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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.

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Leave those mags on! https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...arleySucks.gif

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...What a find...You might go ahead and start on a "third" barn....at the rate your going... https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...lins/beers.gif

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Charley,

Congratulations on your treasures!!!! https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...lins/beers.gif

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?https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...emlins/eek.gif

Elon

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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.

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What a nice story and Pictures to boot!
I'll bet those NCRS guys will be knocking on your door again this month... https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...mlins/cool.gif

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

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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.

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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.

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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! https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...iggthumpup.gif https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...iggthumpup.gif https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...arleySucks.gif

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Speechless---The hairs are standing up on the back of my neck just looking at the photos ,it must have been GREAT just standing around those vettes stuck in time https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...lins/beers.gif https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...lins/beers.gif

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You going to be out at the GG show next weekend with the '56 Charlie? https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...iggthumpup.gif Nice find, I think the vettes will agument your rental fleet very nicely!! https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...mlins/haha.gif

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If that trailer is ruined by the smell I just might take it off your hands. I have been looking at alum trailers and that looks like a good one.

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Congrats Charley.... https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...lins/beers.gif nice to see more cars coming back to life

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Congratulations on a great find. There is a guy about a mile from me that has 3 Vettes sitting around his house, a 58, a 63 split window and a 71. Also has 2 40 Ford coupes. I was told the 58 and 63 have been sitting for 20 or more years. About 1 year ago he covered them with tarps, but they are in rough shape. I talked to the owner a few months ago about them. He will never sell the cars. It's a shame.
James

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------So,Charlie,,,Does this mean we will see you at Bloomington Gold? Last weekend in June. You will have a long parts list to fill by then. I sell all the BG T-shirts (for 19 years) and will give you one if you show up........Bill S

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Nice Find Charley! Are any of the cars going to be for sale?

-Dan

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Charlet isn't even going to wash them !!!Cool deal Charley..I love those Magstars....

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I put a battery in the red 63 and cranked it till I had oil pressure, stepped on the gas a couple times and it fired right up. Then it died and didn't want to start until I figured out that it was now out of gas. Added a couple gallons and dumped a bit in the carb and it runs fine. Step on the brakes and nothing. Check the master cylinder and it is empty. Add brake fluid and.........still no brakes. Put the auto trans in gear and it goes nowhere. Check the tranny fluid and nothing. Add two quarts and we have liftoff. Drove around the barn using the parking brake to stop. Power windows work, headlight doors and lights work. Power steering sounds like it needs fluid. Alternator, gas guage and tach works. Took it out and blew the walnuts from the squirrels out of it and washed it. https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...ns/burnout.gif

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WOW!! https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...iggthumpup.gif So do I look for a red split window next weekend then?

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Wow! What a great find. Congrats. I love the cars in barns stories!
Peter

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Looks like your building a bigger toy box in the back of the car.

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I saw this post last night and I still haven't got my jaw back off the floor. https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...emlins/eek.gif

Huge congrats! This is the kind of thing most of us can only dream about.

Eric

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Charley, I heard about these care in 1992 and went to his house. He told me that "no one gets to see my cars". I let him know that a friend of his told me to stop by. He aksed me if I had a Corvette and, of course we started talking about my cars. He said "wait here" and got the keys to the barn and told me to follow him. As we were going in he said "when you leave here, you've seen nothing, right?"
I said "right". He told me about some guy that came around writing a book and he told him to get lost. That guy was Noland Adams. I asked Noland about his visit and he said the guy told him to leave, he did not want anything published about his cars. He turned out to be very kind and once in the barn, he enjoyed telling me about the cars.
I have often wondered what happened to all of them and am glad that they are in good hands. I think that the red '63 and the two '67's are canidates for Survivor status, even if the yellow one has a repaint. Can't wait to see them again.

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Yellow one just fired up a minute ago but accelerator pump is leaking. https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...lins/beers.gif

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You should return it & get your money back..... https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...mlins/wink.gif

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Accelerator pump stopped leaking but it does need some tuning. It cleaned up nicely. Carb kit tomorrow if I have the time. Another one with no brakes but the hand brake works..

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It is so futuristic...

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No doubt Charley, looks very nice, brand new looking. https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...iggthumpup.gif

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Grill has like a hardened coating of wax on it.

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Has a soft top that just needs a little TLC.

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Those coupes look really good in that yellow.

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Was a power top car. The top switch is still under the dash.

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Check out the throttle linkage and Generator driven tach

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Charley,

Awesome story and really neat cars. Congratulations. From the looks of the first three digits of the license plate on the '56, it looks like it was registered in the Santa Barbara area in '67.

-Jon

1967 Z28 street car
1967 Z28 Trans Am race car
1967 Z28 Registry

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This story just gets better and better. The '56 looks great with the owl crap washed off. Keep the photos coming!

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Interior is not bad.

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Right after it came out of the Barn.

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Cool pic of the yellow car in front of a Wisteria in Bloom.

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Charlie,

-----That 67 came out seriously nice.
-----The fossil(what we call 56 to 62s)obviously has had a few owner mods along the way,like so many Corvettes of the era. I noticed the tail-lights and the lack of exhaust ports along with other stuff,but nothing really serious. If you need "fossil" stuff call my buddy,Joe Calcagno(831-475-4442). He lives just outside Santa Cruz and is THE 56-62 expert on the west coast. He will have almost any fossil part you can think of and usually has anywhere from 5 to 10 cars laying around. He is also a straight shooter and a good,good friend.............Bill S