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Car with storied history makes way home

by Charlotte Ferrell Smith
Charlotte Daily Mail staff
Tuesday April 23, 2013


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This 1978 diesel-powered Corvette has made its way back home to St. Albans. A father and son turned this Corvette from a pile of charred wreckage into a rare vehicle.

An ice blue 1978 diesel-powered Corvette has made its way home.

"I'm just sort of excited," said Jean Sanson of St. Albans. "This car has made a full circle."

The car had burned in 1981 when her husband, Richard, and their 17-year-old son, Ricky, turned it from a pile of charred wreckage into a rare vehicle. Her husband's business involves overhauling old cars and selling them.

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