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I don't remember when I first when corvette crazy, but I do always remember wanting one. A friend of my brother had a 78 pace car, and watching that car on the road, I knew one day I would have one.
In 85, at the age of 21, I bought a 79, white with a green interior. I was a Lance Corporal in the USMCR. In 87, when I went on active duty, I traded the 79 in on a 62. It had chrome mags, a 327, and a killer candy brandywine paint job. I sported that car until 89, when I traded it in on a 81. (Wish I still had the 62!!!) The 81 was charcoal with a charcoal int. A buddy of mine had a fender-bender while I was overseas, and when I got back, I had the car fixed and changed it to light blue metallic. In 93 I traded that in on 91 convertible, red on red. I had that during my last assignment, Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii. That car was made for the islands!! I got out of the USMC in 96, after a 12 year run, and got rid of my last vette then. I had a 10 year dry spell, and then bought the 72 in March of 06.
It feels great to be behind the wheel of a vette. There's nothing like it. It doesn't matter where I went in any of them, people have always wanted to talk about the cars. The people in the clubs have been great, and I've just had a blast with my cars.
That's my vette story.
Bryan
In 85, at the age of 21, I bought a 79, white with a green interior. I was a Lance Corporal in the USMCR. In 87, when I went on active duty, I traded the 79 in on a 62. It had chrome mags, a 327, and a killer candy brandywine paint job. I sported that car until 89, when I traded it in on a 81. (Wish I still had the 62!!!) The 81 was charcoal with a charcoal int. A buddy of mine had a fender-bender while I was overseas, and when I got back, I had the car fixed and changed it to light blue metallic. In 93 I traded that in on 91 convertible, red on red. I had that during my last assignment, Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii. That car was made for the islands!! I got out of the USMC in 96, after a 12 year run, and got rid of my last vette then. I had a 10 year dry spell, and then bought the 72 in March of 06.
It feels great to be behind the wheel of a vette. There's nothing like it. It doesn't matter where I went in any of them, people have always wanted to talk about the cars. The people in the clubs have been great, and I've just had a blast with my cars.
That's my vette story.
Bryan
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My uncle bought a brand new 65, when I was 10. Once I got to ride in that machine I love it. I liked it before, but then loved it. In 68 a friend of my Dads bought a 68 yellow vert. I thought it looked odd. By the third time I saw it, it had really started to grow on me. Then I got to sit in it. I was in love. A short time later I got to ride in a blue 69 coupe. Up until that point it was the high spot of my life bar none. I could not stop smiling. Going down the road with those fender bulging really tripped my trigger. The sound, the feel, the experience. What machine could possibly be better?
From then I was commited, and always said someday I would own one of those. Life happened and it didn't happen. When I went to work for a Chevrolet dealer I found most of the guys did not like working on them. They though they were difficult to repair compared to the other Chevys. They were right but I loved them so much I didn't care, and did most of the repairs on the Vettes. This also allowed me to drive them on a regular basis. Granted it was just a test drive, but that didn't matter.
One time I got to take one to Toledo (silver auto) and bring a different one back (red 4 spd) for a dealer trade. That was a really great day!
Then I finally found a total basket case that I could afford. I said if it took my 10 years to get it done, I didn't care. It was my first E-bay purchase. It came home in boxes and on a car dolly. Nothing worked. Nothing. It's now been over three, but progress is being made. All I need is time and money, both of which are in short supply.
My oldest daughter, Beth, is 28 married and a english teacher. She has no interest in the vette. Meg is 17 and loves the darn thing. When I can no longer drive, it becomes hers.
The only way I wll ever sell it is if I absolutely need to do so. I hope that never happens. If it does it will kill a part of me. I will live, but a part will die. In my life anything is possible, who know what the future will bring. In the meantime I will keep plugging away. It will slowly get better.
I have gas in my blood. Cars are part of what and who I am. Period. And my favorite car of all times is a C3. Period. I truly LOVE these cars. It is part of me. Nothing dramatic here.
Makes me a bit pathetic. But hey, it's part of me.
On the "Tail of the Dragon"
(some day, no strike that, October 2008 it turned red, still in progress!)
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(some day, no strike that, October 2008 it turned red, still in progress!)
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