Vietnam Vet's Vette - $675,000 Inheritance
Call it the mystery of the missing dimple. It was a $600,000 question for an Illinois man who inherited his father's 1967 marina blue Corvette Stingray. The mystery is solved in the latest installment of the FOX Business Network series Strange Inheritance with Jamie Colby. The episode premieres Monday, Jan. 29, at 9 p.m. ET.
Corvettes made in 1967 are especially coveted by collectors, because Chevrolet changed the car's body style in 1968. A fiberglass dimple, about the size of the tip of a ballpoint pen, is found under the hood.
Original mint condition '67 Vettes can fetch $500,000 or more at auction. But if the dimple is gone, it suggests the car has undergone major body work, said David Burroughs, an automobile authentication expert.
Matt Litavsky, however, knew his father's Corvette, with only 8,000 miles on it, was truly in mint condition - a "vault find" in car collecting parlance. Because there was a story behind his strange inheritance.
Turns out, his father Keith loved Corvettes, and when he went to fight in Vietnam, he made himself a deal: If he got back alive, he'd buy himself his dream car. So he banked his combat pay, and when he did come home, the marina blue Stingray awaited him.
Source: Krysia Lenzo - Fox Business Report