This car dealer from Indiana put a Chevy Corvette up high in the sky in 1970 and after 26 years, he took it down.
Miraculously, after years of hiatus, a new Chevy was installed to mark the reopening of a car dealership.
The process of the Vette being hoisted up was posted online.
And let’s just say, it’s not for the faint-hearted
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Corvettes are classic American cars
America has produced some of the greatest cars of all time, and the Corvette is one of the best examples
Everybody knows about them, and lots of people have owned one during their lifetime.
In fact, did you know that there are over 5,000 unsold Corvettes sitting on US dealer lots and they’re going for 2020 prices?
Plus, the two $2.2 million supercars bought by the King of Morocco are masked Chevy Corvettes at heart.
But, just wait until you see what this man did to a Chevy.
The Chevy that high in the sky
As part of the promotion for his dealership, one man put a Vette where everyone could see it – on top of a pole.
The Corvette was actually lifted up into the air in 1970 when the Indiana-based dealership opened.
But, as the saying goes, all good things must come to an end. So the sky-high Chevy had to come down in 1996.
All was not lost, however.
The return of the sky-high Corvette
The Chevy once again regained its place on the pedestal when the dealership reopened.
This time, though, it’s under the ownership of a man who was present when the first Chevy went up, as his father owned the lot at the time.
Though it wasn’t his first go at putting a vehicle high in the sky, as he previously made a Dodge Viper fly, too.
Only this time, it was a 2012 Corvette that went soaring up in the clouds with the birds, using a a 200-foot crane to get the job done.
Taking to YouTube 99.5 WKDQ, he documented the process. But there’s a new feature this time around – the option to actually sit in the car.
With a donation, people can experience the floating Vette – with a harness on, natch.
It really is like something out of a film, that’s for sure.
The Corvette was born and bred in America
Yup, Corvette is as American as apple pie.
“In 1953, the first 300 were built by hand in Flint, Michigan, just after General Motors unveiled the Corvette as a ‘dream car’ in the Motorama show in New York’s Waldorf Astoria hotel,” so says the National Corvette Museum.
But production of the car was also a truly national affair. By 1954, the Vette had a new home in St Louis, where it stayed for nearly 30 years.
And from there, the plant moved to Bowling Green in Kentucky in 1981, where it remains to this day.
The Chevy was all in aid of promoting a used car business
All of this effort was for a very good cause though, promoting the dealership below it in style.
Because you wouldn’t put a Chevy on a pole for no reason, right? And, it certainly was an unmissable sight, advertising the dealership for miles around.
But, how does a car that high up stay clean? Well, supposedly, the car needs to be washed and waxed four times a year.
Take a look at the installation process below.
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