Hostage: new Corvette '23 spent locked up ... Bashny.Net

In December 1989, at the dealership showroom in San Diego he was made bandit raid. In addition to revenue, the robbers brought with them a brand-new red Corvette C4 worth 39,471 USD - 5, 7-liter V8, the latest at the time the 6-speed manual ZF to, and amazing endless hood, from which floated retractable headlights. Sell ​​wheelbarrow in hot pursuit, they did not dare - it was too noticeable - and made some respectable but weak-willed citizen to take a sports car for temporary storage.

After that, the gang disappeared from his life forever. Whether planted bandits if they were forced to flee the United States or just somehow forgot about the production - nobody knows. However, frightened citizens to continue paying for the box in the warehouse complex, which contained a stolen Corvette, still long for 23 years. The most conservative estimate, he paid for the storage of more than 70 000 dollars! proof





But this year, the poor fellow-concealer finally took courage and surrendered to police. After so many years did not punish him, the dealer from the old quarter of a century ago, the car refused (especially that long ago got him insurance), and perfectly preserved, "Corvette" with 108 kilometers on the odometer auctioned. The winner was Mike Robertson of Newport, offered for a sports car ... exactly as much as it cost in 1989.



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