New to the forum with 77 L82 4 speed
08-03-2015, 10:49 PM
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New to the forum with 77 L82 4 speed
Hello folks. I fell in love with corvettes 50 years ago when I was about 15 years old. Finally got my first one, a 77 L82 with 4 speed. 70800 miles on it. I'm still learning it, but I think it's all original with a new red paint job. I bought this car road ready. Everything about the car looks like we'll cared for original miles.
I always envied those "old geezers" tooling around in a vette. Now I'm one of them and loving it. Growing up in the 60's, my cars were mostly standards. I forgot how much I love going through the gears.
I've enjoyed reading threads on this forum look forward to the vast amount of knowledge shared here.
I always envied those "old geezers" tooling around in a vette. Now I'm one of them and loving it. Growing up in the 60's, my cars were mostly standards. I forgot how much I love going through the gears.
I've enjoyed reading threads on this forum look forward to the vast amount of knowledge shared here.
08-03-2015, 11:01 PM
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Hello folks. I fell in love with corvettes 50 years ago when I was about 15 years old. Finally got my first one, a 77 L82 with 4 speed. 70800 miles on it. I'm still learning it, but I think it's all original with a new red paint job. I bought this car road ready. Everything about the car looks like we'll cared for original miles.
I always envied those "old geezers" tooling around in a vette. Now I'm one of them and loving it. Growing up in the 60's, my cars were mostly standards. I forgot how much I love going through the gears.
I've enjoyed reading threads on this forum look forward to the vast amount of knowledge shared here.
I always envied those "old geezers" tooling around in a vette. Now I'm one of them and loving it. Growing up in the 60's, my cars were mostly standards. I forgot how much I love going through the gears.
I've enjoyed reading threads on this forum look forward to the vast amount of knowledge shared here.
08-04-2015, 10:04 AM
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Welcome to the Forum.......I admired Vettes for 40 years, myself!
08-04-2015, 09:47 PM
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My sister got me interested back in the mid seventies when I was in my mid twenties. She had a '73 vert then later a '76 then wound up with a '92 vert. I started with a '78, then a '84 , then a 91 vert and now I have a '73 vert.
08-04-2015, 09:54 PM
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Welcome to the C3 family. You made a great choice. I have owned 9 Corvettes since I was 25. Seven of them have been C3s. My first was a 78 and I seem to be partial to the 78 and 79 but I have always loved them all. I'm 59 now and building a 78.
Welcome again and enjoy!
Welcome again and enjoy!
08-07-2015, 04:46 PM
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very nice and welcome, never to late to be 'young again' !!
08-07-2015, 05:12 PM
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Congratulations on your new Vette 
It looks like a very nice car. Better late than never. I have been driving them since the early 70's and it never gets old, but we do 
It looks like a very nice car. Better late than never. I have been driving them since the early 70's and it never gets old, but we do
08-07-2015, 05:38 PM
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Not Hardly a Honda mechanic
I spent my career as crop consultant for rice farmers in Northeast Arkansas. I chose that name since I was one of the first (3rd actually) full time rice consultants in Arkansas back in 1980.
08-07-2015, 05:47 PM
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Nice old vette