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If you like Corvettes
This is quite the story, I would not mind having just one of them.
http://blog.hemmings.com/index.php/2...tes-resurface/
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10-29-2014, 17:49
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Yeah, I would take a '57.
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10-29-2014, 18:12
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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
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10-29-2014, 19:14
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Originally Posted by Richard
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.
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Beautiful car, Richard.
TR
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10-29-2014, 19:34
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Richard
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.
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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  . 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.
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10-29-2014, 19:52
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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. 
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
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10-29-2014, 21:06
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...but sure wish I still had that 'vette.
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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!
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10-30-2014, 07:42
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Quote:
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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.
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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!
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10-30-2014, 08:02
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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.
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10-31-2014, 11:43
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Richard
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.
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.
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It's been my experience that those 63' trucks are the most popular among old truck enthusiasts. Nice truck!
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10-31-2014, 14:16
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It's been my experience that those 63' trucks are the most popular among old truck enthusiasts. Nice truck!
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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.
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10-31-2014, 14:50
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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.
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10-31-2014, 16:20
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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.
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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
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