Ghost Window Graphic Seemingly Reveals Used Corvette’s Famous Past

When buying a used car, finding out its true history can be difficult. At best, you might have the Carfax records and an inkling as to how many previous owners it had. For one owner of a used Corvette, however, a ghost decal would come to suggest the car's potential celebrity past.

After buying a used Corvette in June, Reddit user R3dF41c0n posted online to ask for help. The car in question was a Chevrolet Corvette of the C7 generation. One day after purchase, the rear window revealed the ghostly remains of a large graphic decal, reading "Rich Piana 5%."

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For those unfamiliar with the name, Rich Piana was a bodybuilder who parlayed his competitive success into a career as a motivational speaker. Piana won multiple contests as a bodybuilder, clocked up almost 1 million followers on Instagram, and often spoke of "the 5%" of people who he considered motivated enough to pursue and reach their goals. This ethos became the basis of Piana's "5% Nutrition" brand of workout supplements, which are still on sale today.

Piana had a taste for expensive cars, once posting to his successful YouTube channel about crashing his Bentley. As a bodybuilder, Piana was open about his use of steroids, which he considered mandatory to succeed in competition. However, he advised those on the fence to avoid using the drugs, due to the multitude of negative side effects. Piana passed away in 2017 after a suspected heart attack and was buried in Forest Lawn Memorial Park in California.

The decal of the 5% Nutrition brand logo was the one formerly emblazoned on the back of the Corvette. That had Redditors suggesting the Corvette may have once belonged to the bodybuilder. Being a 2016 model, the car wouldn't have been in Piana's ownership for long if it was indeed his.