With the internet saturated with barn finds, you’d think there aren’t any old abandoned classics left in the world. Yet every day, a new video of a car being pulled out of a garage arrives on YouTube. This latest find, a C3 Corvette with just 1,599 miles on the odometer, has been dormant for 45 years. Now he’s finally getting the love he deserves.
The team at the WD Detailing YouTube channel had their work cut out for them with this extraction. In exchange for access to the car, the team had to help replace the garage doors while keeping it hidden, a task that took all day, given that they were covered in vegetation and vines.
Once the team returns to their warehouse, cleaning can begin. While most dirt comes off with a little soap and a pressure washer, bumpers are more difficult to clean. Corvette enthusiasts will know that these parts were made from plastic rather than metal or fiberglass, and the folks at WD Detailing suspect that they absorbed more dirt through thermal cycling than the rest of the panels. Nothing a stiff brush and a little elbow grease can’t fix.
Whoever stored this Corvette smartly decided to leave the doors and windows closed, thus isolating the cabin from outside air. The result is a bright red leather interior that looks almost like new. That didn’t stop mice from getting inside, making nests and leaving droppings in their wake. A vacuum and a thorough cleaning was enough for the cabin to shine like it did almost 50 years ago.
Thanks to the hard work of WD Detailing, this ’78 Corvette looks as good as it did when it left the showroom. Hopefully the owner will take steps to repair it mechanically and get it back on the road.
With the internet saturated with barn finds, you’d think there aren’t any old abandoned classics left in the world. Yet every day, a new video of a car being pulled out of a garage arrives on YouTube. This latest find, a C3 Corvette with just 1,599 miles on the odometer, has been dormant for 45 years. Now he’s finally getting the love he deserves.
The team at the WD Detailing YouTube channel had their work cut out for them with this extraction. In exchange for access to the car, the team had to help replace the garage doors while keeping it hidden, a task that took all day, given that they were covered in vegetation and vines.
Once the team returns to their warehouse, cleaning can begin. While most dirt comes off with a little soap and a pressure washer, bumpers are more difficult to clean. Corvette enthusiasts will know that these parts were made from plastic rather than metal or fiberglass, and the folks at WD Detailing suspect that they absorbed more dirt through thermal cycling than the rest of the panels. Nothing a stiff brush and a little elbow grease can’t fix.
Whoever stored this Corvette smartly decided to leave the doors and windows closed, thus isolating the cabin from outside air. The result is a bright red leather interior that looks almost like new. That didn’t stop mice from getting inside, making nests and leaving droppings in their wake. A vacuum and a thorough cleaning was enough for the cabin to shine like it did almost 50 years ago.
Thanks to the hard work of WD Detailing, this ’78 Corvette looks as good as it did when it left the showroom. Hopefully the owner will take steps to repair it mechanically and get it back on the road.