Carpenterskid

We may even know each other ! I am Jim Carpenter's daughter... My dad was a Director of the Greeters, Charter Member of the Corvette Patrol and Director of the Shrine Circus working with Rink Wright. I may be able to fill in any blanks that Past Potentate (( won't mention his name )) any photos that he may not have i DO, these guys were awesome and the ENTIRE Masonic Family as well as the
city of Omaha blessed to have them. Tangier put you in touch with a great man. Email me please, I would love to talk to you !

Carpenterskid

Carpenterskid

One reason these cars were sought after was because they were well cared for, very low miles and buyers knew the engines were never "beat up."
Tangier Corvette Patrol opened the Shrine Circus...I even remember the Member who ordered that "magenta" color...Very INTERESTING story,
Great guys ! Interesting stories and tons of photos. I have newspaper articles as far back as 1957, The Corvette Patrol "renowned" even then !
Just imagine, having a new Corvette to drive each year to High School !

Carpenterskid

sub006

Correction to my first post a couple of years back. The guy I bought my car from was not the son but the son-in-law of the Shriner, who must have thought convertibles would be easier to sell in California than the midwest!

Son-in-law told me each Corvette he received had VERY low mileage for their first year of use, around 3000 miles, because they were transported by truck or rail to some of the more distant parades and other events around the country.

ChattanoogaJSB

Thank you for the introduction, you will probably fin a lot of interested folks concerning your photos. It might be easiest to list a few here using tinypic.com? Thanks again! My grandparents were Shriners here in Chattanooga 30 years ago but, alas, no Corvettes!

Revoh

Thank you very much for finding this thread and responding! I sent you a PM. You never know who is going to turn up!

Revfan

This is an interesting thread... maybe you guys should start a website with all the info & pics you have.

It would be a magnet for those that have, or have had, or are interested in Shriner/Vette history.

Best of luck!

sub006

Just noticed and looked at the link in one of Revoh's earlier posts, and I am corrected once again!

In the black and white photos, the '63s look like silver, and the '64's look like my red one, with the unusual silver door panel showing that matched the seats! Acually a very good choice, as cool to sit on as white vinyl when the sun is shining brightly, and requiring much less cleaning maintenance!

And looking at a later picture, I see that I mis-identified my vendor's yellow side-pipe car as a '65. The '66s appear to be yellow and have the side pipes! It had recently arrived in California when I purchased my car in December 1966. That's about right as the Tangier Patrol would have received their replacement '67s two or three months earlier. I hope another Forum member or '66 Shriner owner can confirm the unique black vinyl "luggage curtain" I observed in the son-in-law's car.

My car was built as a 250hp Powerglide with a white soft top, no radio or other goodies. The only option on the car was Positraction for the standard 3:36 ratio rear end. Working on the car many years later, Dick Guldstrand noted that the differential mounted to the frame with two short bolts, one going in from the left side and the other from the right. In his experience, the two-bolt installation was thought to be unique to '63s, with '64-'67s using a single long bolt. So apparently this was a running change not made until early in '64 production.

I'll have to dig our my paperwork for the VIN so you guys can calculate the birthdate for the '64 Shriners!