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A 1967 “Barn Find” Corvette Recovered

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This 1967 Corvette was purchased new by XXX Shank in 1967.

This 1967 Corvette Has a Story That’s Almost As Cool As the Car Itself!

If you’re a car aficionado than you’ve probably dreamed of finding a rare, one-of-a-kind classic automobile buried in the back of a barn, or in a field behind someone’s house.  For many of us in the collector’s car community, it’s a “Holy Grail” of sorts.  To find a low mileage, all-original, numbers-matching car from decades long past would be a pretty uncommon event.  But when it’s a rare, 1967 Chevrolet Corvette – its something truly remarkable!

This 1967 Corvette was purchased new by Larry Shank in 1967.

This 1967 Corvette – a convertible – was originally ordered and purchased new by Larry Shank, operator of his family-owned Shank Farms in Hagerstown, Maryland.  Shanks purchased the car from Hoffman Chevrolet, also of Hagerstown, in 1967.

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