SIR WHY ARE PLATE OFF THIS CORVETTE

SIR WHY ARE PLATE OFF THIS CORVETTE BECAUSE A A BUYER IS COMING FOR IT TODAY YOU'RE SELLING IT LIKE THIS $5,000 I JUST FOR A 59 CORVETTE PLEASE DON'T SELL IT YET THEN I'M REALLY SELLING I'M REALLY SELLING THIS 1959 CHEVROLET CORVETTE C1 HAD BEEN SITTING THAN 16 YEARS WHEN I FOUND 83 YEAR OLD KNEELING BEHIND IT WITH A SCREWDRIVER REMOVING THE LICENSE GEORGE TOLD ME A BUYER WAS COMING THAT AFTERNOON HE HAD AGREED CORVETTE FOR JUST $5,000 PLATE WAS THE ONLY THING HE PLANNED TO KEEP BEFORE I SHOW WAS WILLING TO LET A 59 THAT LITTLE TELL ME FROM I'D LOVE TO GEORGE'S STORY REACHES THE CORVETTE FOR BUT 16 YEARS IT AFTER A MECHANICAL PROBLEM EXPECTING TO REPAIR IT SOMEDAY BEGAN NEEDING DAILY AND THE CAR BECAME THE LAST MIND YEARS PASSED THEIR SAVINGS WENT LIVING AND CARE EXPENSES AND THE CORVETTE STAYED OUTSIDE AFTER HIS WIFE PASSED AWAY GEORGE COULDN'T HIMSELF TO TOUCH EVENTUALLY MAINTAINING THE HOUSE BECAME TOO MUCH FOR HIM AND HE DECIDED TO MOVE CLOSER TO HIS DAUGHTER THE CORVETTE HAD SEVERAL PEOPLE WALKED AWAY AFTER SEEING ITS CONDITION UNTIL ONE BUYER OFFERED $5,000 AND PROMISED TO REMOVE IT IMMEDIATELY GEORGE NEEDED THE PROBLEM SOLVED SO HE ACCEPTED WAS REMOVING THE PLATE WHEN I FOUND HIM UP CLOSE NEGLECT HAD ALMOST ERASED THE CORVETTE THICK DIRT COVERED THE BODY SO THAT ITS COLOR WAS BARELY VISIBLE UNDERNEATH WAS AN OLDER RED REPAINT HEAVILY OXIDIZED AND IMPERFECT THE INTERIOR WAS BURIED IN DIRT WITH RODENT NESTS AND YEARS OF CONTAMINATION AND INSIDE THE TRUNK THE SOFT TOP HAD BECOME BRITTLE ALONG THE SEAMS UNDER THE HOOD SAT THE 283 CUBIC INCH V8 AND FOUR SPEED MANUAL TRANSMISSION OF GRIME WHETHER THE ENGINE HAD COMPRESSION OR WAS EVEN FREE SO THERE WAS WAS GOING TO RISK STARTING IT INSPECTED IT I ASKED GEORGE LONG ENOUGH FOR ME TO SHOW UNDERNEATH ALL THAT NEGLECT WE WASHED AWAY YEARS OF PACKED CLEANED THE WHEELS AND ENGINE BAY REMOVED THE RODENT CONTAMINATION VACUUMED AND SANITIZED THE CABIN AND TRUNK AND CAREFULLY CLEANED THE FRAGILE SOFT THEN WE POLISHED THE OXIDISED RED PAINT IT WASN'T A RESTORATION AND THE OLD REPAINT WAS FAR FROM PERFECT GLOSS RETURNED COMPLETELY DIFFERENT GEORGE WALKED OUTSIDE STOPPED BESIDE IT TO LET THAT GO FOR $5,000 HE SAID I THE CORVETTE STILL NEEDED A COMPLETE MECHANICAL INSPECTION AND POTENTIALLY A MAJOR OVERHAUL BUT NOW HE WASNT TRYING TO LOOKED ABANDONED AT A SURPRISINGLY COMPLETE 1959 CORVETTE C1 PROPER VALUATION GEORGE CANCELLED THE $5,000 DOLLAR DEAL AND ARRANGED TEMPORARY WITH HELP FROM HIS DAUGHTER TO SELL BECAUSE AT 83 HE DIDN'T WANT FULL RESTORATION BUT THIS TIME WHAT HE OWNED BEFORE ACCEPTING AN OFFER AND MAJOR COMPONENTS PROVED VISIBLE AND A NEW OWNER COMPLETES THE RESTORATION THINK THIS CORVETTE COULD BE WORTH $50,000 $75,000 $100,000 OR GEORGE PICKED UP THE OLD LICENSE PLATE THE CAR AND YOU HERE BEFORE I TOOK THIS THE LAST TIME YOUR OPINION WOULD YOU SELL THIS CORVETTE AS IT AND LET THE NEXT OWNER RESTORE OR SPEND THE THE RESTORATION FIRST PUT YOUR CHOICE AND YOUR ESTIMATED COMMENTS AND IF YOU BELIEVE GEORGE DESERVED ONE MORE CHANCE HE'D ALMOST GIVEN AWAY LEAVE A GOD BLESS GEORGE