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    https://www.yahoo.com/news/barn-1955...150914884.html

    Originally posted by YahooNews

    Barn find 1955 Chevy Corvette hasn't seen daylight in 40 years




    Elizabeth Puckett
    AutoClassicsDecember 21, 2018
    Anyone who owns a rare classic car like a 1955 Corvette could tell you that car collectors are constantly trying to buy them up, and that’s the exact reason Bob Doucette put his 1955 Corvette into hiding — that, and wanting a safe place to preserve the car.

    Doucette has owned the car since his father gave it to him as a late graduation present in 1968. His dad was already a Corvette enthusiast who was fascinated by the cars since the model’s inception. When he bought the car for his son, it was somewhat of a gift to himself to have the car around.

    Before the car made its way to the Doucette family, it had the original V8 pulled out and replaced with a 283 bored to a 301 cubic inch engine with a Duntov camshaft. It was also the subject of an amateur restoration that never came full circle, so it was missing some trim throughout, the hood, and stone guards for the headlights.

    When it gained the attention of Doucette and his father, it was listed for sale for $600, so they picked it up and drove it the 60 miles back to their West Texas home from where they bought it. From there, the car was restored over the summer, and would get put to good use — the first 9-10 years after, it became Bob’s car, the Corvette was put on an autocross track, drag raced, and entered into car shows.

    The car is now parked (and covered in blankets and cloths) in the house Doucette was brought home from the hospital in — Doucette wanted to keep the car close to home, and keeps its location a secret from those who ask where the car has been for the last 20 years. He has become increasingly more nervous about the car over the years, going so far as boarding up the windows of the garage to keep people from being able to look in and see it.

    For the first time since putting it up, Doucette decided to peel back the several layers of cloth covering the car, finding small reminders of the car’s past as he does. After finally showing its face once again, Doucette admits that he wants to get it out and clean it up, but for now, Bob covered it back up with the layers of blankets.

    Due to its sentimental value, Doucette considers the classic Corvette to be a family heirloom, and selling it is completely out of the question.


    Last edited by John; 12-22-2018, 10:19 PM.
    2022, 2LT Elkhart Blue ..

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    Thank you again John !
    Last edited by Ssscooter66; 12-22-2018, 10:55 PM.
    2022, 2LT Elkhart Blue ..

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      Cool story...but ive got to ask......who here didnt say to themselves ...how old is that guy...? He said he was born in the 1950s....

      heck half of us were born in the 1950s...

      what the heck happened to that guy?

      he certainly has lived a good long life..

      i enjoyed the video...glad he drag raced it, auto x it...joined clubs with it...then in and around 1977 he stored it...

      almost never to see the light of day but by reading reviews on you tube...he decided to get it out and running again...

      good for bob...

      hope he gets another 2 or 3 decades of joy from driving it...or watching his kids or grand kids driving it...
      Last edited by JB; 12-23-2018, 12:27 AM.

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