[VIDEO] Dennis Collins Buys a Fiery 1959 Corvette with a ’68 Camaro Z/28 Engine

Some lucky 1968 Camaro Z/28 owner who’s always wondered where his car’s original engine is may have just hit the jackpot.

Dennis Collins of Coffee Walk fame may have just found it in the engine bay of a Roman Red 1959 Corvette that he just picked up in Michigan.

After going weeks in 2025 before buying his first Corvette, Dennis has been on a roll lately, including this C1 that he bought from a guy who has sold him perhaps as many as 75 cars over the past five years.

To reach the latest Corvette, however, Dennis has to make his way through a collection of other cool items, like a go-kart, an original (except for a recovered seat) early ’70s Schwinn bike, an old pedal Fire Chief truck, a classic VW Bug, a Tradesman 100 van with a go-kart stashed inside, and even a hand built Triumph chopper last plated in ’86.

Finally, though, after the winding journey through the neat stuff, it was on to the old C1, said to have been the victim of a fire back in ’75 and parked ever since.

It’s easy enough to check out the car’s engine now, though, since the hood is missing and the seller says he has no idea where it is. He does, however, have an old title that dates back to 1969 and other assorted parts, including the front license bracket.

Reuniting that aforementioned Camaro Z/28 MO engine (with the pony car’s serial number of 400134 on it) with its birthright car – if it still exists today – should be no cause for alarm for the Corvette since a second engine, intake, and six heads were also included in the deal.

Looking in the engine bay, Dennis remarks that it appears the fire so long ago didn’t actually seem to do much damage, and the seller says he doesn’t know why they decided to park the car instead of repairing it.

Regardless, as Dennis sums up his latest rescue, “Anytime you can rescue a C1 and a ’68 Z/28 motor, that’s a pretty darn good day.”

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