Chasing the Local legendary cars.

[Charley Lillard]

I have not really had time to evaluate them to decide on a plan of attack. I have visions of driving that 56 with the paint left the way it is. The Green one could either be restored or left as a Hotrod. The red 63 doesn not need resto. The 67's don't really need restoring, but they will need to have the fuel and brake systems gone through. And heater cores and radiators and Batteries and on and on. I have other stuff to drive so these could just sit around and get tinkered with.

[Chris396]

Leave those mags on!

[John]

...What a find...You might go ahead and start on a "third" barn....at the rate your going...

[elonblock]

Charley,

Congratulations on your treasures!!!!

Looking at the pictures is like watching an episode
from the "Twilight Zone"!

Very cool!

How did you feel, when you opened the barn door, and looked
at the cars for the first time????

Did you have to pinch yourself, to make sure you weren't
dreaming....or something totally different?

Elon

[Charley Lillard]

Thanks. Still pinching myself. Still sorting through Keys. At least one has the owners manual and Protecto plate. The red 63 was sold to a Brue K Arnold in Pasadena and has the owner protection plan. He bought it at Angelus Chevrolet Co on Figueroa St in Los Angeles on March 4 1963. The Title I got for it was issued in 1974 to the People I bought it from.

[Mr70]

What a nice story and Pictures to boot!
I'll bet those NCRS guys will be knocking on your door again this month...

[jimbo]

They were bought as "investments",do you know what they paid for them originally?

[Charley Lillard]

I think I remember them saying they had to pay about 4000.00 for the Yellow 67 Coupe. I peeked inside the red 63 gas tank this morning and the gas still smells good. The owner used to start them up once in awhile but as he got older it just became too much work. They said they all ran fine when they parked them.

[427TJ]

Keep the original CA plates and dealer frames on them too. My opinion is leave them pretty much as-is. Yes, clean them up (owl dung is not really a "patina" item) and then preserve them as time capsules.

Those K-H mags are so cool on that '63---leave them on the car! Just put on a new set of belted pinstripe whitewalls.

Oh, and the "327" on the green 63's plates is very cool. "FLV 327" almost sounds like "FueLie Vette 327."

What a score. I can almost hear Jan and Dean coming from the radio in the red '63.

[COPO]

Charley, congrats and what an awesome find. These are the best stories that keep us all on the look out for the diamond or in your case diamonds in the barn. Thanks for sharing!