I'm sure most of you have heard of this site before, but for those of you who haven't and you'd really like to depress yourself, then go check out carsinbarns.com ..........it hurts  

It does hurt, I've checked it out myself. But what hurts worse is I've seen lots of cars like this in person over the years. ever seen a ram air Judge rotting into the ground? Now THAT has an impact you won't forget. For you Chevy guys, I've also seen a twisted, rotting 454 SS Chevelle.  

My cousin Jason got a 69 Corvette for 500 bucks from a barn in Michigan with like 500 miles on it.  They had let it sit since 1970 and he bought it in like 94.  It's amaizing that people do that stuff although it leaves finds for future carcrafters well at least the ones that don't rust to peices.  

I signed up just to call BS on this story.  My 98-year-old great Grandmother knows a '69 Corvette with 500 miles on it is worth more than her house.   

I'm glad you sighned up but it's not BS he is located in travers city michigan the front clip is cracked to pieces it is a gold 427 4 speed car. That I want to strip very bad it would be a nice drive train for my car, so no it's not BS on the HRM board there has been talk of people paying to have corvettes hauled off and the 69 was notorious for very poor build quality even though sharing the C2 frame and begining the C3 body.  But it is still under a thousand miles ten years later as he has several vetts and plans on someday restoring it unless I get to strip it because corvetts are barbie cars and only A holes and Girls drive them.  

a 69 vette, 427 4speed? with 500 miles? for $500 bux? BSBSBSBSBSBSBSBSBSBSBS

No one has ever paid to have a 500-mile big-block Corvette hauled off, no matter the condition.  A ragged out '77?  Maybe, but I doubt it. 

Lemme guess:  A guy bought it before he went to Vietnam.  He got killed over there, so the guy's Mom held on to it.  She finally decided to get rid of it, and advertised it as a "1969 Chevy.  Doesn't run."  OOOOOOOOOOOKKKKKKKKKKKKKK, whatever.  HHHHHHHAAAAAAAAhahahahahahaha.

I didn't say the one payed to be hauled off was a 69 itwas a c3 not sure of the year it is in a thread on the HRM board.  As far as my cousins I don't really care if you beleive me I know it's not BS and have offered many times to give him what he payed and he refuses as would any one in there right mind.  I would really like the motor for my Chevelle which was a 500 dollar car as well.  Though in no where near as good of shape or as low of miles.  Fact is deals are out there weather you care to admit it or not and even with modern media some people still do not know or care what they have.  Especially some in rural comunities or that have orders for overseas which was how I got mine for 500.  Oh and it did run just fine it wasn't wrecked till the day he picked it up and hit a tree dropping the clutch unaware of how much Tq it had.  I rode with him that day and have since been sold on the 427 over larger displacement motors.  I'm sorry you don't catch good deals but calling bs when you have not been present for the transaction is bs, so think what you will I know the reality.  

Lemme guess:  A guy bought it before he went to Vietnam.  He got killed over there, so the guy's Mom held on to it.  She finally decided to get rid of it, and advertised it as a "1969 Chevy.  Doesn't run."  OOOOOOOOOOOKKKKKKKKKKKKKK, whatever.  HHHHHHHAAAAAAAAhahahahahahaha

Wow, we experienced a story like that-

@ 1987 A tow truck driver was telling us about a Chevy muscle car that was on flat tires and in the driveway for years. We went over there to look at it and it was a 69 Camaro with a 12 bolt and auto. We ask the lady how much and she said $1500. We bought it, the lady told us her son raced it alot and she put all the piece that went with it into the truck. She told us her son was killed in Vietnam, and she did not know how to start it and it sat in the driveway some 17 years+. She didn't have the heart to sell it, and people stopped asking if it was for sale, but it was time to move on and that's why she sold it to us when we asked. It turn out to be a low miles Z/28 and the 4spd was in the trunk with other parts like the valve covers. We got it running and put the 4spd back in it. We were offered $6500 and sold it.

2nd Z/28 story @ the same time. A friend of mine was trying to sell a 68 mini tubbed Dart. At that time Darts were not worth a lot except to a Mopar guy, and he was having trouble selling it. I was interested in the car so I traded him a 305 TPI motor for it. (TPI's were the lastest thing) While driving the Dart some guy wave me down off the freeway from another car. I stopped and talk to him, he told me that was his uncles car and if it was for sale. I told him maybe for @ $2500. We drove to his uncle shop and he confimed it was his car. He told his uncle that if he would buy his Camaro project, then with that money he could buy this car. I said I might be interested in the project car, let's take a look at it. The car had no motor, no tranny, no interior, but was freshly painted orange with black strips. I look at the tag and it was a Norwood car X33. We had a deal. He dropped the car off and found that I had several early Camaro's and knew what I just bought, a Z/28. I had the car for less than a month and this guy came over to look at it, seems he bought a Z/28 that was a fake, but a good fake. He was interested in the body to transfer all his parts over too. He gave me $5000 for the car. My buddy who had traded me the car could not believe my fortune and cussed me out and ask why it could not happen to him.

These stories were real common in the 80's but are not to common today. I have many that happen to me due to dealing with a lot of Camaro's over the years. Now here is a recent story-

I am working with this guy for 3 months, and he tells me that his dad use to have this 69 Firebird that he raced with a BBC. He had been looking for it for some time, like 13 years. I told him I had a 69 Firebird but it was not for sale. One day he mentions that on the front fender was written "FireRat". I ask him what was written, and I told him that car was sitting in my back yard for @ 7 years and I had not touched it since I got it, it was project 400 of 1000. ( I got more projects than I have life times) I told him I really don't want to sell it, got it in a trade and don't know how much I would want for it. He ask me again, and I ask him how much did your dad sell for, he said $2000, I told him give me $2000 and pick it up this weekend before I change my mind. He bought the car site un seen, and a friend of his said I was full of BS and just said that it was his dad's old car just to sell him a car. He came and got the car. It was his dad's car and it was in the same shape it was when his dad sold it. He brought it home and put it in the garage and closed the door, called his dad over and said he had a surpize. His dad could not believe it. They are currently restoring it to the race trim it was back when his dad raced it. What comes around goes around.

cool stories.  Wish something like that would happen to me.

I realize that every once in a great while, strange things happen.  But for every one of those real incidents, there are 10,000 stories that are wishful thinking.  I'm going to look at a '54 Chevy tomorrow that I saw on craigslist.com.  The ad said it was a 2-seat convertible made out of fiberglass, but they didn't know anything else about it.  I'm hoping I can get 'em to come off the $250 asking price down to about $110 CASH. 

:-)

Your funny.  The seller has way to much info for that to be beleivable.  When Jason found his the add just said old Chevy 500$.  If they know it's fiberglass and have it listed in a national publication well if your not pulling my leg I wish you luck even though it would be a six cylinder car with poor ride quality it would look far better than any corvette produced after 68.  It sucks they only have two seats it makes them compleatly worthless to me just like anything faster than 12's.

yeah the site makes me sick too, and I know where too many cars like this are......but, just for the record, if you would strip an original 500 mile 427 corvette to put the motor and trans in a heap of a chevelle you're insane.......but back to my story...... I personally know where no less than 5 70-71 chevelles are sitting and rotting away ( have been for years) they sit right beside of a 40,000 mile LS6 chevelle ( rotting to the ground ) won't sell..... I know of a 70 superbee 440 4 speed car.....rotting to the ground.....won't sell and way too many others just like it.....I did however manage to save a 79 anniversary Trans Am that had been sitting since the late 80's . Got the car for 200 bucks....and the body is in great shape. Start restoring in spring....  

Awesome on saving the Bird my dad had an aniversary edition for a while He let me drive it twice but we lived on gravel so the second time got my privelages to that car revoked.  Good luck with that it is sad some of the things people wont come off of but there are always estate sales.  Oh and hes probably not going to let me get my hands on it to make it happen although in 69 they didn't specify motor just v8 so I could go do factory apearing drags was the whole thought on that.

i know a guy that followed an ad like that once. the ad said "1964 Dodge, Hasn't run in years." we went just to see and we brought my tool box and a chilton's. when we got there the guy wanted 500 so we looked at the car. it turned out to be a polara, forest green with a white interior and a four speed. this got me thinking and i took a wire brush and some carb cleaner to the vin plate and it turned out to be an old A990 factory drag car with the 426 max wedge. needless to say we paid the guy his 500 and trailered the car home. all it needed were rings, plugs, cap, rotor, and wires and it was running. my friend plans to do a full resto but for now he doesnt have the time.