this car and talked to the owned last year. Everything seems to be there except the engine. The only reason the car is not rusted away is because it is sitting on a concrete slab. Same story with all these cars, no interest in selling.
James