Contemporary Corvette

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Ron has been a Corvette enthusiast all his life. His first one was a 1969 Convertible that he and his father Frank restored. Ron was so impressed with the way the car turned out, he decided to buy a few to repair and sell. Some of the cars he bought were totaled, so he broke them up for parts and sold them off one piece at a time. It turned out to be a lucrative profession. He then bought some land and began buying totaled Corvettes and selling them in parts. From there his interest and collection escalated to the display you see here. Inside the shop, Contemporary Corvette carries new parts still in GM wrappings. Walking through "Ron's Field of Broken Dreams" was like traversing a graveyard. The rows of endless Corvettes of all shapes, sizes, and demises were perfectly arranged. It's easy to detect on many of them that front clips, rear quarter panels, glass, brakes, etc., have been removed and perhaps returned to life in another Corvette. Mixed in with the semi-salvagable cars are several Corvettes that caught fire, one way or another. "More than half of them were intentionally set," Ron tells us. "Many of them were for insurance scams, while others were set by vengeful spouses. A red '85 Coupe was set ablaze by the owner's disgruntled wife. Apparently they were going through a bitter divorce, one thing led to another and she set fire to his "Vette." Not every car in the yard was set on fire, but they all have a story behind them...

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