This thread reminds me of a story about a Corvette in Maine. I'm foggy on the year, but there was a local supermarket chain named Sampson's (since gobbled up by the maw of Corporate America) The owner of the grocery chain had a late 50's Corvette encased in a cinderblock bldg with no windows, doors etc. The idea being to break down the wall some 25 years later. When said 25 years had elapsed the bldg was entered and the car was a shambles. Dry rot, rust you name it for lack of any kind of temp/humidity control or preservation methods. I can only wonder what a cur buried below ground will look like when disentombed.
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I remember that story BB. It made it's way around the old Corvette crowd hot and heavy about a decade ago. Wherever the hell is New Brunswick, ME is where the grocery store was. Owner was named Sampson or Simpson, forget which.
Car was a white 1954 that was sealed up in 1955 with with just over 2300 miles on it. Intstructions at the time were that it be unsealed in 2000. But the family eventually sold the store and the new owners didn't want the lost space. So in 1986 the car was unentombed and went to a daughter or son's place in Florida and, if you believe the story, staying in someone's house for another 10 years.
In the mid 90's a real shyster of a place called Pro Team Corvettes in Ohio bought the car. They kept it on display for awhile before eventually selling it. From the stories I heard of the car it had come out in surprisingly fair shape though. Dry rotted tires and hoses and lines and belts; the expected stuff. But cosmetically surprisingly not too bad off.
Somewhere I think I've got some pictures of the car as it was taken away from Florida. Didn't immediately find them when logging in to the house. But it'll be a surer look when I get home in a couple days. If there's anything there from the care being dug out in Maine I'll send them them to you.
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