Digging Out A Barn Find 1954 Corvette - 1 of 145 Made In Red!!!!!
The first auction for the Larry Schroll estate is coming up on April 18th and it is being held at the York Fairgrounds so all of the vehicles need to be moved! Larry purchased this car in 1968 and it has been off the road ever since. The 54 Vette originally came stock with the "Blue Flame" Inline 6 but it now sports an Early Small Block Chevy V8. The Corvette is a very rare Sportsman Red that is reported to account for only 4% of the cars made in 1954. It was amazing helping the Schroll family move such a rare and historic car, and we can not wait to see what it brings on the auction block!! All the auctioneers information is listed below!!!
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I always wanted a '53-'54 Corvette. I owned a '63 Stingray convertible which I loved, but this model would have been exciting to own! I just checked with Texas and CA DMV database last year. I have owned 107 vehicles in my lifetime. My dad taught me to be a horse-trader! He owned a couple of dealership car lots. This is a sweetheart. I wish I had the money and facilities to go at it again. That's the problem with getting old and having to watch closely what you spend. Thanks for posting this video! Somebody is going to love every minute of rebuilding this...
I was around in those days, and a '54 Vette was almost as rare then as it is now. Great to see!
That’s what we figured! Rare car even new!
I was around too. Unfortunately, I was just six. LOL!
Very enjoyable. As Jay Leno once said "we don't really own the cars, we 're just saving them for the next guy".
So true!
I’m like it how much
Pull that damn car outta there!! Shit! Pussy footing around !
@@charlesrobertson2412 easy Charles.
1st 10 years or so body styles were the best. Today’s Corvette body style is what I refer to as “Euro-trash” look! GM put out a 56 body style with today’s mechanics in it, bet they’d sell the heck out of em!
GM it to busy making junk to ever make another great looking Corvette...Like you I'm pretty sure if they brought the old body style Vette's back they would sell.
I loves those old corvettes
I am glad they rescued that 1954 Red Corvette! I would have also rescued that Model A Ford right next to it, and that VE Beetle in front of it!! 🙂
FANTASTIC FIND - WELL DONE AND GOOD LUCK !!!!
WOW, They make it look so real.
Thanks Matt and all others who removed this car for the auction. It will fetch a great price for Larry's family.
We can’t wait to see how well it does!
Matt & Co. another great video, its comforting to know these cars will now have the chance to run again, be part of our great car hobby, I sort of agree with one of your followers comments about hoarding these cars, this hobby is for everyone, not just for the rich...I just can't understand why Larry did nothing with these cars over the years....well, hope & Pray that Larry is in a better place now, by the way, I bet you will be dragging that fenderless Model A home????.....Build on Dudes!!
My father bought a first year Vette, I think 52 1/2. The top leaked and the trans went bad within 6 months. He said it was a total POS. He actually saved the brochure and sold that 40 years later for big money.
Hi. A very long time ago ... 1968 in fact ,l was 15years old. I was waiting for my bus when the local scrap dealer who l knew well pulled up in a '54 Corvette. I can tell you this was a very rare sight in England. He offered it to me for £100. 00p! Well l didn't have that kind of money so l turned it down. I regretted it then and still do to this day. Seeing this video has reawakened those moments. Thankyou.
Hi Mike HI Matt, Sorry i missed your show yesterday, Great episode! I used to work for a Corvette shop in phoenix (Corvette restoration) helped build a 53 super rare white/red car. Was really good memories. Also helped with a 54 blue car. Really allot of detail in those NCRS spec built cars. This guy must have been loaded! He had allot of stuff! 32s, 34s, chopped merc,hotrod trucks. What an awesome adventure! Keep it up guys! Like to see what the next 20/20 looks like!
Hey Wes! That must have been a cool gig working on the old Vettes! Thanks for watching!
@@IronTrapGarage It absolutely was! Wish I could attach pics.
Unreal what is still out there refreshing to see them can't wait until the next video matt
Looks Like Collected Gold ! Very early Duntov creation for General motors, Chevrolet!
Many years ago I owned a white 1954 Corvette. License plate number was AIR 007. I owned it for a couple of years. Was glad to see it go.
I am definitely watching iron trap garage I love you guys I love what you just picked up those two cars that are awesome I know you going to help clean up that the estate auction for that guy that passed away he took care of a lot of cars
Thanks for watching Steve!
Really enjoy watching iron trap garage. That 34 you just got is really a nice rid. Can’t wait to see her on the road where she belongs. Kept up the good work of keeping old school hot rods alive.
Thanks for using the cable blanket on the winch cable. Saw a hook go through...everything ...once.
My buddy has a white '54. He let me drive it and I was very impressed with that old Blue Flame 6cyl.
That place is full of sweet finds.
you sure lucky to find all these cars
I pray to be an old man with a bunch of vintage cars that haven’t been drive in 40 years! Ain’t this America! While most world citizens can’t afford cars were storage them by the barn load!
OMG Matt, what a find.
Thanks for watching !
More great content. I love watching these extractions. Inventory time is great as well. I loved seeing the parts treasures and documents found in your last video. 👍👍☮️
Thanks for watching!
WOW what a great find 🤓
Everybody driving by nobody stopped by to help or be impressed by the preservation of great American history I would have hit the hooks turned around been impressed with the help of the estate took pictures and did anything I could to help out
Larry had an awesome collection. Great job Matt!
Your video's and insight and promotion have brought great value to the Schroll family. Hopefully they realize the value you have brought to the collection, and what it will mean for them at the auction. Well done.
Thanks Bill! We just want to see this stuff get loving new homes!
Damn,pretty amazing, not all rusted out,what a find.
It's fiberglass. !!!!!
There fiberglass.
Larry Roberts oh ,didn’t even know they had fiberglass back then.
What a beautiful little car...wow!
Hope the headlight grills and tail lights are in a box somewhere...Great to see.
There is a little trick called edit, it keeps your audience from boring video of every piece of garbage you remove from the garage. You are unveiling one of my favorite classics of all times!
Two side drafts
Wonderful & lovely car...wow!!
Wow! That,s really awesome find 😯 💎
Nice Ranchero GT in their barn.
HELLO Iron Trap you make all great video on here I like all the 30 an 50 cars you have on here today Danville pa
Thanks for watching!
@8:46 that guy's mind was blown! and what a treat for andrew to sit is such a special car.
"Wow" I love that corvette 👍
Awesome video thanks for sharing i love this channel
Way back in the middle 60's my wife and I went to a lot of farm sales looking for old car parts. I found a white 1954 Vette in a barn. A real barn and real barn find! Could have owned it for under $2500. Back then that was a lot of money, we had a baby, and the clear coat was cracked, looking like a jig saw puzzle. At the time, I thought the car was falling apart so passed. Still, I'd sold it long ago before they were worth much more.
That red mower looks a lot like my locally (New Zealand)made Masport that I use for my lawns... It's over 5 years old!
Never been a corvette guy but this was really cool to see. It will be great for someone to put back on the road. Very enjoyable video and again, the photos are out of this world! Thanks so much for the fun. :-)
Thanks so much for watching!
There is always a piece of plywood. 5:33 It never fails with every storage garage - There must be a rule by the American Plywood Association that require members keep some 1/2"
Just last week I was at my local interiors shop and they were restoring one of these. The rest of the car was mint. It was red like this one.
Wow, good stuff! That's a rad car right there 👌
Thanks for watching
Being born and raised on GM, I am intrigued with that Model A as well, I will follow the auction for sure. Cheers
Thanks for watching!
Want to see more videos of this piece of artwork!!
LOVE you using your new winch!
It’s gonna make pulling cars out so much easier!!!
I've got a black and white 57 Corvette. Of course its a model. Lol 🖐👍🤓
I had 2 53's, one I kept original in candy apple red and the other in black and all suped up. They were both lost in a move around 1997.
What great collection of stuff.
Thanks for watching!
Reminds me of Christine coming home to Darnels wrecking garage.
Love it great stuff as always guys Jezza Downunder
In the late 1960s I was working for a good friend in his wrecking yard. We got a call for several junk cars. One was a 1953 or 1954 corvette. It had been wrecked in the front and the engine and trans were gone. My friend didn't want it because the car had little collector value at that time and He was more interested in scrap metal.
Scrap fiberglass does not do much for a metal guy!!
I had a red 57 and 63 split window red back in the day. Yep Hoya Hoya Gramps on the couch.
I have driven by and hung at my friend's house that lived across the street from this place for 30 some years... my mind is blown this is 10 minutes from my house!
That’s crazy! Glad to give you a peak inside!
@@IronTrapGarage Peek
Fantastic!!😎👍 And..you actually wore gloves this time. 🤪
Hahaha well played
I really like the model a
2nd that
Third that!
ive watched you guys move and load several cars, someone should have told you to invest in a set of wheel dollys, they have several kinds from those that roll on casters for smooth garage floors to some with larger wheels to move cars like you guys are doing, just jack the car up and position the wheels in the dollys and have at it, no need to even air up the tires if you choose not too. makes it tons easier, also easier to hook up your chain or strap if you use the old wrecker hooks, two hooks on chains with a single chain at the other end. only suggesting this from years and years of towing on flat trailers and my race car hauler, hauled everything from rebuild-able ins salvage to race cars to hot shot loads.
Awesome video! I would love to see it restored!!
Hoping someone does exactly that and drives the wheels off!!!
Pretty damn Sweet ! 1st and 2nd generation Vettes have always been among my favorites I’m assuming that one is Complete by the way it sits on the trailer many of the newer ones have had the numbers matching motors gone In the 1960s when the value of a old Vette wasnt that high and people sold parts for a quick buck. To hot Rodders doing other projects Best of Luck on the Auction
A very special car.
Yes it is! We were honored to be able to move it out for the first time!
Every normal car guy would have a find like this 1954 Corvette I'd be throwing stuff out of that garage not dragging it and I'm 72 years old with diabetes. But I am a car guy that it had that car out of there in about 15 minutes with no damage by myself.
Well Matt, even with Chevy stuff you can still pick out a good flathead. Great job and good luck
Haha this stuff just finds me!!
A badass find
Love it ❤️
Enjoyed
Found my 1966 just like that
Did anyone else notice the flatbed pulled off the side street right in front an oncoming car ? Then he never looked up at his overhead clearance when he was unloading it .WOW !
Love the Vette.... OMG
Man that car will bring big money make wonder what it will bring? Its cool but needs a resto I would like to see after the restoration.
Nice video of the Vette being moved out of Larry’s garage. Looking forward to seeing your next video of what your taking out.
Thanks Craig!
Cool. Andrew got to drive an old Corvette.
Was a good day!
Very nice. Although I'm not a big fan of vettes, I really like that one, especially with the V8 in it although purist would probably disagree. Thanks for sharing. Would have been nice to see it washed a bit.
You can save some time by jumping to 5:50 where they're finally done moving all the crap out of the way..
Come on guys, why didn't you open the hood for us?
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Andrew has now driven most of the cars people dream of.....
I live in York pa lol love your channel!
Thanks for watching!
Well ac t least it was store right that a big help all the way around
Larry did keep all of his vehicles kept inside!!
The extremely rare, last year of 6-cylinder Corvette. Only made 2 color choices in 54. White or red.
Three colors. Came in Blue as wel
gotta say i dig that ranchero.
Thats why i always talk to my neighbors and not end up like that dude " lived next door 40 years i never knew bla bla bla".... be nice to your neighbors regardless of what they have in their garage ....awesome corvette great video God bless
Larry didn’t seem to talk to many people that stopped to chat. He was a fairly secretive person.
So true! I’m that neighbor now haha.
@@IronTrapGarage i have a neighbor that was like that at first when i moved and the poor guy finally gave up and after he told me his story which was very sad no wonder he was mad at life he even called the city building inspector on me lol but i dont care hes cool now lol is all about human contact bro be safe
@catmodelt yeah that may be so but I'll tell you what 2 neighbors of hell that my sister had now there they the best neighbors anyone could wish for all it takes is human kindness bro let go the ego that's not how it supposed to be one of them had a son but died very young he told me the whole story the first time I talked to him you know why ?, I listen to what he had to say no more city inspectors he stopped all that the way things are now trust me we need to get to know our neighbors be safe
@@zacariasblanco9738 Most of my new neighbors in this new neighbor hood have jobs and are rarely in their yards. I know catmodelt very well.
UPDATE: Larry's 54 Vette Vin# E54S004406 SOLD for $18,000.
Had to sub you! I want to see it washed
I held my breath the whole time Y'ALL handled that glass :Bullitt holes can give way and slice to the BONE ,or worse.
They were being careful
Read somewhere that the suspension, steering and brake equipment was identical to a 54 Chevy Bel Air. Totally interchangeable.
Its a chevrolet of course is interchangeable
@@zacariasblanco9738 I think the gist of it was there was nothing particularly special about it. Just off the shelf parts.
@@nitetrane98 yes
My 1939 Ford now has 1954 Chevy front brakes. Been on there since the 60's.
Today the windshield and frame is worth about $3500, the convertible top frame another $3500, the seats $3500 (if it has any). This is in the condition they are right now. The original hubcaps are $400 each. I sold a set a couple of years back. Steering wheel $500 and it goes on. I had a 54 Corvette kitcar that I was going to turn into a 54 Corvair Fastback and bought parts for 10 years. Sold everything 3 or 4 years back. This is what I was going to build. www.route66hotrodhigh.com/54Corvair.html
Hey I like the venting equipment your moving out of the way ! I collect ventige equipment . I'm very interested
From looking at the removed trim, being white underneath, and the red painted radio speaker covers, looks as this car was originally Polo white, like most of them. Regardless, still a great find, hopefully you will be able to find the grille, headlight covers, wheel covers and trim and rear plate plexiglass and side plexiglass window inserts, good luck on your project!
Vulgar Hyena look in the trunk it is solid red. Also the VIN might indicate color. I know it indicates what GM factory it was assemble which was St Louis, then the model # and year and last digits shows the actual number in production. I think back then they start at 100000 being first one assembled.
Small correction - Sportsman Red production is 100 in 1954 / Pennant Blue is 300 /
Lucky find. Isn't that year with the blue flame i-6
Can't wait till you get that Tudor on the road
Me too!
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Fred MacMurray drove one on thoes in a Lucy Desi Hour back in the late 50's
Son autos ermosos si fuera por mi los cuidaría todo pero. UE I hasta este teléfono o es prestado.
Archeology . You guys are scientists dudes
We’re flunkies at anything serious that’s for sure haha
That's a big bummer, cuz that hurt Hood can't be replaced but I suppose fiberglass pretty easy to deal with
Man! the junk people keep! Disgusting. Nice to see the owner out there helping with all that stuff. And he's a giant!
Guy's will have dunkin coffee ready in morn. Vids sofar have been Killer, later Terry
Thanks for watching!
Now, the VW in front of the Vette I did drive. LOL!
It would be nice to see what they look like restored
Huge $$$$$$$
6 volt 6 cylinder with a 3 speed . Back in 74 I could have bought one from an old woman for 1200 passed it up and it Was a good runner .
The good ole days!
Come on lottery! Lol I’m not w ‘vette guy but I love that this one was a hot rod and got a small block swap. I’d love to own it.
Yea this one really got my heart pumping!!
IronTrap Garage It’s so damn cool! It’d be so much fun finding NOS dressup and speed goodies for that small block