Auto Know: Show time!

By JEFF MELNYCHUK
Wheelbase Communications

The answer was absurd, but the man behind the wheel of the pristine 1963 Corvette was dead serious.

“Well, I thought I might want to buy it, so I’m trying it out.” Despite the usual paper signs in the window, “Do not touch this car unless you are naked,” the gentleman was certain that the words were meant for everyone else but him.

Without anyone noticing at the local car show, he opened the door and slipped into the freshly restored machine worth an estimated $90,000. It’s unusual behavior, to say the least, but it’s the type of incident that has many people who display their cars at shows rightly paranoid, especially with escalating costs of vehicles. (more…)