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VIN 194370S410366


   
Car Year: 1970
Car's approximate birthday: May 28, 1970
 
Owner: Nesher Asner
City: Rockford
State: Illinois
Country: United States
 
Purchase date: 10/11/2013
Status: Current Owner
 
Nickname: NGA 197- Coupe
State: Restored
 
Exterior: 974 Monza Red
Interior: 403 Black (Leather)
Softtop: Other Color
Wheels: Silver (100.00%)
 
Delivery Dealer Zone: Unknown
Delivery Dealer Code: Unknown
 
Options: RPO Option Percentage
Sold [%]
Sales Price
[$]
  19437 Base Corvette Sport Coupe (300hp) 61.61% 5,192.00
  C60 Air Conditioning 38.46% 447.65
  M21 4-Speed Manual Transmission, close ratio 25.31% 0.00
  N40 Power Steering 68.76% 105.35
  Total   0.000198670723577%
(1 Cars)
5,745.00
 
Factory job nr.: Unknown
Export Car: Non Export Car
Engine details: 350cdi, 300HP
Other details: Original matching numbers engine/drivetrain.
Repainted Monza red, was white
 
Car history:
From the initial restorer:

The story began in 1970 when a young bride and groom in Fairfield, Illinois bought a NEW 1970 Corvette for their wedding and subsequent honeymoon. They left the church that night and drove to Lake Louise in Bannf, Alberta Ca. Honeymooned there and then off to California to see the beaches they had always heard of, and maybe see the Beach Boys singing in concert. This was their car, their vessel, to travel Route 66 and live the American Dream . Life was good for the next 10 years. She taught high school and he managed a construction co. In 1980 he was killed in a construction accident, & she parked that car in the garage at their house, and it never moved again for 30 years.

Over the next 30 years, a constant stream of hopeful buyers went to her door trying to buy the car, but she could not part with it (way too many memories). A nephew of hers finally got title to the car in 2011..Being a prior customer of Ethan's (our stellar shop manager and Corvette restoration guru and car lover), He came and offered it to us in September 2012, the garage space was needed for someone else. She was selling the house and retiring to somewhere warm.

Realizing that he did not have the resources to do anything with the car, he offered it to us and we accepted. The car though was still in the garage with 4 flat 1970's bias belt tires, frozen brake calipers, no battery and a worthless fuel tank. As we were loading it onto the trailer, a 40-ish policeman pulled up and said: You know you are breaking a hundred hearts of guys who tried to buy this car, including myself. In talking with him I learned he was the neighbor boy whom had tried to buy it since he was 16, but the owner(the wife) did not want to see it driving around her home town because of the memories ( he validated the story that the nephew had told us).

We paid a handsome price for it , but it is a 4spd, air-conditioned 1970 Corvette with the factory drop out and store rear window. Let the restoration begin..Wayne (our head wrench) installed 4 new brake calipers, new fuel tank, new freeze plugs, thermostat, flushed the cooling system 4 times, changed all other fluids,rebuilt the original starter, added a new battery, installed 4 late model radial tires, etc etc etc.. THEN THE MOMENT OF TRUTH - depress the clutch (safety feature in 1970) turn the key and VOILA - THE VETTE starts and runs excellent. A fabulous resurrection.

I drove it through the parking lot and down Apple Shed Road and back, everything was on the path to a fabulous restoration of the rarest of the chrome bumper c-3 models, the 1970 model (lowest production year due to the 6 month strike at the Corvette plant)
 
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