When you watch this video, it is so ugly yet compelling seeing this pristine 1962 Chevrolet C1 Corvette launch off a ramp, what, like eight feet to the ground. And it was so unnecessary. All the driver needed to do was to make sure someone was inside controlling the Vette until the ramp was on the ground. But instead, the new owner had his iPhone rolling when the worst-possible thing that can happen happens. 

Here’s how not to load a C1 Corvette onto a ramp

The truck driver prepares the Vette by moving the one tire chock, the tiny tire chock, to the edge of the lift. That’s a puny chock. Did it occur to the driver that with little momentum the car could, and did, roll over the chock? Yeah, it is Car Transportation 101. 

So beach_pirate on TikTok, as brought by CorvetteBlogger, records the arrival of this vintage Corvette gone horribly wrong. Once it crashes to the ground, things don’t look right. The front tires are now lower, and minus hubcaps from the violent impact. 

How bad is the Corvette’s damage?

The jolt popped the trunk lid, too. If there is anything good about dropping a C1 Corvette, it is that they are relatively light. At just under 3,000 lbs, the outcome is far better than, say, a 1962 Cadillac. At well over two tons, a Cadillac from this era dropped from this height, would have fared far worse. 

So overall, the Corvette looks none the worse for wear, right? Ah, not so fast. The video shows extensive car damage from being plonked onto the pavement from eight feet high. 

Looking at the driver’s door, it no longer lines up with the quarter panel. Sad. And in the back, the entire rear body panel is broken in half. And then at the passenger side corner, more cracking and damage. Not good. The front grille guards have ripped away from the front, too.

Does the new Corvette owner have to keep it?

Only 1,850 1962 Corvettes came in Fawn Beige like this one. This is out of the production of 14,531 that year. So it’s rare, but now this might be an opportunity for the new owner to change the color should he or she prefer. 

So what now? If it were us, we’d decline the delivery and have the car sent back as not being in the condition as advertised. Then, it’s up to the transporter’s and former owner’s insurance companies to sort it out. One or the other will pay to restore the Corvette as best as possible. It’s unclear whether the new owner that witnessed this mess will want the car back. 

We hope this never befalls your classic car delivery.