View Full Version : If you like Corvettes
This is quite the story, I would not mind having just one of them.
http://blog.hemmings.com/index.php/2014/10/24/after-a-25-year-slumber-the-vh1-peter-max-corvettes-resurface/
Rob_Frey
10-29-2014, 17:49
Yeah, I would take a '57.
My 1962 'vette when I was a young SGT in the 1/7th SFGA. ;) The pics were taken when I left it at my family's ranch for safekeeping while I was in SEA.
Man, I wish I still had it.
Richard
The Reaper
10-29-2014, 19:14
My 1962 'vette when I was a young SGT in the 1/7th SFGA. ;) The pics were taken when I left it at my family's ranch for safekeeping while I was in SEA.
Man, I wish I still had it.
Richard
Beautiful car, Richard.
TR
My 1962 'vette when I was a young SGT in the 1/7th SFGA. ;) The pics were taken when I left it at my family's ranch for safekeeping while I was in SEA.
Man, I wish I still had it.
Richard
I got hooked on '62' Corvettes back in the mid 60's, I had three of them at one time. That was a long time ago and for the life of me I cannot remember what scale they were :p . I checked the Sunday want ads Custom Modified and Antiques section every week looking specifically for a 1962 Vette. It seems to me though that if you had $3500.00 back then you could own the real thing used in good condition.
I paid $2200 for my 'vette - replaced the 283 with a 396 from a wrecked '70 SS Chevelle bored out to a 402 with a 3/4 cam - Holley 750 double-pump (which is why I had to modify the hood) - Krager SS mags w/Goodrich radial TA's - Hurst linkage w/T-handle. Ran like a scalded hog.
My girlfriend at the time once told me she wasn't sure how she felt about my car - everywhere we went, people would stare...and she said she didn't think they were staring at her. :rolleyes:
Now I drive my Dad's '63 Chevy pickup which has been in the family for nearly 50 years - still get a lot of stares and "thumb's up", but sure wish I still had that 'vette.
Richard
...but sure wish I still had that 'vette.
Richard
I think that we lived at the pinnacle of automobile history! I remember Septembers when the new models came out and were in the showroom covered and we'd go down and try to figure out what was under each sheet. Good times!
Pat
1stindoor
10-30-2014, 07:42
Now I drive my Dad's '63 Chevy pickup which has been in the family for nearly 50 years - still get a lot of stares and "thumb's up", but sure wish I still had that 'vette.
Richard
Nice!...My first truck (first vehicle actually) was a '64 Chevy Pickup. 250 straight six, with three on the tree...now that's how a man's supposed to learn how to drive!
I wish I had your truck!
I bought a new '67 427 Vette - Silver Pearl w/black stinger....a few years later I replaced the 427 with a LS7 454....super hi-test gas was about 25 cents a gallon!!! Like Richard, I wish I never sold it.
I paid $2200 for my 'vette - replaced the 283 with a 396 from a wrecked '70 SS Chevelle bored out to a 402 with a 3/4 cam - Holley 750 double-pump (which is why I had to modify the hood) - Krager SS mags w/Goodrich radial TA's - Hurst linkage w/T-handle. Ran like a scalded hog.
My girlfriend at the time once told me she wasn't sure how she felt about my car - everywhere we went, people would stare...and she said she didn't think they were staring at her. :rolleyes:
Now I drive my Dad's '63 Chevy pickup which has been in the family for nearly 50 years - still get a lot of stares and "thumb's up", but sure wish I still had that 'vette.
Richard
It's been my experience that those 63' trucks are the most popular among old truck enthusiasts. Nice truck!
It's been my experience that those 63' trucks are the most popular among old truck enthusiasts. Nice truck!
Why the 63 ? We had a 64 , 3/4 ton we bought new with a stock rack for on the farm. I learned to drive with that truck. You really do not see too many of them around, a lot more late 60's early 70's trucks around here. They tended to get real used up on the farm.
The Reaper
10-31-2014, 14:50
My Dad's old truck, a '62 GMC, three on the tree, is still sitting on the farm, waiting for a new battery and some fresh gas.
TR
My Dad's old truck, a '62 GMC, three on the tree, is still sitting on the farm, waiting for a new battery and some fresh gas.
TR
And that's about all it'd take - those old trucks are like the Energizer Bunny...as were the old PowerWagon 5/4's we used to have in the Army.
Is it a straight-six or a V-6? The GMC V-6 that came out around that time was a workhorse.
Richard