Chevrolet Corvette 1962 dropped from car transporter (5 photos + 1 video)
According to one version, the owner of the car paid 111 thousand dollars for it, but did not have time to drive even a meter. 
1962 Chevrolet Corvette roadster fell off car transporter during unloading and received significant damage. video evidence the incident appeared on TikTok. The car in the video is very similar to Corvette, sold at the end of February at the Bring a Trailer online auction, The maximum bid then was $111,000.
The footage clearly shows how the car is moved along the platform car transporter, which at this time is lowered. The carrier puts under one of the roadster's wheels is a wheel chock, but, apparently, the slope of the platform was too strong. The car started rolling overcame the stop and fell to the asphalt.
Visible on the video and external damage received by the rarity. At least the fiberglass body panel in the rear part cracked and the front bumper collapsed. However, with a high degree of probability of the classic roadster, both the supporting frame and the chassis were hit Part. Whether the Corvette was insured is not specified.
If this is indeed the same car that left auction at the end of February (this is indicated by a number of external details), then until incident, he was almost in collectible condition. car completely restored in the 1990s, and now it required only small signs attention from the new owner. High quality restoration prove the two awards that the roadster received at the respective competitions. Corvette is equipped with a 5.4-liter V8 with 300 hp. With. in combination with 4-speed manual.
Such a serious gap in time between the completion of the transaction and fall from the car transporter can be explained by the protracted registration of the sale and long delivery. Auctioned Corvette was in South Carolina, and the incident took place in Florida. If the hypothesis is correct, then the new the owner of the rarity did not have time not only to ride on it, but even to sit down behind the wheel. 
