American Pickers: 1963 Corvette Gets Huge Offer | History

Robbie and I are in Ohio, Ron, our way to meet this guy named Larry, his father, Larry Sr., passed away recently, he has cars, he has gas, everything right up our alley. Hi Larry, how's he doing? My grandfather was a collector, he collected Indian artifacts and so we would go to auctions when I was a kid and then my father I grew up going to auctions with him to sell things at flea markets, yeah, collecting is in my blood, it's just in your genes, yeah, just kidding, right, oh man, here's a split window from

1963

. I mean, some people like their first year in '53, not me, '63, split window, that's the top of the mountain, it's the best, the most collectible, the most expensive I've ever gotten, is this a numbers matching car, the '64 I engines.

I know it's not the right engine I've been in working. I see I have the air filter and other things on, yeah, put the heater core on, so you gotta take the battery out, get out of there, this Corvette looks fast, Danny, it's still one of the most iconic cars in American

history

is as American as apple pie 340 horses looks like it's been sitting for a while look the whole mold has been repainted obviously whoever restored it painted it but this could be the original color it's the original call I know I'm I'm sure I can't blow up the window.

I remember the first time I saw one of these. He was 14 years old. There was a boy on the street who had one. Every time he saw him, he had a different girl. They, I know it has some cool options, it has power windows, okay, it's a 340 horsepower four speed engine, they only made 10,000 coupes and 63 to start the first year, they actually made a coupe, they are all convertibles until then, yes, it just needs a Very good details and a little mechanical for me. I mean, it will be like a daily driver since it doesn't have the original engine.

You know, that just reduces the cost a little bit because they had matching engine numbers on the car. you know it would be a little bit higher, but I'm not afraid of that, you know, I mean, like I said, you know you want to drive them, you don't want to just sit, you know, then they sit and rot. and then it

gets

moldy, that's right, yeah, this one has some issues, you know, how did it drive? I mean, the clutch is good, the transmission was good, the shifting was good, yeah, it all worked with brakes because sometimes when you let them sit, the brakes lock up, you know?

I have to price Lee, this has had no problems, so I'm trying to come up with a price that's realistic. Well, I have to ask Larry. There is something you would sell. I think about it a lot. I'll consider the controller. Know? Because it doesn't match the numbers, so I've been around these a bit. I think this car on the road would cost between 42 and 47 thousand. It would be at 37,000 because I have to put three to five into sending thousands, so I'm almost there, but it's worth it, you know, I'll be at 43,000 and I don't care, you know, I mean, once I fix it and all I want to say, there are buyers out there, oh yeah, my dad loved it. car I think it was probably one of his favorites I'll tell you what I'm going to throw I'm going to throw it out there 39,500 I mean, drop the sky, no, there were some requests, really, really, drop a lot, I mean.

It's at 60 in some cases it's like 35 it's a canyon money is so sentimental yeah I keep going up and up and up so Larry what do you mean? What is your price? I just think you know everything I've done. To get this, I had little kids at the time, so I built up my dad's collection, bought things, found things all the way, things are hauling things home miles in Hershey, here's my last 41 grand. I still think it's a little difficult, you know? I mean, I like to stay in the family now when you start putting family into it, there's no money that can buy it, so I could have said 90,000 for my son to drive it.

He has never driven anything with so much power. Well, I would like to pass on the passion that my sister, my father and I grew up with my children and I think the best way would be with the Stingray so that they could drive it and really feel the power behind it and catch people's eyes. I guess I will. I just have to go get my fly spray, okay, thanks, let's load up. It was great to be here at Larry's stories and look at Larry's father's collection at the end of the day. Frankie didn't get the car from him, but we got some good stuff.

I'll tell you what Larry's life is about, if things change, call me, I'll know, yeah, I just wasn't in the car, yeah, you got it, thanks, hey, good stories about your dad, seriously, it was very fun. I'm sure he was my dad, he would have gotten along great with Frank and Robby, he would have been breaking their balls, so Ohio, have a good day, I would have welcomed him with open arms because they have the same passion as him . Larry 41 five have a good day guys Thank you it's like an everyday treasure hunt I'm out there looking for rusty gold I'm looking for the unusual and impossible it's back roads it's searching through dumpsters its garbage markets it's the houses of the people