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The first time Deaner Probst saw his Corvette “sedan delivery,” it was covered in snow behind a shed that had once been its home.
“To be honest with you, I didn’t know what it was,” says the Jefferson, Wis., antiques dealer. “The snow had drifted against the side of the shed and over the top of the car.”
After that, the car disappeared. The owners moved it into the shed just before one end of the building collapsed. Luckily, the car was parked in the other end. When Jack Bender of Jack’s Auto Ranch in Watertown told Probst the car was still there, he decided to look at it once winter ended.
Probst went back in the spring and found the front end of the Corvette sticking out of the shed. The car was absolutely filthy, full of mice and it stunk. The wheels were corroded, the tires were shot and the exhaust pipe had rusted right off.
“It had custom graphics on the body,” Probst recalls. “So I thought it had to be something special that might be worth saving.”
Probst bought the car. “I felt sorry for it,” he admits. “And I also felt sorry for the people who had it.” The lady who owned the customized 1968 Corvette kammback really had no idea what to do with it. She had called many people to examine the car and none of them wanted it because it was modified and looked terribly rundown.
“You couldn’t easily see the graphics,” Probst recalls. “It was so dirty from just sitting in the old shed.”
Probst dragged the car to his Jefferson home “like some kid who brings a sick dog home.” He soon had it running down the road and found it to be a great driving car. He’s also shown it at several collector car venues and it drew attention.
The Corvette — which Probst calls a “sedan delivery” — has a customized roofline that extends to the rear of the car, making it into a kammback coupe or kind of a “Corvette station wagon.” Under the hood is a 350-hp/327-cid V-8 that’s linked to a four-speed manual transmission and a Positraction rear axle.
read more: https://www.oldcarsweekly.com/car-of-the-week/car-of-the-week-1968-chevrolet-corvette-custom
The first time Deaner Probst saw his Corvette “sedan delivery,” it was covered in snow behind a shed that had once been its home.
“To be honest with you, I didn’t know what it was,” says the Jefferson, Wis., antiques dealer. “The snow had drifted against the side of the shed and over the top of the car.”
After that, the car disappeared. The owners moved it into the shed just before one end of the building collapsed. Luckily, the car was parked in the other end. When Jack Bender of Jack’s Auto Ranch in Watertown told Probst the car was still there, he decided to look at it once winter ended.
Probst went back in the spring and found the front end of the Corvette sticking out of the shed. The car was absolutely filthy, full of mice and it stunk. The wheels were corroded, the tires were shot and the exhaust pipe had rusted right off.
“It had custom graphics on the body,” Probst recalls. “So I thought it had to be something special that might be worth saving.”
Probst bought the car. “I felt sorry for it,” he admits. “And I also felt sorry for the people who had it.” The lady who owned the customized 1968 Corvette kammback really had no idea what to do with it. She had called many people to examine the car and none of them wanted it because it was modified and looked terribly rundown.
“You couldn’t easily see the graphics,” Probst recalls. “It was so dirty from just sitting in the old shed.”
Probst dragged the car to his Jefferson home “like some kid who brings a sick dog home.” He soon had it running down the road and found it to be a great driving car. He’s also shown it at several collector car venues and it drew attention.
The Corvette — which Probst calls a “sedan delivery” — has a customized roofline that extends to the rear of the car, making it into a kammback coupe or kind of a “Corvette station wagon.” Under the hood is a 350-hp/327-cid V-8 that’s linked to a four-speed manual transmission and a Positraction rear axle.
read more: https://www.oldcarsweekly.com/car-of-the-week/car-of-the-week-1968-chevrolet-corvette-custom
