Why is '53 - '62 considered the same generation?
11-11-2018, 03:53 PM
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11-11-2018, 03:54 PM
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Like 65hihp says......
Drive your car, and call it whatever you like. I'm in the 99% that don't care.
Based on Don's post following this one, I guess I'm now in the 98% that don't care. The statistics keep changing.
Drive your car, and call it whatever you like. I'm in the 99% that don't care.Based on Don's post following this one, I guess I'm now in the 98% that don't care. The statistics keep changing.
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11-11-2018, 04:37 PM
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And, you are right again, I made that statistic up. I call mine my Corvette(s).
Don't believe anything you read on the internet.
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11-12-2018, 09:10 AM
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11-12-2018, 10:53 AM
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So what should be the name of these forums? Maybe we should have a vote. OH wait a minute we just did have a election & here in Az. we are still counting ballets. I did hear Brohard Co. in FL got 110% voter turnout & still counting.
11-12-2018, 01:09 PM
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Isn't it so much easier to just go by the year? Now some of my Porsche guys are coming up with that kind of designation as well. Don't confuse this old mind with letters and numbers.
11-12-2018, 01:17 PM
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If it were my choice I would call the forums here:
Solid Axles for 1953-1962
Midyears for 1963-1967
Sharks for 1968-1972
After that they can call them what ever THEY like as I have little interest in those cars.
Solid Axles for 1953-1962
Midyears for 1963-1967
Sharks for 1968-1972
After that they can call them what ever THEY like as I have little interest in those cars.
11-12-2018, 01:25 PM
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Never heard the term 'midyear' before the 1990's. Same with 'Tri-Five' Chevrolets.....it was always 'a '55', a '56, or a '57. Still is,to me. I think I heard the term 'shoebox' in the '80's for these same cars (as well as '49-'54 Fords).
11-12-2018, 01:59 PM
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They were calling them "Midyears" back in the late 70s. Just check out an old Vette Vues book. Do they still publish Vette Vues???
11-12-2018, 02:03 PM
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Not really. When I bought my first Corvette in 1976, Corvettes came in 3 stripes: solid axles, mid years and late models. The three basic body style separations were very clear and obvious then. It wasn’t until 1984 that people had to think about adding a fourth grouping because the shark body was no longer the late model.
Mid years back then were simply called that because they were in the middle between the three model distinctions. It had nothing to do with the decade placement.
Mid years back then were simply called that because they were in the middle between the three model distinctions. It had nothing to do with the decade placement.
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11-12-2018, 02:04 PM
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See my post above. Everyone I knew used the term “midyears” in the 70s and 80s, including commonly at Bloomington Gold.
11-12-2018, 02:09 PM
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St. Jude Donor '14-'15-'16-'17-'18-'19-'20-'21-'22-'23-'24
the term "mid years" really started in the '70's since the '70's were current, and the '50's were the first in the line, therefore, the '60's were mid years.
11-12-2018, 02:13 PM
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11-12-2018, 02:22 PM
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Not really. When I bought my first Corvette in 1976, Corvettes came in 3 stripes: solid axles, mid years and late models. The three basic body style separations were very clear and obvious then. It wasn’t until 1984 that people had to think about adding a fourth grouping because the shark body was no longer the late model.
Mid years back then were simply called that because they were in the middle between the three model distinctions. It had nothing to do with the decade placement.
11-12-2018, 02:31 PM
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11-12-2018, 02:40 PM
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Well, I guess that settles it, no changing the forum names as we can't even agree on how the name was derived. 
But what is new here, right? 
But what is new here, right?