The Abandoned Corvette

I stumbled upon a circa 1970-71 Chevrolet Corvette Stringray, abandoned on the side of a road in Kentucky.






I stumbled upon a circa 1970-71 Chevrolet Corvette Stringray, abandoned on the side of a road in Kentucky.

The local rumors say that it was bought for a young man who was tragically killed in the Vietnam War. The car was then passed down to his brother, who also lost his life in the conflict. The parents, heartbroken by the loss of their sons, never moved the car and even left the house abandoned out of love for their boys. They, too, have since passed away.

More realistic is the story passed down from Mr. Dixon, a reader of Abandoned. After a dispute with the insurance company over underpayment regarding damage on the passenger side quarter panel, the owner parked it.

The Chevrolet Corvette C3, also known as the “Shark Generation,” was produced from 1968 to 1982. This iconic sports car featured sleek, aerodynamic lines that resembled a shark, earning it its nickname.






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Oh this is just a popular urban legend. It’s not true. I’ve seen variations of this story for a decade or more.

Is the car still just sitting there and if socan it be bought and restored. I bought one just like it in 1995 And wrecked it three weeks later. I still have it but that was the only 3 weeks I got to drive it

It’s sits there because of a dispute with the insurance company. You can see the damage on the passenger side quarter panel. A cantankerous gentleman nickname, Peach Seed parked it after the underpayment and that’s where it’s sits.

At least it’s a real car. Growing up in West Virginia in the 1960s; there was always an urban legend about a Corvette sitting “in Ohio”. The story was that the driver had died in the car and the smell was so bad that no one could get near the car. It was there for the taking, if you could stand the smell. And, of course, there was an answer to every idea someone would come up with.

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