Mystery Corvette in strange color emerges from abandoned Missisippi property after over 40 years
- Two abandoned 1976 Corvette models were stuck in a US house
- The pair had been sitting there for around 40 years
- One of them is finished in the rarest shade for their production year
Published on Nov 03, 2024 at 2:00 AM (UTC+4)
by Amelia Jean Hershman-Jones
Last updated on Oct 29, 2024 at 9:35 PM (UTC+4)
Edited by
Tom Wood
A challenging car rescue in Port Gibson, Mississippi, in the same US, saw two abandoned 1976 Corvette models reportedly stuck in a house.
The pair had been sitting there for around 40 years.
The crew gathered saws and forklifts to help finally get them out.
One of them is finished in a shade of ‘Pennant Blue’ – the rarest shade for that year.
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The abandoned Corvette
As well as the tools necessary, Dennis Collins and his team also sought help from locals to assess the site.
Despite the ‘frame looking good’, it wasn’t going to be an easy task to get them out without keys or functioning tires.
However, they anticipated that their efforts would be worth it for one of the cars alone.
“We might be really lucky,” Dennis enthused.
“The rarest color for this year of Corvette is Pennant Blue – and it’s Pennant Blue in there – look at that,” he said, shining his torch under the car with a thumbs up to camera.
“I’m not paying you anymore,” he quipped to the owner.
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The extraction
The team surmised that they would need to ‘cut some branches and trees’ first in order to get in and forklift the vehicles out.
After jacking up the cars and putting some much-needed air into the tires, the team successfully extracted one Corvette using the forklift and believed that, without it, they’d have ‘never’ got the blue car out.
They are excited to discover that it’s in pretty good condition.
“These early cars have become very popular for resto-mods [modernizing classic cars while retaining their vintage charm],” Collins enthuses.
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