Without pictures I wouldn't believe this story myself. I bought 2 280Z 5 speed transmissions from a guy in a small central GA town for a song. When I went to pick them up he told me about a 71Z sitting in the yard of an abandoned house.I asked him about looking at it he hesitated and said it was behind a fence and we couldn't see it. After I assured him all I needed to know was where it was we WOULD be able to see it he took me to the house. On the way he told me the man that owned the house use to sell old surplus army jeeps still in the crates and still had some there.I remember the ads in the back of old magazines that said they had surplus jeeps for 500 dollars since I could read and knew this was a myth,but I didn't say anything. When we got to this house it was pitch dark so we had to use a flashlight to see anything. As we got out of the truck I couldn't believe what I saw. Sitting in the front yard of this old house was 5 old jeeps sitting there with parts for several more plus 3 military trailers laying there. I was shocked. We started around the side of the house with the flashlight when I could barely see the back of a 240Z. It was in the middle of a big patch of weeds,vines and small trees. It took a few minutes to make our way to reach it but there it was a 1971 240Z. It was in pretty rough shape but when I opened the door most of the interier was still there. I popped the hood and saw everything was still under the hood including a set of hedders and other high performace parts. I looked at the head and it was an E-33. Ater a few minutes we turned to look around and about 20 ft away was another 71 240Z. I new then we had hit paydirt. It to was in the middle of a patch of thickets and underbrush. We made our way to it and found it to be in the same shape. It was pretty rusty but most of the interier was there. Under the hood was the same story, headers and twin webers. There was a few other mods and it had an E-88 head on it.I was ecstatic. After we got over the shock we looked around and damn there was anouther 71 240Z about 15ft away. Same story,built motor except it had a 4 bbl holly on it. same E-88 head. What can I say. We were blown away. I could not stop grinning. I had thought this only happens to other people. I couldn,t wait to find the man that let this sit here according to the plates for 16 years. We started back to the truck around the other way to avoid the brush when we found a small carport.there was a tarp covering another car. I thought I can't believe this s#*t another Z car? Nope it was a 1958 fuel injected corvette.I thought I was dreaming. This don't happen. We looked inside and out. It was all there. it was dirty but fiberglass doesnt rust. I couldn't stand it. I had to figure out where the man was that owned these cars.We made it back out to the truck and I sped home about an hour from there. When I got home I called a few friends and told them about my find. As I expected they said yeh right. I didn't sleep good that night and got up early and went back down there to take pictures. When I got there I was still in disbelief myself until I got the first picture. I took pictures of the jeeps then each z car then the vette. I was still grinning in amazement thinking it can't possibly get any better than this when I looked over next to me and there it was a 1968 SS327 camaro. It was in all original condition except for the traction bars on it. What can I say. I was shocked. I stood there laughing. This had to be a dream. Nobody drives off and leaves this kind of cars just sitting there. I was in to much shock to think straight so I took my pictures and headed back home to figure out what I was going next.I had to find whoever owned these cars.I have posted a few of the pictures here to show this is not a fish story. If anybody is interested I will post more pictures and tell how my quest is coming.

what happened to this thread?? I am dying to hear how it ended! (maybe someone else died trying to get to the end?).

Astro

I think it happened, he got shotROFL

so the old guy finally knew how to reach his abandoned property and found owr fellow (onuthin) screwing arround there and here he is.. a nother victim mext to the vette:dead:

I wouldn't let any one come close to a corvette like this one! I would even come out from my grave if it requiresLOL

Hey O

Give us some more!!

SB

I'll onuthin a call next week and try to get an update. I think the old fella's wife didn't want to let the cars go or something like that. onuthin is still eyeballing it hard though.

I believe it is what it is (great find) ...or ......whatever .....there are little pockets of jewels out there ifn your willin to go find dem

71safarigoldz

:pirate: I believe it is what it is (great find) ...or ......whatever .....there are little pockets of jewels out there ifn your willin to go find dem

71safarigoldz\\ps it all most sounds like a Christmas story....and then in the shadows out in the night flew

8 shiny z,s one with a light...ect,ect...whatever

not that I dought the find...wish I was there

Wow, sounds like you found a gold mind! Keep us updated on this!

Haven't heard from Ronnie in quite some time. Was dealing with him on some seat belts and he just disappeared. Hope all is well with him.

I heard from Ronnie a couple of weeks ago. He moved to the boonies where he has no broadband, so he doesn't check the club site much anymore. But otherwise all seems well.

Yes, it's been almost 10 months to the day since we last heard from him on this. I hate to see cars of this caliber sit and rust away into oblivion. What a waste. I wonder how many hidden gems like this are hidden across the country. It's absolutely senseless.

I have moved and it has hampered me from a lot of post plus I have been busy. I heard the fellow was a real psyco from the people that lived near where the cars were.I heard he had tried to kill someone that went on his property and even tried to kill his own father.His father died and left him a fortune including the property where the cars are. I was told he bought a bunch of land out in the woods and lived in a little shack with no water or electric and drove an old ford crown vic.My wife asked me to stay away from him and forget about it.NO WAY. I kept on until I traced his place down and sure enough it was way ouy in the middle of nowhere.It had a dirt road that disappeared into the woods with a chain across it and a bunch of no tresspassing signs all over.It was dark when I found it so I left a note asking him to call me.I never heard from him so I went to the courthouse and got his real name and address.I went to his house and found it was all just rumor how bad he was. He lived in a neighborhood where the houses start at about 400,000. He wasn't home but I met his wife and asked her about the cars. She was as nice as she could be and told me she had been trying to get him to clean up that property accross town.She said she would ask him if I could clean it up for the cars. After a day or so I called back and she said he didn,t want fool with the place right then but would let me know.I called her every several weeks or so but kept getting the same answer maybe later. My wife washed my billfold and I didn,t have the number so last week I drove back to his house and he was outside washing his car.I told him who I was and that I was real interested in the cars,Without turning around he said he had just give them to a guy if he would clean up the property.Iasked him if the guy would sell any of them and he said he would ask and he walked back into the house.I have been depressed ever since and still find my eyes watering up once in a while but I don,t know what I could have done different.When I first wrote about the cars I didn,t want to mention How crazy the man was supposed to be or how mean because it was rumor. He seemed ok when I met him I guess he just didn,t need the money.

Wow, thanks for the update! It sounds to me that you did all that you could, and the guy who you spoke to who owned these cars really didn't know what he had in terms of value and what these cars are worth. In any case, quite a story!